March 2017 Dividends

Company
Symbol
Held In
 Dividend
Amount Received
March Notes
ARCHER DANIELS MIDLD
ADM
IRA
$0.320
$32.00
increase
ARCHER DANIELS MIDLD
ADM
Taxable
$0.320
$4.16

BRINKER INTL
EAT
IRA
$0.340
$7.48

CHEVRON CORP
CVX
Taxable
$1.080
$2.16

EMERSON ELEC CO
EMR
IRA
$0.480
$24.00

EXXON MOBIL CORP
XOM
IRA
$0.750
$83.25

EXXON MOBIL CORP
XOM
Taxable
$0.750
$1.50

FLOWERS FOODS INC
FLO
IRA
$0.160
$5.12

Foreign BHP BILLITON LTD
BHP
Taxable
$0.800
$1.60
increase
Foreign BHP BILLITON PLC
BBL
Taxable
$0.800
$1.60
increase
HELMERICH PAYNE INC
HP
Taxable
$0.700
$0.70

INTEL CORP
INTC
Taxable
$0.260
$0.79

INTL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP
IBM
IRA
$1.400
$5.60

INTL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP
IBM
IRA
$1.400
$5.60

INTL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP
IBM
Taxable
$1.400
$7.00

JOHNSON AND JOHNSON
JNJ
IRA
$0.800
$40.00

MCDONALDS CORP
MCD
IRA
$0.940
$23.50

MCDONALDS CORP
MCD
Taxable
$0.940
$0.94

MERCURY GENL CORP
MCY
IRA
$0.623
$31.13

MICROSOFT CORP
MSFT
IRA
$0.390
$9.75

NU SKIN ENTERPRS
NUS
Taxable
$0.360
$0.36

OLD REPUB INTL CORP
ORI
IRA
$0.190
$74.67
increase
OLD REPUB INTL CORP
ORI
Taxable
$0.190
$0.76

OLD REPUB INTL CORP
ORI
Taxable
$0.190
$4.56

PRICE T ROWE GROUP INC
TROW
IRA
$0.570
$8.55
increase
PRICE T ROWE GROUP INC
TROW
Taxable
$0.570
$0.57

QUALCOMM INC
QCOM
IRA
$0.530
$9.54

SPAN AMER MEDICAL SYSTEM
SPAN
IRA
$0.160
$3.84

TARGET CORP
TGT
IRA
$0.600
$30.00

UNILEVER PLC
UL
IRA
$0.344
$2.06

UNVSL HELTH RLTY I T SBI REIT
UHT
IRA
$0.655
$16.38

V F CORPORATION
VFC
IRA
$0.420
$0.42

V F CORPORATION
VFC
IRA
$0.420
$4.62


The nice thing about dividends is they keep coming even when you have busy months.  That has left me with little time for investing and catching up on all the great articles in the FI and DGI communities.  The restructuring of my portfolio and additional contributions has led to a 26% increase YOY.  That translates into $444.21 dollars for the month with a total of $728.85 for the year.

Dividend increases from ADM, BHP/BBL, ORI and TROW helped spur additional dollars into my pocket.  I am concerned with the huge jump up by BHP/BBL but it is still only at its previous 2008 dividend levels.  My whopping 2 shares of each will probably remain so as I don't know when they will cut the dividend again.  And while I do love the ORI the dividend growth this time around was only 1.1%.  OLD REPUBLIC, that wasn't a very nice raise you gave me.  Please SHARE the wealth.  I doubt the board will read that but it never hurts to try.


My goal is to still contribute $11,000 to my (and my wife) IRA's this year.  I am already half way there.  The bulk of my savings will be in my 401k when I become eligible in June.  The downside is none of the funds they offer are geared towards dividends so we will see if that helps boost mine later this year.

Happy dividend gathering,

Dividend Family Guy

Comments

  1. DivHutApril 25, 2017 at 1:08 PM

    Looks like a very solid performance for the month of March. Though that ORI raise was not large they consistently offer a high current yield. As usual it's nice to see quite a few names in common paying us last month. Keep it up!

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  2. UnknownApril 27, 2017 at 9:57 AM

    Nice month DFG. I am hoping to catch up to that income at some point.

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    1. Dividend Family GuyApril 28, 2017 at 7:38 AM

      Thanks, It is good but I will need a lot more to get to FI.

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  3. Mr. RobotMay 4, 2017 at 5:12 AM

    Nice update yet again! Nice to see we share some companies. Keep up the good work.

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  4. DividendLifeMay 9, 2017 at 9:47 PM

    Hi DFG,
    Congrats on your increases - 26% is awesome. It's great to see the snowball back in action and gathering speed.
    Best wishes,
    -DL

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    1. Dividend Family GuyMay 11, 2017 at 7:32 AM

      Thanks DL. Can't wait until I cross the 50% barrier. Then things will really start to move fast.

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