February 2016 Dividends and Passive Income Progress

I was able to purchase shares of DEO in February and I had a post about this here.

February is usually one of the lowest dividends month for me.

Dividends received in February 2016:

AAPL	$0.54
BMO	$15.96
DRI	$17.42
FCPT	$2.20
KMI	$8.66
NE	$4.80
PG	$17.14
RY	$10.76
T	$13.71
TD	$12.95
YUM	$0.34
Total	$104.48

Which is $2.00 less than in 2015 but mostly because KMI and NE reduced their dividends.

My February 2015 dividends:

T	$12.89
NE	$11.06
KMI	$29.45
PETS	$18.07
DRI	$18.70
PG	$16.22
Total	$106.39

Here 2014/2015 vs 2016:

2014	Jan	Feb	March	Apr	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec
	$48.61	$12.44	$63.58	$90.04	$65.67	$126.98	$122.68	$118.36	$185.28	$93.18	$123.70	$263.68
									Year to date			$1,314.20
2015	Jan	Feb	March	Apr	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec
	$78.69	106.39	333.50	150.77	128.34	298.21	118.30	122.05	361.36	184.44	113.44	316.17
									Year to date			$2,311.66
2016	Jan	Feb	March	Apr	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Nov
	$183.80	104.48
									Year to date			$288.28

                                         

Additional passive income or free money from different financial institutions:

Interest:                                                          $12.32

Points AMEX                                                  $33.89
Points Discover                                              $4.28 

JC Penney                                                     $20.00
Yearly reward from TXU                                $22.82
Ebates Quarterly Earnings                            $134.60

(if you sign up through my link you will earn $10.00 reward after you do your shopping though ebates. I like online shopping, so ebates is way to go to earn extra money for online dealer seekers like me :))

My total financial passive income for the month of February was $332.39

At this moment my goal is to have $1k in monthly passive income from dividends and other financial institutions. 

I started tracking my passive income Summer 2014

2014 Passive income
June           $261.00
July            $209.67 
August       $235.62 
September  $212.97
October      $140.37
November  $207.05
December   $377.91

2015 Passive Income

January     $167.44
February    $279.29
March        $397.80
April          $202.48
May           $229.70
June          $368.21
July           $205.56
August       $254.16
September  $494.20

October      $231.18
November  $268.28

December   $458.46

2016 Passive Income
January     $298.49

Thanks for reading and please share your thoughts and progress.

Project: Dividend Stocks for Teenager February Dividends update

I wrote how we started Dividend Stocks portfolio for my daughter and keep track of our progress here.

Our Teenager Portfolio is doing good this month.

In February we didn't purchase any stocks.

February Dividends:

PG	$11.37
RY	$11.64
T	$18.01
Total	$41.02

Here is the dividends month by month:

2015

jan

feb

mar

apr

may

june

july

aug

sep

oct

nov

dec

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

49.81

18.7

28.91

50.27

Total

147.69

jan

feb

mar

apr

may

june

july

aug

sep

oct

nov

dec

2016

18.82

41.02

Total

59.84

Thanks for reading and please share your thoughts.

Stock I bought today 2/26/2016

Yesterday I posted my short list to pick from for my purchase.

Today I purchased DEO - Diageo plc.

 I noticed not so many people know about this stock.

Business Summary from Yahoo Finance

Diageo plc produces, markets, and sells alcoholic beverages worldwide. It offers scotch and Irish whiskey, gin, vodka, rum, beer and spirits, Irish cream liqueurs, wine, Raki, tequila, Canadian and American whiskey, Cachaça, and brandy, as well as adult beverages and ready to drink products. The company’s premium brands comprise Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, Captain Morgan, Baileys, Tanqueray, and Guinness. Its reserve brands include Johnnie Walker Blue Label, Johnnie Walker Green Label, Johnnie Walker Gold Label 18 year old, Johnnie Walker Gold Label Reserve, Johnnie Walker Platinum Label 18 year old, John Walker & Sons Collection, Johnnie Walker The Gold Route, Johnnie Walker The Royal Route, and other Johnnie Walker super premium brands; The Singleton, Cardhu, Talisker, Lagavulin, and other malt brands; Buchanan’s Special Reserve and Buchanan’s Red Seal; Bulleit Bourbon and Bulleit Rye; Tanqueray No. TEN and Tanqueray Malacca; Cîroc and Ketel One vodka; and Don Julio, Zacapa, Bundaberg SDlx, Shui Jing Fang, Haig Club whisky, and DeLeón Tequila. The company was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

I had this stock on my watch list for a while.

I like that at this moment this stock is trading close to lowest in 52 weeks. 

I also like price target summary (yahoo)

Price Target Summary

Mean Target:	125.14
Median Target:	123.78
High Target:	137.00
Low Target:	116.00

I believe people will drink alcohol good or bad times.

Even if dividend yield 2.48% not so high, in my opinion overall this is a great stock to own and looks like a good addition to my portfolio.

I plan to make more purchases next week, so I will keep posting.

Thanks for reading.

Which stock to buy? My list to choose from

I am trying to decide which stock to add to my portfolio this month.

I am thinking to pick 2-3 stocks:

This is my list to choose from:

DEO, BNS, AAPL, VLO, , IP, OHI, AMNF

I noticed that lots of bloggers buying OHI, ADM, BNS, HCP

Loyal3 February Purchases and Dividends

I opened my Loyal3 account in October 2015 and I keep truck of my posts here.

This month I invested $100 in FTR and $100 in AAPL.

I kept telling my boyfriend about Loyal3 and he opened his own account as well. :)

February Loyal3 Dividends so far:

AAPL	$0.54
YUM	$0.34
Total	$0.88

Thanks for reading!

January 2016 Dividends and Passive Income Progress

I didn't purchase as many stocks in 2015 but I was really impressed by the growth of my dividend income in comparison to January 2014/2015. You can see below.

2014	Jan
	$48.61
2015	Jan
	$78.69

Dividends received in January 2016:

AUY	$2.61
BNS	$12.61
BCE	$15.77
CHSP	$15.01
CSAL	$18.92
GSK	$34.15
M	$0.92
NKE	$1.79
PEP	$15.65
PM	$11.44
STOR	$0.63
UFS	$14.81
WFM	$3.14
VER	$31.46
WMT	$0.40
WIN	$4.06
GPS	$0.43
Total	$183.80

Additional passive income or free money from different financial institutions:

Interest:                                                          $12.70

Points AMEX                                                  $27.71
Points Discover                                               $1.88 

                             

Spin Off from one                                           $72.40

of my pharmaceutical stock(non dividend)

My total financial passive income for the month of January was $298.49

I started tracking my passive income Summer 2014
2014 Passive income
June           $261.00
July            $209.67 
August       $235.62 
September  $212.97
October      $140.37
November  $207.05
December   $377.91

2015 Passive Income

January     $167.44
February    $279.29
March        $397.80
April          $202.48
May           $229.70
June          $368.21
July           $205.56
August       $254.16
September  $494.20

October      $231.18
November  $268.28

December   $458.46

At this moment my goal is to have $1k in monthly passive income from dividends and other financial institutions. 

Thanks for reading and please share your thoughts and progress.

Project: Dividend Stocks for Teenager January Dividends update

I wrote how we started Dividend Stocks portfolio for my daughter and keep track of our progress here.

In January we purchased RY, which was from my suggestion list and AMZN, which was her own choice.

In January she got dividends just from one company 

LHO $18.72

Thanks for reading and please share your thoughts.

Project: Dividends Stocks for Teenager - She picked her own stock

When I started this project I basically was pushing my daughter to pick stocks. 

Now when she switched her major to Accounting, she started studying Financial Statements of different companies.

So after one week in Accounting class she approached me and demanded to invest into Amazon stock. 

And I purchased 2 shares of Amazon stock for her. 

I know this is not a dividend stock but I thought that she can have at least one stock in her portfolio, which truly was her choice. :)

Thanks for reading and I will keep you updated.