Week in Review 47/18

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.

Week in Review 46/18

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.

Dividend Income - October 2018

November is already almost halfway through and it is time to report my dividend income. In October 2018 my portfolio dividend income was as follows:

Semiannual dividend received from:

Telia Company (TELIA1) - € 331.35 ($ 376.88)

Neste Corporation (NESTE) - € 340.00 ($ 391.14)

Bonava AB (BONAVA) -  € 74.71 ($ 85.18)

Quarterly dividends received from:

TELUS Corporation (TU) - € 63.73 ($ 73.78)

Cisco Systems, Inc. (CSCO) - € 53.59 ($ 61.05)

Kimberly-Clark Corporation (KMB) - € 11.06 ($ 13.00)

Golar LNG (GLNG) - € 16.27 ($ 18.75)

Baxter International Inc. (BAX) - € 9.85 ($ 11.40)

Cardinal Health, Inc. (CAH) - € 17.16 ($ 20.01)

Altria Group Inc. (MO) - € 121.34 ($ 140.00)

Philip Morris International Inc. (PM) - € 83.67 ($ 96.90)

PepsiCo Inc. (PEP) - € 80.11 ($ 92.75)

The Coca-Cola Company (KO) - € 49.79 ($ 58.50)

Illinois Tool Works Inc. (ITW) - € 8.70 ($ 10.00)

Nutrien Ltd (NTR) - € 19.18 ($ 22.00)

Ventas Inc. (VTR) - € 34.17 ($ 39.50)

W. P. Carey Inc. (WPC) - € 61.96 ($ 71.75)

VEREIT Inc. (VER) - € 38.61 ($ 44.69)

Scotiabank (BNS.TO) - € 88.58 ($ 100.35)

TD Bank Group (TD.TO) - € 80.78 ($ 91.66)

BCE Inc. (BCE.TO) - € 52.95 ($ 61.05)

Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. (AQN.TO) - € 55.36 ($ 64.10)

Week in Review 45/18

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.

Dividend Increase – TELUS Corporation (TSX: T, NYSE: TU)

Today the Board of Directors of TELUS Corporation announced a quarterly dividend increase of from CA$ 0.525 to CA$ 0.545 per share that’s payable January 2, 2019 to holders of record December 11, 2018. This represents a 7.92% increase year-over-year and 3.81% increase to the last quarter dividend. This was a sixteenth dividend increase since TELUS announcing their multi-year dividend growth program in May 2011. With current price CA$ 45.51 (today's open), this raise brings their dividend yield to 4.79%.

Dividend Increase – Nutrien Ltd. (NTR) & Golar LNG (GLNG)

Today the board of directors of Nutrien announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $ 0.40 to $ 0.43 per share that’s payable January 17, 2019 to holders of record December 31, 2018. This represents a 7.5% increase to regular quarterly dividends.

With current price $ 55.67 (today's open), this raise brings their dividend yield to 3.09%.

Week in Review 44/18

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.

Dividend Increase – AbbVie Inc. (ABBV)

Today the board of directors of AbbVie announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $ 0.96 to $ 1.07 per share that’s payable February 15, 2019 to holders of record January 15, 2019. This represents a 11.46% increase to regular quarterly dividends.

With current price $ 84.18 (today's open), this raise brings their dividend yield to 5.08%.