June 2015 Dividends

Another good month of collecting dividends and reinvesting them in my IRA.  For my taxable account I continue to amass cash so I can make a purchase.   My market is looking better so I hope to have some cash to deploy soon.

The biggest surprise I missed was ol' blue with a large increase of 15.4 percent.  I did the math a few times to be sure of it (but I could still be wrong). If that is their pace for the future and they meet or beat earnings going forward I might have to add to my position.

 Company
Account
Dividend
Div Received
Shares of Life Purchased
June
CVX
IRA
1.07
9.73
0.0969
No change in dividend
TGT
IRA
0.52
9.11
0.1155
No change in dividend
MSFT
IRA
0.31
7.64
0.1639
No change in dividend
ED
IRA
0.65
50.88
0.8843
No change in dividend
MCD
IRA
0.85
9.39
0.0988
No change in dividend
ORI
IRA
0.185
19.41
1.2418
No change in dividend
RIG
IRA
0.15
8.57
0
No change in dividend/not reinvesting in this
MCY
IRA
0.618
64.73
1.141
No change in dividend
UHT
IRA
0.64
67.51
1.4528
.7% increase vs. last dividend
COP
Taxable
0.73
8.96
0
No change in dividend
AGNC
Taxable
0.2
5.67
0
No change in dividend
IBM
Taxable
1.3
5.27
0
15.4% increase vs. last dividend...go blue
NUS
Taxable
0.35
8.15
0
No change in dividend
VNR
Taxable
0.118
0.27
0
No change in dividend
HRZN
Taxable
0.115
6.99
0
No change in dividend
CTL
Taxable
0.54
9.3
0
No change in dividend


Compared to the same time last year my dividends were cut in half or so.  The biggest change was the complete dividend cut (SDRL) and partial cut (RIG).  This was a large chunk of change I will never get back from them.  This was a purchase before I knew better and was very high risk.  Any dividends I received from them did not come close the loss I toke from Mr. Market when they cut their dividends.  You are always learning in life that is for sure.


Happy dividend collecting,
DFG

Comments

  1. ADDJuly 22, 2015 at 9:37 PM

    a lot of good companies you've got there. the chart looks a bit lumpy but as long as the numbers are going up then thats all that matters!

    Congrats
    ADD

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    1. Dividend Family GuyAugust 12, 2015 at 12:08 PM

      Yep a few bad apples of my early investing days. Need to dump them soon. Thanks for stopping by ADD.
      DFG

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    2. Dividend Family GuyAugust 12, 2015 at 12:24 PM

      Yep a few bad apples of my early investing days. Need to dump them soon. Thanks for stopping by ADD.
      DFG

      Delete

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