Week in Review 51/17

Welcome and thanks for reading!

In this review, I will make a summary of important and interesting news and events over the last week related to my portfolio holdings. Also, I will put together some interesting articles from other websites that caught my attention during the past week.

Received Dividends:

December 18, 2017

• € 35.09 - The Coca-Cola Company

December 19, 2017

• € 24.68 - V.F. Corporation

Dividend income is reported after the deduction of taxes. Check more at my Monthly Dividend sheet.

My Portfolio's Transactions:

December 18, 2017

• Purchase 100 shares of Kesko Oyj (KESKOB.HE) at € 44,89 per share plus commission € 8.89.

This purchase 100 shares of KESKOB increases € 149.00 of expected annual net dividend income. At today's exchange rate, this purchase will increase my portfolio projected annual net dividend income approximately to € 11,550.00. After this acquisition, KESKO's weight of my portfolio is about 1.12% and its share of future annual dividend income is approximately 1.29%.

Portfolio Holdings News:

December 18, 2017

• Pfizer Inc.: Board of Directors Approves Increase in Quarterly Cash Dividend to $0.34 Per Share and Authorizes New $10 Billion Share Repurchase Program
• Inter Pipeline Ltd.: Inter Pipeline to Build Canada’s First Integrated Propane Dehydrogenation and Polypropylene Complex

December 20, 2017

• UPM-Kymmene: UPM completes closure of paper machine 5 in Blandin by end of year
• NCC AB: NCC to construct school in Järvenpää, Finland
• General Mills, Inc.: General Mills Reports Fiscal 2018 Second-Quarter Results
• Emerson Electric Co.: Emerson Agrees to Acquire Cooper-Atkins
• Inter Pipeline Ltd.: Inter Pipeline Announces Capital Expenditure Program for 2018

December 21, 2017

• Bonava AB: Bonava sells building rights in Malmö
• Kinder Morgan, Inc.: Kinder Morgan, DCP Midstream and Targa Resources Announce Final Investment Decision on Gulf Coast Express Pipeline Project

December 22, 2017

• Qualcomm Incorporated: Qualcomm Board Unanimously Rejects Director Nominees Assembled by Broadcom and Silver Lake Partners
• Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.: WBA to Reduce Stake in Guangzhou Pharmaceuticals Corporation
• Scotiabank: Scotiabank Announces Share Repurchase Program as Part of Normal Course Issuer Bid

Articles that caught my attention:

• Undervalued Dividend Growth Stock of the Week: Medtronic (MDT) by Jason Fieber, Mr. Free at 33 at Daily Trade Alert
• This Epic Dividend Growth Stock Is Firing On All Cylinders by Dividend Sensei at Seeking Alpha
• 3 utility stocks I plan to buy more of in 2018 by Mark at My Own Advisor
• Disney After The Fox Deal by Mark Dockray at The Compound Investor
• Omega Healthcare A Value Trap? Bah, Humbug by Brad Thomas at Seeking Alpha
• AT&T Increases Dividend: 5% Yield Is Attractive For 2018 by Bob Ciura at Seeking Alpha
• Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (WBA) Dividend Stock Analysis by D4L at Dividend Growth Stocks
• Is Buffett right to choose Coca Cola over Microsoft? by John Kingham at UK Value Investor
• Omega Healthcare Is No SWAN by Julian Lin at Seeking Alpha
• Embrace This Pipeline Company's Decision To Go Big by Trapping Value at Seeking Alpha
• Bert’s December Dividend Stock Watch List by Bert at Dividend Diplomats
• Monthly Review: November 2017 by FerdiS at DivGro
• Seth Klarman Compares Bitcoin to Trading Sardines by Tim McAleenan Jr. at The Conservative Income Investor
• The Most Important Financial Statement When Selecting Dividend Growth Stocks by D4L at Dividend Growth Stocks
• JM Smucker – I Can’t Afford This Breakfast Treat by DivGuy at Dividend Monk
• Consolidated Edison, Inc. (ED) Dividend Stock Analysis by D4L at Dividend Growth Stocks
• Attractively Valued Dividend Kings by Dividend Growth Investor
• Cryptocurrencies – The End or Just the Beginning? by FI Fighter
• 10 Dividend Growth Stocks For December 2017 by FerdiS at Seeking Alpha
• Chasing Yield is Fraught with Risk by Charles Fournier at Sure Dividend

Thanks for stopping by, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!