November 2020 Dividend Income: Love Those Midquarters

 November has come and gone, the holiday season is officially upon us, and it's time to run through the dividends.  Where most investors post their biggest numbers in the quarter end, my time to shine is in the middle of the quarter.  I didn't plan for it, that's just the way it played out.  It's a little odd, but if Jimmy wants to crack corn, I don't care.  In any event, let's get on to the main attraction, shall we?

Publix: $9.18  Same as last quarter but up quite a bit from last year

AT&T (T): $2.27  Up $0.60 due to DRIP and a buy. YoY  growth comes to $1.20

AGNC: $0.14  Same as last quarter and down $0.03 from last November

Sprague Resources (SRLP): $9.28  Up $0.36 QoQ due to DRIP and up $1.42 from last year.

Realty Income (O): $1.00  Up a penny from last quarter, but the same as last month.

Hormel (HRL): $0.72 Same as last quarter and up $0.29 YoY.  

Kinder Morgan (KMI): $1.39  Up $0.29 from last quarter due to DRIP and a buy; and up $0.38 from last year.

People's United (PBCT): $0.18

Omega Healthcare (OHI): $3.00  Up $0.72 from last quarter and up $0.84 from last year

Proctor & Gamble (PG): $0.82  Up $0.03 from last quarter

Paychex (PAYX): $1.32  Up a penny from last quarter and up $0.04 from last year

Westrock (WRK): $0.83  Same as last quarter

Starbucks (SBUX): $0.01  Probably should have opened with this and closed with SRLP and Publix, but whatever, too late now.

That brings the sub-total to $30.14  Up $3.10 from last quarter and up almost 10 bucks from last year.  

The 401K also threw in a bit.

Publix came in with another $2.64, which is up $0.18 from last quarter

The Baird Aggregate Bond Fund added another $0.77, which is the same as last quarter.  Combined, the 401K added $3.41 in dividend income.

This brings the grand total to $33.55.  I do believe that is a record broken. I'm coming up on the $40 mark, which is pretty crazy.  Who knows? I might even crack $50 in the near future.

Interest clocked in at $3.12

No buys in the E-Trade account.  I did make some partial share buys over on Robinhood to "bolster" most of the already existing positions, but I don't think that really moved the needle.  The 401K got a decent boost, but I don't know if that's enough to warrant a portfolio update at this point.  Probably going to wait until the end of the month so that the change can be more apparent.  I could change my mind, but we'll see.  If the portfolio does get updated, you'll certainly be informed, make no mistake.

 

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October 2020 Dividend Income: Did a Stock Swap. I Swapped Some Stock

 We are now in the fourth quarter of the gauntlet that is 2020.  Another month has passed and, thus, it is time to look at what treats were received in the form of dividends.  So, without further ado, let's get to it.

Pepsi (PEP): $1.08  This is up $0.04 from last quarter and up $0.12 from last year due to DRIP and partial share buys in Robinhood.  

Vanguard Total Market Index (VTI): $0.05  

Vanguard S&P 500 Index (VOO): $0.04

Vanguard REIT Fund (VNQ): $0.05   Even the tiny positions I initiated in Robinhood are already bearing fruit.  It's nice to see, and oddly motivating.

Iron Mountain (IRM): $3.33  Up $0.08 from last quarter due to DRIP and up $1.46 YoY.

AGNC: $0.14 Same as last quarter.

Franklin Resources (BEN): $2.26 Up $0.30 QoQ and up $0.95 YoY

Leggett &Platt (LEG): $0.40  Same as last quarter

Realty Income (O): $1.00  Up $0.02 from last quarter and up $0.01 from last month due to DRIP and a dividend increase.  It is nice to finally break that one dollar barrier, need more positions to do that.

Best Buy (BBY): $3.91 Up $0.03 from last quarter

Armanino Foods (AMNF): $0.19 same as last quarter.

This brings the sub-total to $12.45, up $0.61 from last quarter and up $6.48 from last year.  It's odd because so many of these are tiny positions that are basically just throwing change.  Pepsi and Realty did OK, but Franklin, Iron Mountain, and Best Buy really carried the brunt of that total.  

The 401K threw in an extra $0.71, which is (again) down a couple of cents QoQ. It's not devastating now, but I'd still like to see that trend reverse and start going back in the right direction.

Interest also threw in a bit, clocking in $3.77.  This is also down due to repeated interest rate cuts, very annoying.

Oddly enough, here's where the real meat of the article comes, because this was a pretty active month for me.  To start, I sold off my shares of Diversified Healthcare Trust (DHC) and Howmet (HWM).  Those dividends were basically useless, so I redirected that into a share of Kinder Morgan (KMI). That one share pays more than the two prior companies combined, plus it thinned the list down a bit..temporarily.

This prompted me to sell all but one share of Tanger (SKT), Bloomin' Brands (BLMN), and Bed Bath and Beyond (BBBY).  I hope they reinstate their dividends at some point.  When they do, I'll rebuild those positions but I didn't see much sense in holding on to shares that weren't doing anything.  Credit where it's due, though,  I bought BBBY at about $8 and sold it at $25.  That was a pretty good return and I think the first sale I made for a profit.

This gave me some money to play with so I bought a share of Phizer (PFE), Coca-Cola (KO), People's United (PBCT), Exxon Mobil (XOM), and another share of AT&T (T).  I tried to add another share of SJW, but they wouldn't take the order for some reason.  It was bizarre.

Over on Robinhood, I also made some small moves.  I added partial shares of two more Vanguard ETF's to the portfolio.  The first was the dividend appreciation index (VIG), I think that this will complement VYM rather nicely, and a Vanguard utilities ETF (VPU).  Partial shares of Dunkin (DNKN), Starbucks (SBUX), Campbell's (CPB), AT&T (T), Target (TGT), McDonald's (MCD), VTI, ConEd (ED), Proctor Gamble (PG), and Pepsi (PEP) were also purchased.  This being Robinhood, these buys were all only a dollar or two a pop; so while it looks like a lot, it wasn't that much in terms of capital deployed.  In fact, some of the numbers as far as share count didn't even budge, which was jarring, but I suppose that's a cue to do more than just a buck on buys.   The portfolio has been updated accordingly.  It's a little sad to see so many 1 share positions again, but over time that should remedy itself.  

All in all, this was an OK month.  I am looking forward to seeing what effect the buys will have going forward and hopefully I can keep the pace going not just for the closing months of 2020, but also through the next year to make it more notable.  

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