Dividend Stocks Portfolio (Update) - August 2014

 

Here is the recent update to our dividend stocks portfolio – August 2014.

SALES

As noted in the narrative for our dividend stocks portfolio, we are in the process of re-balancing our portfolio to meet our current stock criteria. Some of our holdings, therefore, do not reflect our current goals, but we are in the process of selling a few of them as they reach our limit price. We are currently in the fourth month of re-balancing our portfolio. 

In July, we continued to sell a few shares this past month but still have a bit more to go.  Our goal is to finish the transition sometime before the end of the year.  Once again, we made some great progress towards this goal during the month July.

 

With that said, we have sold the following 5 positions this past month:

7/18/14

50 shares of CIG (Companhia Energetica De Minas) at $8.50 ($424.99)

• Estimated Annual Dividend Lost: $78.56

7/21/14

13 shares of CIG (Companhia Energetica De Minas) at $8.72 ($113.96)

• Estimated Annual Dividend Lost: $20.41

7/21/14

48 shares of CIG (Companhia Energetica de Minas) at $8.65 ($415.19)

• Estimated Annual Dividend Lost: $73.36

7/21/14

41.614 shares of BBD (Banco Bradesco) at $15.83 ($658.74)

• Estimated Annual Dividend Lost: $3.95

7/29/14

100 shares of FTR (Frontier Communications) at $7.11 ($711.00)

• Estimated Annual Dividend Lost: $40.00

TOTAL VALUE OF ALL SALES: $2,323.88*
*We receive 100 free trades per year through our brokerage account so there was no commission paid on these sales.

OVERALL DECREASE TO ANNUAL DIVIDENDS: $216.28

Although we did lose $216.28 in annual dividends, it should be noted that we did profit $664.47 from our 5 sales in July. The profits essentially equates to a 28.6% gain that we were able to lock in. I realize that most dividend investors generally never sell their holdings, but I am doing so to de-risk my portfolio as the dividend from these companies aren't particularly stable.

PURCHASES

July was a busy month as we made a total of 8 purchases during the month.  We initiated shares in 5 new companies that we previously had not owned.  With the recent dip in the market, we hope to continue actively buying more shares throughout the month of August.  We are still sitting on a little bit of money from proceeds from the month of June that we have not put to use.     

 

The following are the actual buys that we made during the month of July:

7/16/14

15 shares of THFF (First Financial Corp) at $31.00 ($465.00)

• Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $14.70

7/17/14

6 shares of DE (Deere & Company) at $88.00 ($528.00)

• Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $14.40

7/17/14

15 shares of ARTNA (Artesian Resources Corp) at $21.30 ($319.50)

• Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $12.72

7/23/14

3 shares of DE (Deere & Company) at $87.50 ($262.50)

• Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $7.20

7/25/14

6 shares of DE (Deere & Company) at $86.00 ($516.00)

• Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $14.40

7/28/14

20 shares of GE (General Electric Company) at $25.50 ($510.00)

• Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $17.60

7/28/14

35 shares of ORI (Old Republic Intl Company) at $15.20 ($532.00)

• Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $25.55

7/31/14

20 shares of TIS (Orchids Paper Products) at $26.13 (522.70)

• Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $28.00

TOTAL SPENT ON NEW ACQUISITION: $3,655.70*
*We receive 100 free trades per year through our brokerage account so there was no commission paid on this purchase.

OVERALL INCREASE TO ANNUAL DIVIDENDS: $134.57

Although these purchases will provide us with $134.57 in annual dividends, the anticipated total payout of our portfolio actually decreased by $81.71 this past month because of our recent sales activity. We are confident that we can quickly replace the dividend income that we had lost from  recent sales. The main goal though is to replace them with stable and/or rising dividends stocks that we can depend on long term.
 

DIVIDENDS

July was a great month in terms of dividends received. In fact, we set a NEW monthly high this past month with $469.19 in dividends received. So far this year, we are averaging $181.55 in dividends each month. 

For the month of July, we receive the following dividends:

7/02/14 - Dividend from BPY (Brookfield Property Partners): $15.62
7/02/14 - Dividend from TCK (Teck Resources LTD): $36.51
7/02/14 - Dividend from EDIV (SPDR S&P Emerging Markets ETF): $37.85
7/08/14 - Dividend from CIG (Companhia Energetica De Minas): $146.30
7/09/14 - Dividend from BBD (Banco Bradesco): $.39
7/15/14 - Dividend from ARI (Apollo Commercial Real Estate): $50.52
7/15/14 - Dividend from ARCP (American Realty Capital Properties): $13.33
7/18/14 - Dividend from CIG (Companhia Energetica De Minas): $92.12
7/25/14 - Dividend from BBD (Banco Bradesco): $3.83
7/31/14 - Dividend from AMTG (Apollo residential Mortgage Inc): $76.35

OVERALL DIVIDENDS TOTAL THIS MONTH: $469.19

* We currently receive our dividends as cash in all stock positions held.
  

In case you interested, our family's dividend stocks portfolio may be found by clicking on the link below:

 

Dividend Stocks Portfolio