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!