Give me the beat, boys, and free my soul. I want to get lost....in dividends. Yes, another month has passed and we are officially in the second half and/or the third quarter of 2021. As such, it's time to log the dividends. Now, for most, the quarter end is the big, high paying month. Historically, however, the quarter end is my weakest of the bunch. It's bizarro, but it still seems to be working. Could this month throw a curve ball? Let's find out, shall we?
Kroger (KR): $1.14 (+$0.01 QoQ, +$0.15 YoY)
SJW Group (SJW): $0.37 (+$0.02 QoQ, +$0.05 YoY)
J.M. Smucker (SJM): $0.02
Nasdaq Covered Call ETF (QYLD): $0.06 (+$0.05 QoQ)
Pfizer (PFE): $0.79 (+$0.40 QoQ)
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ): $0.22 (+$0.10 QoQ)
AGNC: $0.32 (+$0.02 QoQ, +$0.18 YoY, same as last month)
Exxon Mobil (XOM): $1.01 (+$0.12 QoQ)
Target (TGT): (+$0.04 QoQ)
Emerson (EMR): $0.17 (+$0.07 QoQ)
Chevron (CVX): $0.04
Lumen Technologies (LUMN): $0.56 (+$0.01 QoQ)
Walgreen's Boots Alliance (WBA): $0.97 (+$0.01 QoQ, +$0.51 YoY)
GlobalXSuperdividend (SDIV): $0.04 (+$0.02 QoQ)
Yum! (YUM): $0.04
3M (MMM): $0.22 (+$0.09 QoQ)
Realty Income (O): $1.08 (+$0.04 QoQ, +$0.10 YoY, +$0.03 from last month)
Wendy's (WEN): $0.83 (+$0.09 QoQ, +$0.47 YoY)
ConEd (ED): $0.30 (+$0.13 QoQ)
Stag Industrial (STAG): $0.01 (---)
Main Street Capital (MAIN): $0.02 (+$0.01 QoQ)
McDonald's (MCD): $0.18 (+$0.05 QoQ)
VF Corporation (VFC): $1.01 (+$0.01 QoQ, +$0.52 YoY)
Flowers Foods (FLO): $1.13 (($0.05 QoQ, +$0.09 YoY)
Vanguard Utilities ETF (VPU): $0.20
Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (VYM): $0.52 ($0.18 QoQ)
Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (VIG): $0.24 (+$0.12 QoQ)
Kraft Heinz (KHC): $0.81 (+$0.41 QoQ)
Lockheed (LMT): $0.06
Vanguard US REIT Fund (VNQ): $0.32 (+$0.14 QoQ)
Wisdom Tree (DON): $0.02 (+$0.01 QoQ)
Vanguard Total Market ETF (VTI): $0.19 (+$0.03 QoQ)
That brings the sub-total in the taxable accounts to $12.99, up $2.58 from last quarter and up $7.93 from last year.
Of course, now we have to cover the 401K, those dividends are as follows
Baird Aggregate Bond Fund: $0.91
DFA US Small Cap Fund: $0.80
American EuroPacific Growth Fund: $15.54
Two of these are bi-annual payers, having paid in December, but not in March. The small cap fund is actually down a bit. That Europacific Growth fund, though, I don't know where that number came from. It paid a little more than a dollar six months ago. Maybe some kind of special dividend came into play. It doesn't give me specifics. We'll have to see what happens both in December and next June. We could have a fifth mid-quarter month on our hands. I find it hard to believe that type of spike (or even that kind of number this early) is going to be a routine occurrence, but we'll see what happens.
The 401K chipped in $17.25 total.
Adding these together, we get a grand total of $30.24 in dividend income this month.
Interest chipped in $2.71
The buys on Robinhood were lighter than usual (you can read about those here, here, here, here and here). However, the E-Trade account tagged in and provided a bit of momentum of its own. In that wing, I added single shares of Kinder Morgan (KMI), AT&T (T), and a new position, SpartanNash (SPTN).
The portfolio hasn't been updated yet. Enough moves have been made where one is warranted, I just haven't had the chance to actually sit down and do it. It should happen some time in the near future, though.
All in all, this was a strong ending for the first half of the year. Not a record breaker, but a worthy showing that is more fitting of the quarter ends that other investors may be used to.
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