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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