March 2016 – Monthly Update

 

Below is a summary of my activity for the month:

New Purchases: $1,300 (NET)

$900 of TEVA
$200 of DEO
$200 of CAT

Posts about new purchases can all be found by following the “Buys” label here.

Sells: 

None

Dividends:

January – 293.72
February – $362.73

TGT – 47.77
CVX – 37.95
TEVA – 26.55
MCD – 16.43
ESV – 4.86
BP – 69.46
RDSB – 200.33
BDX – 31.29
UNP – 28.87
PEP-14.45
BBL – 41.04
WAG – 132.00
CSX – 36.00
LMT – 72.60
NFC – 59.00
JNJ – 37.50
KMI – 25.00
CLX – 39.27
CMI – 63.38
HSY – 29.34
VOO – 25.29
PJP – 1.56
MOTIF – 28.60

I earned $1068.54 in dividends for the month.  It’s been a while since I broke $1000!  The next couple of months will be a lot lower  but I’m anxious to start posting a quarterly dividend graph again once I’m half way through the year.

Forward 12-month Dividends:

My expected forward 12-month dividend income is $7269.00.  BBL, and ESV’s latest cut dropped my dividend income.  I also forgot to factor in a sell of some BP stock from late last year from tax loss harvesting.  My portfolio should be completely updated now.  A lot has happened over the last twelve months but my dividend income has nowhere to go but up now.  

I keep a forward dividend projection on my Dividends tab.

The following companies in my portfolio increased their dividends this month.

APD – A raise from $0.81 to $0.86 was declared on March 16th

GIS – A raise from $0.44 to $0.46 was declared on March 8th
Some of these increases can be found on my Dividend Increases label.

Goals:

I’m overdue for getting this out.  I hope to have it done before the first quarter third of the year is over.

All goals can be found on the Goals tab.

Rental Real Estate:

I currently own 1 rental property that’s up for re-lease in a couple of months.  Since I have to give a 60 day notice, I have to notify the tenants of a planned increase in rent.  I’ll post results.

All of my other real estate posts will be found on my real estate label.

Net Worth:

I’ve started to update my net worth again.  I still have a few changes but it will be more accurate after another month or so.

You can find the details of this on my Net Worth page.

 

Looking Ahead:

Purchases were still light but I’m still consistently investing.  I have not caught up on taxes, It will likely take until the fall to get back on track.  The majority of extra money has been pumped into the restaurant/bar I’m opening soon.

The restaurant is doing a mini opening for an outdoor event in a couple of weeks.  This will allow me to test the POS system and work any kinks out.  There’s still a lot to work on as far as perfecting the menu.  I literally had no idea how much work this was!  I’m hopeful I can be fully open in another month.  I’ve gotten pricing for almost everything I need so I am getting closer each day.  If it ever stops raining here I’ll post a picture of the outside.

I’m not at the computer as much any more but I will post whenever I can.

The picture is from the sushi market in Tokyo on my recent trip.  I had the best fish I’ve ever eaten there.