Money and Finance
I finally got around to posting my November dividend update. Some of the delay was due to setting up my new computer which has been a bit of a pain but finally got it going more or less. In November the markets have been under some volatility partially due to falling commodity prices with oil leading the way down but we ended up being pretty flat for the month.
My dividend total for the month of November was $336.79 which is a 40% improvement over last year and a 9% increase from last quarter. I've made no purchases that paid this month so the reason for the big increase from last quarter was because Kraft/Heinz has moved their dividend from October to November. Without that my income would have been 1% higher QoQ due to dividend increases alone. My dividend income is listed below.
It should be noted that I have sold my shares in KMI in order to do some tax loss harvesting. As you probably know KMI has been under extraordinary selling pressure and management even decided to cut the dividend today after hours a whopping 75%. I certainly got this one wrong, and I planned on holding KMI for a long long time but as Mike Tyson said "Everyone has a plan till they get punched in the mouth" and I certainly felt like I took one on the chin here. With the proceeds of the sale I added to my stake in AT&T. I expect next quarters total to be a bit lower as a result. Stay tuned!
November Purchases
- February Dividend Update
It's February dividend update time! My dividend total for February was $292.68 which is a 9% improvement over last year. I'm a bit disappointed with this result which was largely due to selling my position in KMI after the dividend cut they announced....
- October Dividend Update
October has come and gone (almost) and it's time for my monthly dividend update. This time around I suspected may be a light month because WMT not paying this month. WMT has a weird payout schedule where they pay twice in the first month of the quarter...
- May Dividend Update
May has come and gone so it's time for my monthly dividend update! My May dividend total was $276.76 which is up slightly from the $268.88 that I made last quarter in February. This is nearly beat out my best month ever just last month! In comparison,...
- February Dividend Update
Wow February is already over and it's time to report my dividend income, and what a month it was. February's dividend total was $268.88 which is up 15.4% from the $239.56 that I made last quarter in November. This was a new all time record and...
- November Dividend Update
My total dividend income for November totaled $193.80. This was a nice improvement over last quarter where I made $170.13 in August. This month I made two purchases which are listed below. There were no dividend increases for me this month which...
Money and Finance
November Dividend Update
My dividend total for the month of November was $336.79 which is a 40% improvement over last year and a 9% increase from last quarter. I've made no purchases that paid this month so the reason for the big increase from last quarter was because Kraft/Heinz has moved their dividend from October to November. Without that my income would have been 1% higher QoQ due to dividend increases alone. My dividend income is listed below.
It should be noted that I have sold my shares in KMI in order to do some tax loss harvesting. As you probably know KMI has been under extraordinary selling pressure and management even decided to cut the dividend today after hours a whopping 75%. I certainly got this one wrong, and I planned on holding KMI for a long long time but as Mike Tyson said "Everyone has a plan till they get punched in the mouth" and I certainly felt like I took one on the chin here. With the proceeds of the sale I added to my stake in AT&T. I expect next quarters total to be a bit lower as a result. Stay tuned!
November Purchases
- New Jersey Resources (NJR) - 355 Shares @ $29.70
- Tompkins Financial (TMP) - From .42 to .44 (+4.7 %)
- Kraft Heinz (KHC) - From .55 to .575 (+4.5%)
- Kinder Morgan (KMI) - From .49 to .51 (+4%)
- AT&T (T) - $78.96
- General Mills - (GIS) - $34.32
- WGL Holdings (WGL) - $30.53
- Clorox (CLX) - $14.63
- Kinder Morgan (KMI) - $63.24
- Realty Income (O) - $19.05
- Proctor & Gamble (PG) - $22.54
- People's United Financial (PBCT) - $37.35
- Kraft Heinz (KHC) - $24.73
- Tompkins Financial (TMP) - $11.44
- February Dividend Update
It's February dividend update time! My dividend total for February was $292.68 which is a 9% improvement over last year. I'm a bit disappointed with this result which was largely due to selling my position in KMI after the dividend cut they announced....
- October Dividend Update
October has come and gone (almost) and it's time for my monthly dividend update. This time around I suspected may be a light month because WMT not paying this month. WMT has a weird payout schedule where they pay twice in the first month of the quarter...
- May Dividend Update
May has come and gone so it's time for my monthly dividend update! My May dividend total was $276.76 which is up slightly from the $268.88 that I made last quarter in February. This is nearly beat out my best month ever just last month! In comparison,...
- February Dividend Update
Wow February is already over and it's time to report my dividend income, and what a month it was. February's dividend total was $268.88 which is up 15.4% from the $239.56 that I made last quarter in November. This was a new all time record and...
- November Dividend Update
My total dividend income for November totaled $193.80. This was a nice improvement over last quarter where I made $170.13 in August. This month I made two purchases which are listed below. There were no dividend increases for me this month which...