Monthly Review - January 2021

In this blog post I will go through the dividends I collected in January of 2021.

Dividends received:

In January of 2021 I collected dividends from five companies. The total amount received in net dividends was 15,44€.

List of the companies that paid me dividends in January 2021:

• Altria Group, Inc.
• Iron Mountain Incorporated 
• Genuine Parts Company
• Automatic Data Processing
• Realty Income Corporation

Last year in 2020 I collected 9,70€ in January from three companies.

Year on year growth in net dividends for January was 59,16%.

The reason for the YOY increase is mostly because I have opened new position in Realty Income Corporation and Automatic Data Processing, added to me existing positions and dividend increases. 

I hope you enjoyed reading my blog post.

Stay safe!

Best Regards

D.G.E.

Monthly Review - December 2020

In this blog post I will go through the dividends I collected in December of 2020.

Dividends received:

In December of 2020 I collected dividends from nine companies. The total amount received in net dividends was 32,20€.

Last year in 2019 I collected 28,07€ in December from six companies (3M Company, Walgreens Boots Alliance, T. Rowe Price Group Inc., United Parcel Service, Inc., Johnson & Johnson and Archer-Daniels-Midland)

Year on year growth in net dividends for December was 14,71%.

The reason for the YOY increase is mostly because I have opened new position in Realty Income Corporation, Emerson Electric Co., Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. and dividend increases. 

List of the companies that paid me dividends in December 2020:
3M Company

Walgreens Boots Alliance

T. Rowe Price Group Inc.

United Parcel Service, Inc.

Johnson & Johnson

Archer-Daniels-Midland

Emerson Electric Co.

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

Realty Income Corporation

I hope you enjoyed reading my blog post.

Stay safe!

Best Regards

D.G.E.

Monthly Review - November 2020

In this blog post I will go through the dividends I collected in November of 2020.

Dividends received:

In November of 2020 I collected dividends from ten companies. The total amount received in net dividends was 205,36€.

Last year in 2019 I collected 24,10€ in November from eight companies (General Mills, Inc., Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc., AT&T, Inc., General Dynamics Corporation, Lowe's Corporation, Inc., Caterpillar Inc., Antero Midstream Corporation and QDVD ETF)

Year on year growth in net dividends for November was 752,07%.

The reason for the YOY increase is mostly because I have opened new position in Realty Income Corporation, dividend increases and Skanska paid its dividend in November this year.

List of the companies that paid me dividends in November 2020:
Skanska AB

General Mills, Inc.

AT&T, Inc.

General Dynamics Corporation

Lowe's Corporation, Inc.

Caterpillar Inc.

Antero Midstream Corporation

Realty Income Corporation

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

QDVD ETF

I hope you enjoyed reading my blog post.

Stay safe!

Best Regards

D.G.E.

Monthly Review - October 2020

 

In this blog post I will go through the dividends I collected in October of 2020.

Dividends received:

In October of 2020 I collected dividends from four companies. The total amount received in net dividends was 13,09€.

Last year in 2019 I collected 7,80€ in October from three companies (Altria Group, Inc, Iron Mountain Incorporated, Genuine Parts Company)

Year on year growth in net dividends for October was 67,82%.

The reason for the YOY increase is mostly because I have opened new position in Realty Income Corporation and dividend increases.

List of the companies that paid me dividends in October 2020:
Altria Group, Inc

Iron Mountain Incorporated

Genuine Parts Company

Realty Income Corporation

I hope you enjoyed reading my blog post.

Stay safe!

Best Regards

D.G.E.

Monthly Review - September 2020

In this blog post I will go through the dividends I collected in September of 2020.

Dividends received:

In September of 2020 I collected dividends from ten companies. The total amount received in net dividends was 43,03€.

Last year in 2019 I collected 28,06€ in September from six companies (3M Company, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc., T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., United Parcel Service, Inc., Johnson & Johnson and Archer-Daniels-Midland Company)

Year on year growth in net dividends for September was 53,34%.

The reason for the YOY increase is mostly because I have opened new positions in Emerson Electric, Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., Realty Income Corporation and dividend increases. Also Huhtamaki Oyj paid their dividends 2019 in April.

List of the companies that paid me dividends in September 2020:
Huhtamaki Oyj

3M Company

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc

T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.

United Parcel Service, Inc

Johnson & Johnson

Archer-Daniels-Midland Company

Emerson Electric Co.

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

Realty Income Corporation

I hope you enjoyed reading my blog post.

Stay safe!

Best Regards

D.G.E.

Monthly Review - August 2020

 In this blog post I will go through the dividends I collected in August of 2020.

Dividends received:

In August of 2020 I collected dividends from seven companies. The total amount received in net dividends was 21,59€.

Last year I collected 17,73 in August from five companies (General Mills, Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc, AT&T Inc, General Dynamics Corporation and Lowe's Companies Inc.)

Year on year growth in net dividends for August was 21,74%.

The reason for the YOY increase is mostly because I have opened new positions in CAT and Antero Midstream and dividend increases.

List of the companies that paid me dividends in August 2020:
General Mills, Inc.

AT&T, Inc

General Dynamics Corporation

Lowe's Companies, Inc

Caterpillar Inc.

Antero Midstream Corporation

Realty Income Corporation

Unfortunately Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc suspended it's dividend.

I hope you enjoyed reading my blog post.

Stay safe!

Best Regards

D.G.E.

Monthly Review - July 2020

 

In this blog post I will go through the dividends I collected in July of 2020.

I will also go through changes in my portfolio.

Dividends received:

In July of 2020 I collected dividends from five companies. The total amount received in net dividends was 14,91€.

Last year I collected 4,96€ in July from two companies (Altria Group, Inc and Iron Mountain Incorporated)

Year on year growth in net dividends for July was 200,48%.

The reason for the YOY increase is mostly because I have opened new positions in GPC, Realty Income and ADP. I have also added to my MO position. MO, IRM and GPC have also raised their dividend.

List of the companies that paid me dividends in July 2020:
Altria Group, Inc. [MO]

Iron Mountain Incorporated [IRM]

Genuine Parts Company [GPC]

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. [ADP]

Realty Income Corporation  [O]

List of the companies that raised their dividends in July 2020:

Altria Group, Inc. [MO] 2,4% increase.

Walgreens Boots Alliance. [WBA] 2,2%  increase.

Buys:
Monthly investments in ETF's and Low-cost Index Funds.

Projected forward annual net dividends:
686,22€

Portfolios Yield on Cost net:
3,28%

I hope you enjoyed reading my blog post.

Stay safe!

Best Regards

D.G.E.

Monthly Review - June 2020

In this blog post I will go through the dividends I collected in June of 2020.

I will also go through changes in my portfolio.

Dividends received:

In June of 2020 I collected dividends from ten companies. The total amount received in net dividends was 76,73€.

Last year I collected 15,04€ in June from three companies (3M Company, Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. and T. Rowe Price Group)

Year on year growth in net dividends for June was 410,20%.

The reason for the YOY increase is mostly because I have opened new positions in TROW, UPS, ADM, EMR, SWK and O. I have also added to my JNJ position and MMM has raised it's dividend.

List of the companies that paid me dividends in June 2020:
Sampo Oyj [SAMPO]

3M Company [MMM]

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. [WBA]

T. Rowe Price Group Inc. [TROW]

United Parcel Service, Inc. [UPS]

Johnson & Johnson [JNJ]

Archer-Daniels-Midland Company [ADM]

Emerson Electric Co. [EMR]

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. [SWK]

Realty Income Corporation  [O]

List of the companies that raised their dividends in June 2020:

Realty Income Corporation [O] 0,2% increase.

Buys:
Monthly investments in ETF's and Low-cost Index Funds.

Projected forward annual net dividends:
686,22€

Portfolios Yield on Cost net:
3,28%

I have also updated the Dividends, Goals and Portfolio pages.

I hope you enjoyed reading my blog post.

Stay safe!

Best Regards

D.G.E.

Monthly Review - May 2020

In this blog post I will go through the dividends I collected in May of 2020.

I will also go through changes in my portfolio.

General:

I broke a milestone this month! 1000 euros of net dividends collected. The total of net dividends collected is now 1016,06€ to be precise. Can't wait to get to 2000€.

The month of May consisted of some dividend cuts and suspensions. I think that it is good to experience these cuts and suspensions in the beginning phase of my journey. I didn't get upset, sad or anything. I'm just trying to learn from all of this.

I am currently reading Philip Fisher's Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits. I have already learnt a lot from the book and I'm only in the beginning of reading it.

In the future I will try to come up with a blog post with a topic of how I pick the companies I want to invest in but this will have to wait since I feel like it's still molding a bit along the way. I'm still in the beginning on my dividend growth investing journey so it might take a while to achieve a more detailed process.

Dividends received:

In May of 2020 I collected dividends from seven companies. The total amount received in net dividends was 29,55€.

Last year I collected 19,62€ in May from four companies (Huhtamaki, General Mills, Tanger, AT&T).

Year on year growth in net dividends for May was 29,55%.

The reason for the increase is mostly because I have opened new positions in Antero Midstream and QDVD ETF. I have also added to my Altria position. (AT&T and Altria)

List of the companies that paid me dividends in May 2020:
Taaleri Oyj [TAALA]

Altria Group, Inc. [MO]

General Mills, Inc. [GIS]

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. [SKT]

AT&T Inc. [T]

Antero Midstream Corporation, Inc. [AM]

iShares MSCI USA Quality Dividend UCITS ETF USD [QDVD]

List of the companies that raised cut or suspended their dividends in May 2020:

Taaleri Oyj held their AGM on the May 18th: "The General Meeting decided according to the proposal of the Board of Directors that a dividend of EUR 0.16 per share be paid based on the balance sheet adopted for the financial year ended 31 December 2019. The dividend will be paid to shareholders who on the dividend record date of 20 May 2020 are entered as shareholders in the company’s shareholder register held by Euroclear Finland Ltd. The dividend is to be paid on 28 May 2020.

In addition, the General meeting authorised the Board of Directors to at a later date decide on a payment of a maximum dividend of EUR 0.16 per share for the financial year 2019 with a payment at one or more occasions. The authorisation is in force until the Annual General Meeting 2021. The Board was also authorised to decide on the record date and the date of payment of a possible dividend. Taaleri will notify of the decisions separately."

I decided to remove the possible 0,16€ dividend from projections. I'll add it if or when the company decides to pay it. This is the reason why the Projected forward annual net dividends if lower from last month.

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. suspends dividend on May 11th.

"Tanger intends to pay the dividend of $0.3575 per share declared in January 2020 as scheduled on May 15, 2020 to holders of record on April 30, 2020.  Going forward, given the current uncertainty related to the pandemic's near and potential long-term impact, the Company's Board of Directors will temporarily suspend dividend distributions to conserve approximately $35 million in cash per quarter and preserve the Company's balance sheet strength and flexibility. The Board will continue to evaluate the potential for future dividend distributions on a quarterly basis. Tanger intends to remain in compliance with REIT taxable income distribution requirements for the 2020 tax year."

List of the companies that raised their dividends in May 2020:
No raises.

Buys:
Altria Group, Inc.

Monthly investments in ETF's and Low-cost Index Funds.

Projected forward annual net dividends:
679,23€

Portfolios Yield on Cost net:
3,19%

Broke the €1000 collected net dividends milestone!

I have also updated the Dividends, Goals and Portfolio pages.

I hope you enjoyed reading my blog post.

Stay safe!

Best Regards

D.G.E.

Monthly Review - April 2020

In this blog post I will go through the dividends I collected in April of 2020.

I will also go through changes in my portfolio.

Dividends received:

In April of 2020 I collected dividends from four companies. The total amount received in net dividends was 6,77€.

Last year I collected 291,29€ in April from ten companies (CapMan, Martela, Nokian Tyres, Nordea, Outokumpu, Pihlajalinna, Sampo, Skanska AB, Altria and Iron Mountain).

Year on year growth in net dividends for April was -97,68%.

The reason for the decrease is mostly because Nordea, Outokumpu, Pihlajalinna, Martela, Sampo Oyj and Skanska AB supended or cut or postponed their dividend pay date. 

List of the companies that paid me dividends:
Nokian Tyres
Iron Mountain Inc

Genuine Parts

Realty Income

List of the companies that raised their dividends in April 2020:
Johnson & Johnson annual dividend increase 6,32% 

Buys:
Skanska AB
Monthly investments in ETF's and Low-cost Index Funds.


Projected forward annual net dividends:
697,02€

Portfolios Yield on Cost net:
3,39%

I have also updated the Dividends, Goals and Portfolio pages.

I hope you enjoyed reading my blog post.

Stay safe!

Best Regards

D.G.E.

Monthly Review March 2020

In this blog post I will go through the dividends I collected in March of 2020.

I will also go through changes in my portfolio.

Dividends received:

In March of 2020 I collected dividends from seven companies. The total amount received in net dividends was 104,41€.

Last year I collected 54,28€ in March from three companies (CapMan, Taaleri and 3M).

Year on year growth in net dividends for March was 92,38%.

The reason for the increase is mostly because I have opened new positions in Walgreens Boots Alliance, T Rowe Price, UPS, Johnson & Johnson and Archer-Daniels-Midland. I have also added to my 3M position.

List of the companies that paid me dividends:
CapMan Oyj
3M Company
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.
T.Rowe Price Group Inc.
UPS
Johnson & Johnson
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company


List of the companies that raised their dividends in March 2020:
Realty Income Corporation

List of the companies that postponed their AGM and dividend declaration because of the COVID-19 in March 2020:
Huhtamaki
Nordea
Sampo
Taaleri
Skanska AB


Buys:
Johnson & Johnson
T.Rowe Price Group Inc.
Emerson Electric
Realty Income Corporation
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
Skanska AB
Monthly investments in ETF's and Low-cost Index Funds.


Projected forward annual net dividends:
690,34€

Portfolios Yield on Cost net:
3,38%

I have also updated the Dividends, Goals and Portfolio pages.

I have also added to Budget and Saving page a Sankey diagram!

I hope you enjoyed reading my blog post.

Stay safe and wash your hands!

Best Regards

D.G.E.

Monthly Review February 2020

In this blog post I will go through the dividends I collected in February of 2020.

I will also go through changes in my portfolio.

Dividends received:

In February of 2020 I collected dividends from 7 companies. The total amount received in net dividends was 21,41€.

Last year I collected 9,08€ in February from two companies (General Mills and Tanger).

Year on year growth in net dividends for February was 135,79%.

The reason for the increase is mostly because I have opened new positions in AT&T, General Dynamics, Lowe's, Caterpillar and Antero Midstream.

List of the companies that paid me dividends:
General Mills
Tanger
AT&T
General Dynamics
Lowe's Companies
Caterpillar
Antero Midstream


List of the companies that raised their dividends in February 2020:
3M - MMM
T Rowe - TROW
UPS - UPS
Genuine Parts - GPC

Buys:
Skanska AB
Monthly investments in ETF's and Low-cost Index Funds.


Projected forward annual net dividends:
621,69€

Portfolios Yield on Cost net:
3,34%

I have also updated the Dividends, Goals and Portfolio pages.

I hope you enjoyed reading my blog post.

Have a great week!

Best Regards

D.G.E.