Recent Buy - International Business Machines (IBM)

Recently, I decided add to my position in IBM.  The stock currently trades near my cost basis and I still believe the risk/reward profile of the franchise is still compelling. Here the details of the purchase:

2017 November Dividend Summary

Well, November has come and gone.  Similar to just about every other year, time seems to speedily pass during this time of year with all the holidays in the last quarter of the year.

Recent Buy - National Grid PLC (NGG)

Yesterday, I decided add to my relatively small position in NGG.  The price fallen nearly 5% since I initiated a position earlier in the year. Here the details of the purchase:

2017 October Dividend Summary

Below is summary of dividends I received in October 2017.  This summary includes a consolidation all accounts: brokerage accounts, 401K, and IRAs.

2017 November Watchlist

Below some of the stocks I am considering for purchase this month.  A few of these goes ex-dividend in the coming days and since they are already trading at valuations that I consider reasonable I may purchase a stock or two as early as tomorrow.

Recent Buy - AT&T (T)

Today I decided add to my relatively small position in AT&T.  Price fell nearly 4% today and I was able to pick up an additional 22 shares @ 33.48, near the day's low. Here the details of the purchase along with the company profile (for the few who may not be familiar with the company).

Recent Buy - Campbell Soup Co (CPB)

During this past year I have been acquiring shares of some great consumer staple companies.  Earlier this year, I picked up shares of General Mills (GIS) and J.M. Smucker Co (SJM) and have been adding to them.  Now I have a another new position that I am excited about.  Details of the purchase are as follows:

2017 September Dividend Summary

Well, another month has come and gone and along with it came a personal record in dividends received in the month of September. As noted below, I received $821 in dividends during the month of September - that is $371 more than I received this same time last year. Of that $371 increase, 8.7% came by way of rate increases across companies that I held at the same time last year and 73.6% of the YoY increase is attributed to either entirely new positions I entered into during the past 12 months or positions I've added to.

2017 YTD Dividend Summary Jan - Jul

As you've likely noted, this is a new blog I've decided to create to track my passive income which as of this writing is nearly 100% derived from dividend paying corporations.

Below is a screen shot of my dividend income for each month for the months of January - July 2017, starting with the most recent month first.

2017 August Dividend Summary

Below is summary of dividends I received in August 2017.  This summary includes a consolidation all accounts: brokerage accounts, 401K, and IRAs.

August dividends amounted to $245.55, an increase or more than twelve fold, or 1112.0%. This is largely attributed to an increase in the number of shares purchased during the past year - better referred to as a favorable volume increase (whether a new positions or an increase in an existing position).  As noted above, there was a net 6% YoY rate increase resulting from dividend increases from the two companies I held during this same time last year: ABT and AXP. I consider this a decent rate increase.

Happy investing!