Dividend Stocks Portfolio (Update) - September 2015

Here is the recent update to our dividend stocks portfolio – September 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 August, that also means that our annual dividends did not decrease either. 

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 previous two months. In fact, I am happy to report that we ended the month of August with a record setting 17 BUY transactions, with a total of $6,010.05 in new capital put to work. 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 4th consecutive month. :) 

With the purchases this month, the family dividend stocks portfolio now contains a total of 47 different companies/ETF that ALL pay us a dividend.

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

8/3/15
8 shares of CVX (Chevron Corp) at $85.50 

• Total Spent: $684.00
• Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $34.24

8/5/15
12 shares of KMI (Kinder Morgan Inc) at $32.25 

• Total Spent: $387.00
• Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $23.52

8/6/15
5 shares of OXY (Occidental Petroleum Corp) at $68.00 

• Total Spent: $340.00
• Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $15.00

8/11/15
9 shares of EMR (Emerson Electric Co) at $48.83

• Total Spent: $439.37
• Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $16.92

8/13/15
20 shares of POT (Potach Corp) at $25.88

• Total Spent: $517.00
• Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $30.40

8/17/15
9 shares of BNS (Bank of Nova Scotia) at $46.50

• Total Spent: $418.15
• Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $19.29

8/18/15
9 shares of BBL (BHP Billiton Plc) at $34.71

• Total Spent: $416.52
• Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $29.76

8/24/15
6 shares of WPC (W.P. Carey Inc) at $58.00

• Total Spent: $348.00
• Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $22.90

8/24/15
4 shares of UNP (Union Pacific Corp) at $80.00

• Total Spent: $320.00
• Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $8.80

8/24/15
12 shares of OKS (Oneok Partners Lp) at $28.09

• Total Spent: $337.08
• Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $37.92

8/24/15
5 shares of OXY (Occidental Petroleum Corp) at $66.48

• Total Spent: $332.40
• Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $15.00

8/24/15
12 shares of KMI (Kinder Morgan Inc) at $29.00

• Total Spent: $348.00
• Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $23.52

8/24/15
4 shares of JNJ (Johnson & Johnson) at $90.00

• Total Spent: $360.00
• Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $12.00

8/24/15
9 shares of ENB (Enbridge Inc) at $37.17

• Total Spent: $334.53
• Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $13.09

8/26/15
10 shares of BNS (Bank of Nova Scotia) at $42.80

• Total Spent: $428.00
• Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $20.40

TOTAL SPENT ON NEW ACQUISITION: $6,010.05

OVERALL INCREASE TO ANNUAL DIVIDENDS: $322.76

With the additional $322.76 in dividends, our new estimated annual income is now $3,610 (including our Edward Jones account) or and average of approximately $300.83/month.

Many DGI bloggers had similar success as evident in our recent post: Collection of RECENT BUYS (Summary) - August 2015 

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 92 trades out of 100.  Our trade counter will reset on 9/15/2015. That means we only have only 11 more days to use our remaining 8 free trades before our trade counter resets. We have a few limit orders set but I don't think they will execute. Whether we use all 100 free trades or not does not matter to me...I'm just happy to know that none of our trades this year came with any commissions! 

DIVIDENDS

During the past month,  our family received dividends from a total of 9 companies/ETFs/Partnerships!! The total dividends received from those 9 companies/ETFs was: $158.48.

For the past month, we receive the following dividends:

WELLS FARGO INVESTMENT ACCOUNT:
8/3/15 -  VZ (Verizon Comm Co): $19.25
8/3/15 -  DE (Deere & Co): $10.80
8/3/15 -  T (AT&T Inc): $18.96
8/14/15 - OKS (Oneok Partners Lp): $9.48
8/14/15 - KMI (Kinder Morgan Inc): $11.27
8/17/15 - OHI (Omega Healthcare REIT): $5.50
8/21/15 - ARTNA (Artesian Resources Corp): $19.65
8/24/15 - TIS (Orchids Paper Products Co): $14.00
8/25/15 - HCP (HCP Inc): $5.09

EDWARD JONES INVESTMENT ACCOUNT:
8/3/15 - T (AT&T Inc): $44.48

OVERALL DIVIDENDS TOTAL THIS MONTH: $158.48*
* OKS payment was a partnership distribution, not dividends. 

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

Dividend Stocks Portfolio