Dividend Stocks Portfolio (Update) - February 2015

 

Here is the recent update to our dividend stocks portfolio – February 2015.

 

SALES 

We are still trying to re-balance our portfolio as there are a few companies we simply view as short-term investments and thus do not plan to hang onto for the long term.  However, we did not sell any shares in our portfolio this past month.  On the positive side, since we did not sell any shares, that means that our annual dividends did not decrease.

TOTAL VALUE OF ALL SALES: $0.00

OVERALL DECREASE TO ANNUAL DIVIDENDS: $0.00

 

PURCHASES

The month of January ended up being another very active month for us.  We ended the month with a total of 8 buy transactions. Since we already had committed more cash than usual this month, we decided not to do an "Ask the Readers" post this month.

So out of the 8 transactions this past month, 6 were companies we had already owned and were merely buying more shares to lower our overall cost basis. The remaining 2 transactions were new companies that we decided to add to our family's dividend stocks portfolio.  With our recent purchase of TD and CVX, our family dividend stocks portfolio now contains a total of 34 different companies/ETF that all pay us a dividend.
 

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

1/6/15
10 shares of VZ (Verizon Wireless) at $46.49 ($464.95)

• Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $22.00

1/12/15

15 shares of NOV (National Oilwell Varco Inc) at $59.97 ($899.64)

• Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $27.60

1/13/15

15 shares of GE (General Electric) at $23.75 ($356.25)

• Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $13.80

1/14/15

12 shares of BBL (BHP Billiton Plc) at $38.75 ($465.00)

• Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $29.04

 1/14/15

10 shares of TD (Toronto Dominion Bank) at $42.00 ($420.00)

• Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $14.86

1/16/15

10 shares of GE (General Electric) at $23.50 ($235.00)

• Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $9.20

1/28/15
12 shares of NOV (National Oilwell Varco Inc) at $54.00 ($648.00)

• Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $22.08

1/30/15

5 shares of CVX (Chevron Corp) at $100.00 ($500.00)

• Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $21.40

TOTAL SPENT ON NEW ACQUISITION: $3,988.84*
*We receive 100 free trades per year through our brokerage account so there was no commission paid on these purchase.

As of 2/4/2015, we still have 57 free trades to make until 9/15/2015

OVERALL INCREASE TO ANNUAL DIVIDENDS: $159.98

With the additional $159.98 in annual dividends, our new estimated annual income is now $3,296 or and average of approximately $274.66/month.   

 

DIVIDENDS

January was a great month in terms of dividends received.  During this past month, our dividend total was $277.19.  We had 9 companies/ETFs pay us a dividend this past month. All in all, we started the year right on track with our actual dividends coming within $5 of our estimated monthly payout of $274.66/month. 

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

WELLS FARGO INVESTMENT ACCOUNT:
1/2/15 - Dividend from BPY (Brookfield Property): $15.66
1/2/15 - Dividend from EDIV (SPDR Emerging Market ETF): $11.16
1/2/15 - Dividend from TCK (Teck Resources): $56.25
1/15/15 - Dividend from OXY (Occidental Petroleum): $3.60
1/15/15 - Dividend from THFF (First Financial Corp): $7.35
1/15/15 - Dividend from ARI (Apollo Comm RE Finance Inc): $50.52
1/26/15 - Dividend from GE (General Electric): $4.60
1/30/15 - Dividend from AMTG (Apollo Residential Mortgage Inc): $82.02

EDWARD JONES INVESTMENT ACCOUNT:
1/28/15 - Dividend from CMCSA (Comcast Corp): $46.03

OVERALL DIVIDENDS TOTAL THIS MONTH: $277.19*

* 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