I finally got around to posting my November dividend update. Some of the delay was due to setting up my new computer which has been a bit of a pain but finally got it going more or less. In November the markets have been under some volatility partially due to falling commodity prices with oil leading the way down but we ended up being pretty flat for the month.
My dividend total
for the month of November was
$336.79 which is a 40% improvement over
last year and a 9% increase from last quarter. I've made no purchases that paid this month so the reason for the big increase from last quarter was because Kraft/Heinz has moved their dividend from October to November. Without that my income would have been 1% higher QoQ due to dividend increases alone. My dividend income is listed
below.
It should be noted that I have sold my shares in KMI in order to do some tax loss harvesting. As you probably know KMI has been under extraordinary selling pressure and management even decided to cut the dividend today after hours a whopping 75%. I certainly got this one wrong, and I planned on holding KMI for a long long time but as Mike Tyson said "Everyone has a plan till they get punched in the mouth" and I certainly felt like I took one on the chin here. With the proceeds of the sale I added to my stake in AT&T. I expect next quarters total to be a bit lower as a result. Stay tuned!
November Purchases
-
New Jersey Resources (NJR) - 355 Shares @ $29.70
November Dividend Increases
- Tompkins Financial (TMP) - From .42 to .44 (+4.7 %)
- Kraft Heinz (KHC) - From .55 to .575 (+4.5%)
- Kinder Morgan (KMI) - From .49 to .51 (+4%)
November Dividend Income
- AT&T (T) - $78.96
- General Mills - (GIS) - $34.32
- WGL Holdings (WGL) - $30.53
- Clorox (CLX) - $14.63
- Kinder Morgan (KMI) - $63.24
- Realty Income (O) - $19.05
- Proctor & Gamble (PG) - $22.54
- People's United Financial (PBCT) - $37.35
- Kraft Heinz (KHC) - $24.73
- Tompkins Financial (TMP) - $11.44
Total Dividends November 2015: - $336.79
