Dividend Stocks Portfolio (Update) - July 2015

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

SALES 

This past month we did not sell off any shares from our family's dividend stock portfolio.  But since we did not sell any shares throughout the month of June, that also means that our annual dividends did not decrease either. 

As some of my friends would say, "I'll drink to that!" :)

TOTAL VALUE OF ALL SALES: $0.00

OVERALL DECREASE TO ANNUAL DIVIDENDS: $0.00
  

PURCHASES

We finally got back on track and saw a nice spike in stock buying activity this past month.  In fact, we ended the month of June with a total of 5 buy transactions.  From what we saw, many DGI bloggers had at least 3 buys throughout the month of June.  And I believe Jason from Dividend Mantra had a total of 10 buys this past month!  All in all, great month with lots of solid companies out there at very attractive prices.  Hope it continues because we certainly would like to keep this momentum going! :)

With the purchases this month, the family dividend stocks portfolio now contains a total of 40 different companies/ETF that all pay us a dividend.

The following is the actual buy that we made during the month of June:

6/4/15
12 shares of OKS (Oneok Partners LP) at $37.97 

• Total Spent: $455.76
• Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $37.92

6/15/15
9 shares of WMT (Wal-Mart Stores) at $72.00 

• Total Spent: $648.00
• Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $17.64

6/15/15
10 shares of VZ (Verizon Wireless) at $47.00 

• Total Spent: $470.00
• Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $22.00

6/25/15
10 shares of OHI (Omega Healthcare REIT Investors Inc) at $34.75 

• Total Spent: $347.50
• Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $21.60

6/26/15
5 shares of XOM (Exxon Mobil Corp) at $83.50

• Total Spent: $417.50
• Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $14.60

TOTAL SPENT ON NEW ACQUISITION: $2,338.76

OVERALL INCREASE TO ANNUAL DIVIDENDS: $113.76

With the additional $113.76 in dividends, our new estimated annual income is now $3,310 or and average of approximately $275/month.
  

TRADE COUNTER

We are blessed to have a PMA trading account with Wells Fargo Investments.  With our PMA trading account, we receive 100 FREE trades a year!  How awesome is that?!? So far, we've used a total of 62 trades out of 100.  Our trade counter will reset on 9/15/2015. With just a little over 2 months left before our trade counter resets, that means we can average roughly 19 trades a month and not pay single penny in commission. Woohoo!

DIVIDENDS

During the month of June,  our family received dividends from a total of 18 companies/ETFs!! The total dividends received from those 18 companies/ETFs was: $192.47.

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

WELLS FARGO INVESTMENT ACCOUNT:
6/1/15 - Dividend from WMT (Wal-Mart Stores Inc): $3.92
6/1/15 - Dividend from ENB (Enbridge Inc): $7.46
6/1/15 - Dividend from AFL (Aflac Inc): $13.65
6/9/15 - Dividend from JNJ (Johnson and Johnson): $6.00
6/10/15 - Dividend from TGT (Target Corp): $7.84
6/10/15 - Dividend from IBM (Int'l Business Machine): $3.90
6/10/15 - Dividend from XOM (Exxon Mobil Corp): $4.38
6/10/15 - Dividend from EXC (Exelon Corp): $18.58
6/10/15 - Dividend from EMR (Emerson Electric Co): $4.23
6/10/15 - Dividend from CVX (Chevron Corp): $5.35
6/15/15 - Dividend from ORI (Old Republic Int'l Corp): $6.48
6/15/15 - Dividend from MCD (McDonalds Corp): $5.10
6/17/15 - Dividend from RIG (Transocean Ltd): $5.25
6/19/15 - Dividend from ESV (Esnco Plc): $12.75
6/22/15 - Dividend from RDS.B (Royal Dutch Shell Plc): $8.46
6/30/15 - Dividend from BPY (Brookfield Property Partners Lp): $.77
6/30/15 - Dividend from FTR (Frontier Communications Corp): $31.56
6/30/15 - Dividend from EC (Ecopetrol SA): $46.79

EDWARD JONES INVESTMENT ACCOUNT:
*No dividend were received in June from EJ Account

OVERALL DIVIDENDS TOTAL THIS MONTH: $192.47*

* 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