Friday, October 3, 2014

Dividend Stocks Portfolio (Update) - October 2014

 
Here is the recent update to our dividend stocks portfolio – October 2014.

 

SALES

As noted in the narrative for our dividend stocks portfolio, we are in the process of re-balancing our portfolio to meet our current stock criteria. Some of our holdings, therefore, do not reflect our current goals. We are in the process of selling a few of them as they reach our pre-established limit price.

We are now currently in the 6th month of re-balancing our portfolio. Our goal is to finish the transition sometime before the end of the year. Unfortunately, our re-balancing efforts was non-existent again this month as we did not sell any shares in our portfolio this past month. With stock prices on the decline, we didn't see any worthwhile opportunities to sell. 

TOTAL VALUE OF ALL SALES: $0.00

OVERALL DECREASE TO ANNUAL DIVIDENDS: $0.00
Since we did not sell any shares this past month, that means our annual dividends did not decrease.

 

PURCHASES

Although we did not sell any shares, that did not stop us from picking up a few shares this past month.  As stocks appear to be on the decline, we decided to seize the opportunity to add some more shares to our family portfolio. In all, we made a total of 12 purchases during the month of September.  We initiated shares in 2 new companies that we previously had not owned.  Both SDRL and BBL were companies we did not owned prior to our acquisitions this past month. With the two new acquisitions, we now own stocks in 27 companies.

With the recent decline of DE, TIS, ESV, KMI, and VZ, we took the opportunity to average down our cost basis in these companies.
 
The following are the actual buys that we made during the month of September:

9/5/14
3 shares of DE (Deere & Co) at $83.00 ($249.00)
  • Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $7.20
9/5/14
10 shares of TIS (Orchids Paper Products Co) at $26.10 ($261.00)
  • Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $14.00
9/5/14
10 shares of ESV (Ensco Plc) at $47.00 ($470.00)
  • Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $30.00
9/9/14
8 shares of KMI (Kinder Morgan Inc) at $38.50 ($308.00)
  • Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $13.76
9/10/14
5 shares of VZ (Verizon Communication Co) at $48.45 (242.25)

  • Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $11.00
9/11/14
15 shares of SDRL (Seadrill Ltd) at $32.48 ($487.20)
  • Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $60.00
9/12/14
5 shares of RIG (Transocean Ltd) at $36.25 ($181.25)
  • Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $15.00
9/12/14
10 shares of TIS (Orchids Paper Products Co) at $25.75 ($257.50)
  • Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $14.00
9/15/14
10 shares of BBL (BHP Billiton Plc) at $59.75 ($597.50)

  • Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $24.20
9/19/14
9 shares of SDRL (Seadrill Ltd) at $28.50 ($256.50)
  • Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $36.00
9/23/14
5 shares of ESV (Ensco Plc) at $43.50 ($217.50)
  • Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $15.00
9/25/14
5 shares of BBL (BHP Billiton Plc) at $56.50 ($282.50)
  • Estimated Annual Dividend Received: $12.10
 
TOTAL SPENT ON NEW ACQUISITION: $3,810.20*
*We receive 100 free trades per year through our brokerage account so there was no commission paid on these purchase.

 
As of 10/2/2014, we still have 92 free trades to make until 9/15/2015. We made a few trades both yesterday and today that are not reflected in the September activity.

OVERALL INCREASE TO ANNUAL DIVIDENDS: $252.26
With the additional $252.26 in annual dividends, our new estimated annual income is now $2,209.95 or and average of approximately $184/month.  We have added a pretty decent amount of money to our portfolio these past two months.  As a result, I am definitely happy with the progress we've been making.

 

DIVIDENDS

September was an average month in terms of dividends received. During this past month, our dividend total was $164.92. To date, we are averaging $166.15 in dividends each month.  We had 11 companies pay us a dividend this past month.  I believe that is a new record for us!

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

WELLS FARGO INVESTMENT ACCOUNT:
9/02/14 - Dividend from ENB (Enbridge Inc): $6.45
9/02/14 - Dividend from AFL (Alfac Inc): $10.73
9/05/14 - Dividend from BSBR (Banco Santander Brasil): $11.93
9/09/14 - Dividend from BSBR (Banco Santander Brasil): $4.25
9/10/14 - Dividend from TGT (Target Corp): $13.04

9/10/14 - Dividend from EXC (Exelon Corp): $18.58
9/15/14 - Dividend from ORI (Old Republic Intl Corp): $6.39
9/15/14 - Dividend from ARCP (American Realty Capital Properties Inc): $13.33
9/16/14 - Dividend from MCD (McDonalds Corp): $4.86
9/18/14 - Dividend from RIG (Transocean Ltd): $7.50
9/19/14 - Dividend from ESV (Ensco Plc): $15.00
9/30/14 - Dividend from FTR (Frontier Communications Corp): $52.86
EDWARD JONES INVESTMENT ACCOUNT:
No dividends received from EJ Account.

OVERALL DIVIDENDS TOTAL THIS MONTH: $164.92*

* 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:
 

  • 12 comments:

    1. Congratulations! Pretty awesome amount of capital put to work this last month in some great companies, plus some pretty sweet dividends! All those purchases should really provide a boost to Q4 and beyond. Keep it up!

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      1. Thanks W2R. Our daughter went into kindergarten recently so until our son is ready for pre-school, we should be able to put a decent amount of capital to use. Looking forward to seeing the growth in Q4 and beyond!

        Thanks for stopping by. Best Wishes! AFFJ

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    2. Good stuff, AFFJ. Keep adding to towards those shares and you will be building that monster portfolio. Congrats on the dividend income!

      cheers

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      1. R2R - we plan to add as much as we can each month knowing the growth the lies ahead. Can't wait to be able to call our portfolio a "monster portfolio." :)

        Cheers to portfolio growth! AFFJ

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    3. Nice income and nice choices! Definitely agree with picking up some BBL; I'm really liking it around these levels.

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      1. Thanks DD - we've watch BBL for quite some time and finally found our opportunity to become an investor. We think BBL is a good company to own long term and plan to keep it in our portfolio for the long haul.

        Thanks for stopping by and your comment. Best Wishes! AFFJ

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    4. Great stuff, that's awesome that you were able to put over $3.5k new capitals into your portfolio. That will go a long way in the future.

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      1. Tawcan - We just kept buying companies at prices we felt justified the risk. Can't say it planned but glad to have had the capital available.

        Cheers to a brighter future with dividends galore! :) AFFJ

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    5. AFFJ,

      I like the aggressive additions. You are really humming along. A few months from now you will really notice the effects of your newly deployed capital.

      MDP

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      1. Thanks MDP. Trying to grow our portfolio any chance we get. Already feeling some of the effects but each new purchase does get me a bit more excited knowing their effects to our future dividends.

        Thanks for visiting...Best Wishes! AFFJ

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    6. Solid month and I like those purchases. Your dividends are increasing at a nice pace. I've been thinking of adding a few other drillers to balance out ESV but for now I've just been lowering my cost basis on ESV.

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      1. Thanks Brent. Drillers have definitely been beaten up lately. I don't expect the dividend payouts to remain at current levels but I do believe that in time the prices will recover. I will probably add to our shares of ESV and SDRL in the coming month but only to help lower my cost basis. AFFJ

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