Week in Review 8/16

Welcome and thanks for reading! In this review, I will gather together important and interesting news and events over the last week related to my portfolio holdings. In my week review, I put also together some interesting articles from other websites that caught my attention during the past week.

Dividend Increase - Eaton Corporation plc (ETN)

On Wednesday, February 24, the Board of Directors of power management company Eaton announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $0.55 to $0.57 per ordinary share that’s payable March 18, 2016 to holders of record March 7, 2015. This represents a 3.64 % increase to regular quarterly dividends and this is the 7th consecutive year that ETN has increased its dividend per share. With current price $56.75 (yesterday's open), this raise brings their dividend yield to 4.02 %. 

Since I own 30 shares, this will increase my portfolio's projected annual net dividend income by $1.79.

That increase rises my YOC to 3.62%.

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Dividend Increase – Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD)

Today the Board of Directors of Toronto-Dominion Bank announced a quarterly dividend increase of from CA$ 0.51 to CA$ 0.55 per share that’s payable April 30, 2016 to holders of record April 8, 2016. This represents a 7.84 % increase to regular quarterly dividends. With current price CA$ 51.23 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 4.29 %. 

Since I own 155 shares, this will increase my portfolio's projected annual net dividend income by CA$ 18.48.

That increase rises my YOC to 4.09 %.

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Dividend Increase – Royal Bank of Canada (RY)

Today the Board of Directors of Royal Bank of Canada announced a quarterly dividend increase of from CA$ 0.79 to CA$ 0.81 per share that’s payable May 24, 2016 to holders of record April 25, 2016. This represents a 5.19 % increase over the first quarter 2015 dividend of CA$ 0.77 per share and a 2.53 % increase over for the third quarter 2015 of CA$ 0.79 per share. With current price CA$ 69.63 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 4.65 %. 

Since I own 120 shares, this will increase my portfolio's projected annual net dividend income by CA$ 7.15.

That increase rises my YOC to 4.28 %.

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You can follow the development of my dividends here.

Week in Review 7/16

Welcome and thanks for reading! In this review, I will gather together important and interesting news and events over the last week related to my portfolio holdings. In my week review, I put also together some interesting articles from other websites that caught my attention during the past week.

Dividend Increase – The Coca-Cola Company (KO)

Yesterday the Board of Directors of The Coca-Cola Company announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $0.33 to $0.35 per share that’s payable April 1, 2016 to holders of record March 15, 2015. This represents a 6.06% increase to regular quarterly dividends and this is the 54th consecutive year that KO has increased its dividend per share. With current price $43.61 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 3.21%. 

Since I own 150 shares, this will increase my portfolio's projected annual net dividend income by $8.94.

That increase rises my YOC to 3.74%.

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You can follow the development of my dividends here.

Dividend Increase – Digital Realty Trust Inc. (DLR)

Yesterday the Board of Directors of Digital Realty Trust Inc. announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $0.85 to $0.88 per share that’s payable March 31, 2016 to holders of record March 15, 2016. This represents a 3.53% increase to regular quarterly dividends. With current price $79.77 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 4.41%. 

Since I own 120 shares, this will increase my portfolio's projected annual net dividend income by $10.73.

That increase rises my YOC to 7.37%.

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You can follow the development of my dividends here.

Dividend Increase – T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (TROW)

Today T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $0.52 to $0.54 per share that’s payable March 30, 2016 to holders of record March 16, 2016. This represents a 3.85% increase to regular quarterly dividends and this is the 30st consecutive year that TROW has increased its dividend per share. With current price $69.26 (today's open), this raise brings their dividend yield to 3.12%. 

Since I own 25 shares this will increase my yearly net dividends by $1.49.

That increase rises my YOC to 2.66%

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You can follow the development of my dividends here.

Week in Review 6/16

Welcome and thanks for reading! In this review, I will gather together important and interesting news and events over the last week related to my portfolio holdings. In my week review, I put also together some interesting articles from other websites that caught my attention during the past week.

Recent Buy - Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM)

9th February I Bought 60 shares of Archer Daniels Midland Company at $ 32.79 per share plus commission.

Archer-Daniels-Midland Company procures, transports, stores, processes, and merchandises agricultural commodities and products. The companys Oilseeds Processing segment originates, merchandises, crushes, and processes soybeans and soft seeds into vegetable oils and protein meals. It offers ingredients for the food, feed, energy, and industrial products industries; crude vegetable and salad oils; refined oils; oilseed protein meals; natural health and nutrition products, and other specialty food and feed ingredients; and cottonseed flour and cotton cellulose pulp. This segment is also involved in edible oils refining, sugar milling and refining, and grains processing activities; and the provision of biodiesel and fertilizers, specialty fats, and oleo chemicals, as well as supplies peanuts and tree nuts, and agricultural commodity raw materials. Its Corn Processing segment provides

Week in Review 5/16

Welcome and thanks for reading! In this review, I will gather together important and interesting news and events over the last week related to my portfolio holdings. In my week review, I put also together some interesting articles from other websites that caught my attention during the past week.

Dividend Income - January 2016

Again, one month passed and it is time to report my dividend income. In January 2016 my portfolio dividend income was as follows:

Quarterly dividends received from:

Baxter International Inc. (BAX) - €6.37 ($6.90) 

Baxalta Incorporated (BXLT) - €3.88 ($4.20)

TELUS Corporation (TU) - €43.59 ($47.22)

Golar LNG (GLNG) - €91.87 ($101.25)

PepsiCo Inc. (PEP) - €64.29 ($70.25)

Altria Group Inc. (MO) - €91.09 ($98.88) 

Philip Morris International Inc. (PM) - €79.89 ($86.73)

The Kraft Heinz Co. (KHC) - €52.88 ($57.50)

Digital Realty Trust Inc. (DLR) - €93.90 ($102.00) 

W. P. Carey Inc. (WPC) - €26.51 ($28.94) 

VEREIT Inc. (VER) - €41.01 ($44.69) 

Agrium Inc. (AGU) - €20.25 ($21.88)

General Electric Co. (GE) - €38.16 ($41.40)

Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS.TO) - €61.54 ($68.04)

Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD.TO) - €52.24 ($56.42)