Stocks I bought Friday September 22 2017

I finally made some purchases after two months of being inactive in stock investments. Well, besides automatic dividends reinvestments.

I added more shares of
KR(Kroger) 49 shares at $20.25
GIS (General Mills) 22 at $51.35

and a new position
SKT (Tanger Factory Outlet) 52 shares at $24.42

Thanks for reading. Please share your thoughts and purchases.

August 2017 Dividends and Passive Income Progress

I didn't purchase any new stocks in August.

Dividends received August 2017

AAPL	$8.31
BMO	$19.52
BMY	$9.97
GIS	$11.27
KMI	$9.01
NEA	$6.40
PG	$18.70
RY	$13.63
T	$15.06
TD	$18.16
VOD	$82.14
VZ	15.02
Total	$227.19

It was 100% increase since 2016 due to some new stocks dividends in this year such as GIS, NEA, VZ and very generous dividends from VOD.

Here 2014/2015/2016 vs 2017:

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	Dec
$183.80	104.48	445.07	240.49	104.10	327.53	213.41	113.56	396.05	262.97	122.31	422.44
								Year to date			$2,936.21
2017
Jan	Feb	March	Apr	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec
$220.12	128.03	559.54	303.15	128.18	425.21	275.71	227.19
								Year to date			$2,267.13

Additional passive income or free money from various financial institutions:

interest                                                                                                          $2.00
Chase Freedom                                                                                            $14.21
Amex points                                                                                                 $10.40
Discover                                                                                                         $2.06
Ebates - earn money while shopping online                                                  $25.00
My total financial passive income for the month of August was $280.86

I started tracking my passive income Summer 2014

June $261.00
July $209.67
August $235.62
September $212.97
October $140.37
November $207.05
December $377.91
Total $1644.59

 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
Total $3556.76

2016 Passive Income

January $298.49
February $332.39
March $500.67
April $360.27
May $249.71
June $414.51
July $278.08
August $164.45
September $441.78
October $335.86
November $218.30
December $506.91

Total $4101.42

2017 Passive Income

January $270.26
February $207.60
March $776.41
April $367.62
May  $230.22
June $458.02
July  $331.48
Total $2641.61

Thanks for reading and please share your thoughts and progress.

Project: Dividend Stocks for Teenagers - August dividends and new account

In August I was moving money between accounts (using my son's 529 account to pay for my daughter's school) and I opened a new brokerage account for my 16 y.o. son where I put an amount we withdraw for my daughter's school.

I asked him which stock he wants to buy. I didn't give him a big list but mostly all well knows stocks.

He picked Ford. I bought 185 shares of F(Ford) at $10.61 per share.

We will have another investment next time when my daughter will need money to pay for her college classes.

So I will keep you updated on his account progress as well.

Back to my daughter's account.

I am trying not to touch her brokerage account but this year we were not qualified for FAFSA at all, she didn't get any new scholarships and we used all her 529 college account, so we had to use part of her brother's 529 account. She has one more full semester and summer to pay for. She is working part time as a hostess and since she is living with me, she is saving most of money she earns. I think she will be able to finish college without any loans and even without touching her investment account. This is the goal. So we are not going to invest any money into her account for now because her next payment for college will be due just in 3-4 months.

In July there was only one stock paying dividends LHO $20.8

August Dividends

PG	$12.41
RY	$14.74
T	$19.78
Total	$46.93

Here are 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

18.73

41.03

52.35

19.11

42.47

53.88

19.46

43.03

69.24

19.81

43.27

70.02

Total

492.4

2017

jan

feb

mar

apr

may

june

july

aug

sep

oct

nov

dec

20.17

44.43

77.38

20.48

45.49

70.53

20.8

46.93

Total

346.21

Thanks for reading and please share your thoughts.