Dividend Stocks Portfolio (Update) - August 2015

Here is the recent update to our dividend stocks portfolio – August 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 July, 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

The momentum of our  stock buying activity this past month continued from last months report.  For a second straight month, I am happy to report that we ended the month of July with at least 5 buy transactions.  Many DGI bloggers had similar success as evident in our recent post: Collection of RECENT BUYS (Summary) - July 2015 

All in all, great month with lots of solid companies out there at attractive prices. Hope it continues!! we certainly would like to keep this momentum going for a 3 consecutive month. :)

With the purchases this month, the family dividend stocks portfolio now contains a total of 44 different companies/ETF that all pay us a dividend.

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

7/6/15
5 shares of CVX (Chevron Corp) at $95.00 

• Total Spent: $475.00
• Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $21.40

7/7/15
9 shares of EMR (Emerson Electric) at $55.00 

• Total Spent: $495.00
• Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $16.92

7/23/15
6 shares of UNP (Union Pacific Corp) at $93.33 

• Total Spent: $559.98
• Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $13.20

7/24/15
3 shares of MMM (3M Company) at $149.31

• Total Spent: $447.96
• Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $12.30

7/27/15
75 shares of FTR (Frontier Corp) at $4.50

• Total Spent: $337.50
• Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $31.50

7/28/15
10 shares of TD (Toronto-Dominion Bank) at $38.88

• Total Spent: $388.80
• Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $16.19

TOTAL SPENT ON NEW ACQUISITION: $2,704.24

OVERALL INCREASE TO ANNUAL DIVIDENDS: $111.51

With the additional $111.51 in dividends, our new estimated annual income is now $3,102 or and average of approximately $258/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 72 trades out of 100.  Our trade counter will reset on 9/15/2015. That means we have roughly a month and a half left to use our remaining 28 free trades before our trade counter resets.

DIVIDENDS

During the past month,  our family received dividends from a total of 13 companies/ETFs!! The total dividends received from those 13 companies/ETFs was: $310.95.

For the past month, we receive the following dividends:

WELLS FARGO INVESTMENT ACCOUNT:
7/1/15 -  BPY (Brookfield Property Partners): $16.92
7/1/15 -  EDIV (SPDR Emerging Markets ETF): $32.23
7/1/15 -  THFF (First Financial Corp): $7.35
7/2/15 -  TCK (Tech Resources Ltd): $23.45
7/10/15 - PM (Phillip Morris Int'l Inc): $7.00
7/13/15 - CIG (Companhia Energetica de Minas): $8.01
7/15/15 - OXY(Occidental Petroleum Corp): $7.50
7/15/15 - CRC (California Res Corp): $.02

7/15/15 - ARI (Apollo Comm Real Estate): $55.57
7/27/15 - GE (General Electric Co): $10.35
7/31/15 - TD (Toronto-Dominion Bank): $3.91
7/31/15 - AMTG (American Realty Capital Prop): $87.49

EDWARD JONES INVESTMENT ACCOUNT:
7/22/15 - CMCSA (Comcast Corp): $51.15

OVERALL DIVIDENDS TOTAL THIS MONTH: $310.95*
* 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