Dividend Stocks Portfolio (Update) - November 2015

Here is the recent update to our dividend stocks portfolio – November 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 October, 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

For a second consecutive month, our buying activity has slowed down. Hopefully, we can find some black Friday deals in the market and pick up our buying activity for the month of November. :) Nevertheless, we ended the month of October with 3 buys with a total of $2,080.90 in new capital put to work.  We bought shares in Ensco Plc (ESV), Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT), and Ventas Inc (VTR).  Since VTR was not previously held in our family dividend stocks portfolio, that meant that we added more more company to our list of dividend paying stocks.  Our total now stands at 48 different companies/ETF that pay us a dividend.

Below are the actual buys that we made during the past month:

10/1/15
51 shares of ESV (Ensco Plc) at $13.33

• Total Spent: $679.83
• Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $30.60

10/15/15
18 shares of WMT (Wal-Mart Stores, Inc) at $59.43

• Total Spent: $1,069.87
• Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $35.28

10/28/15
6 shares of VTR (Ventas, Inc) at $55.20

• Total Spent: $331.20
• Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $17.52

TOTAL SPENT ON NEW ACQUISITION: $2,080.90

OVERALL INCREASE TO ANNUAL DIVIDENDS: $83.40

With the additional $83.40 in dividends, our new estimated annual income is now $3,932 (including our Edward Jones account) or and average of approximately $327.66/month.

DIVIDENDS

During the past month,  our family received dividends from a total of 13 companies/ETFs/Partnerships!! The total dividends received from those 13 companies/ETFs/Partnerships was: $357.56. Woohoo! It was the fourth time this year we received more than $300 in dividends!!

Below is a breakdown of the dividends received this past month:

WELLS FARGO INVESTMENT ACCOUNT:
10/01/15 - BPY (Brookfield Property LP Partners): $16.84
10/13/15 - BSBR (Banco Santander Brasil SA): $18.64
10/14/15 - PM (Phillip Morris Int'l Inc): $7.14
10/15/15 - WPC (WP Carey Inc): $5.73
10/15/15 - VER (VEREIT Inc): $61.88
10/15/15 - OXY (Occidental Petroleum Corp): $15.00
10/15/15 - CRC (California Resource Corp): $.02
10/15/15 - ARI (Apollo Comm Real Estate): $55.57
10/26/15 - GE (General Electric Co): $10.35
10/29/15 - BNS (Bank of Nova Scotia): $7.99
10/30/15 - TD (Toronto Dominion Bank): $7.76
10/30/15 - AMTG (Apollo Res Mortgage Inc): $99.49

EDWARD JONES INVESTMENT ACCOUNT:
10/28/15 - CMCSA (Comcast Corp): $51.15

OVERALL DIVIDENDS TOTAL THIS MONTH: $357.56

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

Dividend Stocks Portfolio