Flowers foods (FLO) paid $0.36, same as last quarter. Kroger (KR) also delivered the same dividend as the prior quarter, with $0.42.
Thankfully QoQ growth came through other purchases. Realty Income (O) paid $0.66. Wendy's also came through with $0.26.
All in all, my investments brought in $1.70 of dividends. It's not a huge number, but there is still growth. Over 100% growth no less. Still an insignificant stat at this point, but I'll take it regardless.
Bank interest had a strong showing, bringing in $1.60. Not only is this more than double from last quarter, but it would appear to be right on the stock portfolio's heels.
I say appears to because the 401K came in with a sneak attack and dropped an additional $8.12 in dividends into my retirement account. Now, this came from several funds, but I still did a double take when I saw the numbers. With my contributions being broken up between several funds, it's going to take a while to build up any sort of position. Up until now the dividends were a penny here, a penny there; if I was lucky I'd get a quarter. I wasn't really expecting significant numbers for a good long while, yet here we are. I see now why investors talk about the quarter-enders being the big dividend payers because, dang.
All in all, the dividend total comes in at $9.82, just shy of double digit territory.
Once again, I made two stock purchases this month.
The first was 3 shares of CenturyLink (CTL). This was my planned purchase of the month.
The second was 3 shares of Senior Housing (SNH). Unlike other instances, this was not a retaliatory "work annoyed me" purchase. This was a "the stock market went into perpetual pratfall mode over the week of Christmas and I decided to take advantage of the buying opportunity" purchase. As I noted on Twitter, this wasn't a particularly large move. Some of the other dividend investors out there really took advantage. I didn't sit on the sidelines, though, so it's something at least.
Buying this stock was also beneficial as it pays in February, I noted that I would've broken the double digit threshold had it not been for HCLP's dividend cut. This purchase pushes me back into that territory. I have my fingers crossed that things will hold steady so that I don't fall back under. I mean that figuratively, of course. Typing with crossed fingers would be most difficult.
DRIP is, of course, enabled on both. Speaking of, I withdrew HCLP from said system. The stock was circling the drain, so I had it marked for dead. I figured I was only getting one, maybe two more dividends before it died completely so there was no point in getting more shares. It had a nice upswing today, so maybe smoother waters lie ahead. If that turns out to be the case, I'll re-enable, but for now I'm still in "take the money and run" mode" as far as that company is concerned.
That about covers everything, I think. All in all, it wasn't a bad way to close out the year. I've already made note of how optimistic I am for the year ahead, so I won't go on too long about that, but suffice it to say, it remains the case.
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