2014-06-02

In the month of May I added only one new stock to DivGro. The good news is that I had another good month as far as dividend income is concerned: I earned $330, compared with $126 earned in May 2013, an increase of 162%!



This month, I invested in PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust (PMT), adding one more stock to DivGro's holdings in the Financials sector. With an impressive starting yield on cost of 11.27%, the purchase of PMT increased DivGro's projected monthly dividend income from $333 to $358. DivGro now has a market value of $98,339.



Transactions:

Purchases

2014-05-09: BUY 120 PMT @ $20.94

Dividends

2014-05-01: Return of Capital ETP:  $93.50

2014-05-07: Return of Capital APU:  $105.60

2014-05-09: Cash Dividend Receipt GD: $21.70

2014-05-15: Cash Dividend Receipt VNR:  $37.80

2014-05-22: Cash Dividend Receipt CAT:  $18.00

2014-05-28: Cash Dividend Receipt TGH:  $35.25

2014-05-30: Cash Dividend Receipt PRE:  $18.09

Deposits

2014-05-30: JUNE Cash Deposit: $2,500

New Dividends and Dividend Increases:

The purchase of PMT added $283.20 of projected annual dividend income.

BAX's dividend increase added $4.44 of projected annual dividend income.

ACE's dividend increase added $1.92 of projected annual dividend income.

SDRL's dividend increase added $5.76 of projected annual dividend income.

Projected annual dividend income: $4,295.35

Dividend Summary:

Dividend income last month: $167.25

Dividend income this month: $329.94

Total dividend income year-to-date: $1,077.86

Markets:

Apr 30, 2014

DOW: 16,580.84

S&P 500: 1,883.95

10-YR BOND: 2.65%

May 31, 2014

DOW: 16,717.17

S&P 500: 1,923.57

10-YR BOND: 2.46%

Portfolio: The following spreadsheet shows the state of DivGro on May 31, 2014:



Looking Ahead: I have enough funds for a single purchase, which would be the 31st stock purchase for DivGro. I'm still hoping to find a good candidate in the Materials sector. I'll be updating the Performance page with this month's information soon.

How did your portfolio do in May? 

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