Tag: dividend

Dividend in 2015

Well 2015 has generated the dividend revenue you can see in the table below. It has been the first year where I am trying to build a portfolio around dividend income. It’s has been a learning experience and for this year I have to look harder at the price I am willing to pay for a certain stock, making it yield a bigger dividend percentage wise.

The market has been down a lot in the first few weeks and this move down is a nice start to being able to buy at a lower level.

I really like the research that goes into selecting the stocks. The main goal is to be better at this.

The dividends without tax, in Euro are :

30-12-2015 VANGUARD DIV APPRECIATION EUR 0,95
24-12-2015 ICAHN ENTERPRISES EUR 1,50
18-12-2015 ROYAL DUTCH SHELL EUR 42,99
15-12-2015 COCA-COLA COMPANY EUR 3,30
10-12-2015 EMERSON ELECTRIC EUR 4,75
10-12-2015 MICROSOFT EUR 3,60
09-12-2015 UNILEVER EUR 3,02
12-11-2015 APPLE INC. EUR 4,42
30-10-2015 DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY EUR 3,57
26-10-2015 GENERAL ELECTRIC EUR 1,95
15-10-2015 W.P. CAREY INC. REIT EUR 8,12
1-10-2015 COCA-COLA COMPANY EUR 2,80
29-9-2015 VANGUARD DIV APPRECIATION EUR 0,76
28-9-2015 ICAHN ENTERPRISES L.P. EUR 0,91
21-9-2015 ROYAL DUTCH SHELL EUR 42,27
10-9-2015 MICROSOFT EUR 2,63
9-9-2015 UNILEVER EUR 1,51
13-8-2015 APPLE INC. EUR 4,42
30-7-2015 DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY EUR 3,57
27-7-2015 GENERAL ELECTRIC EUR 1,95
2-7-2015 VANGUARD DIV APPRECIATION EUR 0,75
30-6-2015 ICAHN ENTERPRISES L.P. EUR 0,91
22-6-2015 ROYAL DUTCH SHELL EUR 41,95
14-5-2015 APPLE INC. EUR 4,42
27-3-2015 VANGUARD DIV APPRECIATION EUR 0,67
20-3-2015 ROYAL DUTCH SHELL EUR 8,66
12-2-2015 APPLE INC. EUR 1,32

Total EUR 197,56

November – Dividend payments so far

It’s been a while since I last posted on my dividend payments. This is 2015 so far. Including everything in the last post.
I really like dividend’s when they come in , it’s simply a lot of fun. At the moment I simply reinvest my dividends in new shares which generate dividend.

I will probably never find the next big winner in the stock market, but I am trying to generate a steady growth. And with more stock comes more dividend.
There will some other payments that are coming in the next few weeks, I post them later.

The dividends without tax, in Euro are :

12-11-2015 APPLE INC. EUR 4,42
30-10-2015 DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY EUR 3,57
26-10-2015 GENERAL ELECTRIC EUR 1,95
15-10-2015 W.P. CAREY INC. REIT EUR 8,12
1-10-2015 COCA-COLA COMPANY EUR 2,80
29-9-2015 VANGUARD DIV APPRECIATION EUR 0,76
28-9-2015 ICAHN ENTERPRISES L.P. EUR 0,91
21-9-2015 ROYAL DUTCH SHELL EUR 42,27
10-9-2015 MICROSOFT EUR 2,63
9-9-2015 UNILEVER EUR 1,51
13-8-2015 APPLE INC. EUR 4,42
30-7-2015 DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY EUR 3,57
27-7-2015 GENERAL ELECTRIC EUR 1,95
2-7-2015 VANGUARD DIV APPRECIATION EUR 0,75
30-6-2015 ICAHN ENTERPRISES L.P. EUR 0,91
22-6-2015 ROYAL DUTCH SHELL EUR 41,95
14-5-2015 APPLE INC. EUR 4,42
27-3-2015 VANGUARD DIV APPRECIATION EUR 0,67
20-3-2015 ROYAL DUTCH SHELL EUR 8,66
12-2-2015 APPLE INC. EUR 1,32

Total EUR 137,56

Dividend payments so far

Most of the stocks I own nowadays pay out dividend. Thought I share the proceeds so far, It may be not much but it is really fun to see them come in. Strange isn’t it.

The dividends without, and in Euro tax are :

12-02-2015 APPLE INC. EUR 1,32
20-03-2015 ROYAL DUTCH SHELLA EUR 8,66
27-03-2015 VANGUARD DIV APPRECIAT EUR 0,67
14-05-2015 APPLE INC. EUR 4,42
22-06-2015 ROYAL DUTCH SHELLA EUR 41,95
30-06-2015 ICAHN ENTERPRISES L.P. EUR 0,91
02-07-2015 VANGUARD DIV APPRECIAT EUR 0,75
27-07-2015 GENERAL ELECTRIC EUR 1,95
30-07-2015 DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY EUR 3,57
13-08-2015 APPLE INC. EUR 4,42

Total EUR 68,62

Also a few are in the pipeline to be paid out, I will update when they do.

Dividend GE and Greece

Today I checked my portfolio and another little flow of Dividend came my way. General electric went ex dividend. Although it isn’t a huge amount of money. It’s a lot of fun watching it roll in.
Hopefully it will continue and I will be able to buy a lot more dividend paying shares as I go along.

I have been reading up on Greece and personally I don’t think this is going to end well, a lot is at stake but the Greek politicians got elected on the promise to lift the heavy burden of all the debt. The only way for them to get any credit from their voters is too be able to say. Look we postponed as long as we possible could and this is what we got out of it. Causing a lot of aggravation along the way.

Greece is small economically, but if they get away with it, what’s to say others won’t do the same. Given the time frame a solution must be reached. Problem is the damage has already been done. Let’s hope the Greeks get their country back on the road, and quickly. Before all the young people with brains live in western Europe.

Apple dividend & additions to my portfolio.

Ok, so one of my first purchases in my account was Apple. Some time ago I lusted over a new Ipad , then I thought wait, let’s buy a few stocks. Since I don’t really need an Ipad.

This was before I was thinking about dividend investing and so sort. Now the coincidence is that last week I received some Apple dividend’s.

It’s not a lot but he it still beats the interest on my savings account. And I think it’s more fun.

Now I am thinking about getting more serious about my dividend income. I have a few ideas. First one is Shell ( RDSA) , which is an oil company. Since it pays a very nice dividend ($1,50 per year) I am thinking of buying a few shares. The price seems reasonable. Second is Unilever, dividend is € 1,14 per share, and it has most of the top ranking food brands out there. So maybe I will buy some next month.

This is still a work in progress, but nonetheless a fun exercise.

I also bought some Vanguard dividend appreciation ETF’s. Let’s see how that works out. Meanwhile I am figuring out how to make nice graphs and sheets to show you.