Lam Research announced that the quarterly dividend will be increased from $1,15 to $1,30. This is an increase of 13%. As a result of the 7 shares Lam Research I own, my yearly estimated dividend in come will increase by $4,20. The post Lam Research adds 13% to quarterly dividend appeared first on I want Dividend ..read more

In July I received €290,10 in dividend income and additionally I made a profit by writing calls on Aegon and ING of €122,88. Danone and my 2 positions in Colony Capital preferred stock contributed the most to my income this month. Danone 69,30 Colony Capital PREF I (5-6-2022) 39,22 Colony Capital PREF H (13-4-2020) 39,08 Simon Property Group 35,50 Avalonbay Communites 33,55 l’Oreal 30,80 Coresite Realty 21,41 Store Capital 15,36 Lam Research 5,89 The post Dividend update July 2020 appeared first on I want Dividend ..read more

June was a exciting month for me and my girlfriend as we purchased a new house. As we both like to keep our fixed costs low we both decided to sell part of our stock portfolio’s to reduce the amount of mortgage needed. As a result the estimated yearly dividend income will decrease also. In my June numbers this is not visible yet. I received €391 in dividend and an additional €95 due to writing call options. This is 8% lower than June 2019 due to dividend suspenions at Aegon and Nordea Bank. 14 companies paid a dividend and the top 3 payers are Macebridge, Enbridge and Legal & General. Divi ..read more

My girlfriend and me purchased a new house this month and as a result we both decided to take part of the value from our stock portfolio’s as we tend to don’t like to have high fixed costs in a mortgage. As a result a sold some positions and also did some extra sales to buy new stock to keep a proper sector allocation. 5 new companies were added to my portfolio Münich RE (MUV2.DE) Münich RE is a German reinsurance company. Current yield is around 4,3%. Dividend is paid only once per year. I purchased 10 shares in Münich RE and this should result in €98 per year in dividend income. Tencent (NN ..read more

May was a month were the stock markets showed a recovery from the loses earlier this year. For me it’s still the question if this recovery will stay as it’s not possible yet to see how business results will develop next few months. The market is pricing in a fast recovery from Covid-19. In May I received €489,36 in dividend income. This is 30% lower than the income in May 2019. This is for €217 related to positions closed positions in Flow Traders, Wereldhave, Omega Healthcare, Amsterdam Commodities en Warehouses de Pauw. Also I missed payments from Danone and Simon Property Group which for no ..read more

My May 202o purchase consisted out of 800 shares of the insurance group Aegon at a price of €2,453. As Aegon suspended their dividend it’s maybe a strange addition to my dividend growth portfolio. Aegon suspended their dividend just as many other European financials based on a request of the European Central Bank to keep liquidity within financial institutions while waiting to see what the impact of Covid-19 would be. I base my purchase for a big part on the historic dividend of Aegon: The graph above shows that the dividend of Aegon was fast above €0,20 after the financial crisis. I conside ..read more

Luckily April was a way more calm month than March. The sentiment on the stock market turned and losses from April are partially offset by a raising market last month. At the start of the year I expected to break my alltime high in monthly dividend income this month, but in reality I scored below last year. I miss payment from 8 companies, but fortunately only 2 of these companies stopped paying their dividend. From 6 other companies I expect the payment in the next few months as they were not able to get the dividend approved as their shareholders meeting was delayed. I received payment from ..read more

Shell announced a dividend reduction from $0,47 to $0,16 due to the current market. As a result my yearly estimated dividend income will decrease by $231,88. It’s the first time since World War II that Shell reduces it’s dividend so for me it’s not a cut I expected at this time already. The post Shell reduces quarterly dividend to $0,16 appeared first on I want Dividend ..read more

LVMH announced a reduction of their final dividend from €4,00 to €2,60. This means a dividend reduction of 35%. My yearly estimated dividend income will reduce by €5,40 as a result of this dividend adjustment. Current yield of LVMH is 1,4%. The post LVMH reduces final dividend with 35% appeared first on I want Dividend ..read more

Today I received the final dividend over 2019 from grocery stores operator Ahold Delhaize (Peapod, Albert Heijn, Delhaize, Stop & Shop, and I noticed the final dividend was increased by 15%. As a result the yearly dividend is 8,5% higher than the amount of dividend paid over 2018. My yearly dividend income increased by €6,00 as a result of this dividend increase by Royal Ahold Delhaize. The post Ahold Delhaize adds 8,5% to yearly dividend appeared first on I want Dividend ..read more