New purchase . W.P. Carey Inc.

Added 12 shares of W.P.Carey Inc (NYSE:WPC) at $60.18 per share. I now hold 25 shares of WPC. This purchase increases my 12 month forward dividends by $47.52

Realty Income dividend increase

Realty Income Corporation (Realty Income, NYSE: O), The Monthly Dividend Company^®, today announced its Board of Directors has declared an increase in the company's common stock monthly cash dividend to $0.2025 per share from $0.202 per share. The dividend is payable on January 13, 2017 to shareholders of record as of January 3, 2017. This is the 89^th dividend increase since Realty Income's listing on the NYSE in 1994. The ex-dividend date for January's dividend is December 29, 2016. The new monthly dividend amount represents an annualized dividend amount of $2.43 per share as compared to the previous annualized dividend amount of $2.424 per share.

 Ridiculously small increase, but hey...an increase is always better than decrease :)

Status update : November 2016

Dividends received in November :

Quarterly:

• 24.66€ from AT&T (T)
• 19.45€ from Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP)
• 25.14€ from Golar LNG Partners (GMLP) 
•   9.24€ from Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
• 17.81€ from Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI)

Monthly:

•   2.45€ from Realty Income Corp (0)
• 10.36€ from Main Street Capital Corporation (MAIN) 
• 17.31€ from Prospect Capital Corporation (PSEC)

This makes it a total of 126.42€ in dividends in November. Last year I received 84.29€ dividends in November. This is a 50.0% increase in dividends 

Orchid Island Capital Inc. December dividend

VERO BEACH, Fla., Dec. 08, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Orchid Island Capital, Inc. (the "Company") (NYSE:ORC) announced today that the Board of Directors declared a monthly cash dividend for the month of December 2016. The dividend of $0.14 per share will be paid January 10, 2017, to holders of record on December 30, 2016, with an ex-dividend date of December 28, 2016.

ORC pay dates have been changed in the last couple of months.They are not paying at the end of month any more, the pay day is early next month.

W.P. Carey Inc. dividend increase

NEW YORK, Dec. 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- W. P. Carey Inc. (NYSE: WPC) reported today that its Board of Directors increased its quarterly cash dividend to $0.9900 per share, equivalent to an annualized dividend rate of $3.96 per share. The dividend is payable on January 13, 2017 to stockholders of record as of December 30, 2016.

New purchase : Ship Finance Limited

Added 40 shares of Ship Finance Limited at $14.45 per share. I now hold 130 shares of Ship Finance Limited. This purchase increases my 12 month forward dividends by $72.

New purchase : Nordea Bank

Added 25 shares of Nordea Bank at 9.96€ per share. I now hold 195 shares of Nordea Bank. This is a small increase to my 12 month forward dividends, but hey..a small increase is better than no increase

Awilco Drilling dividend increase Q3 / 2016

Awilco Drilling (AWDR.OL) announced dividend of $0.20 per share for Q3. This is an 100% increase to the previous quarters dividend of $0.10. A small good sign with this company.

Realty Income Corp december dividend

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 11, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Realty Income Corporation (Realty Income, NYSE: O), The Monthly Dividend Company^®, today announced that its Board of Directors has declared the 557^th consecutive common stock monthly dividend. The dividend amount of $0.202 per share, representing an annualized amount of $2.424 per share, is payable on December 15, 2016 to shareholders of record as of December 1, 2016. The ex-dividend date for December's dividend is November 29, 2016.

Triton International Limited dividend Q4 / 2016

HAMILTON, Bermuda--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 10, 2016-- Triton International Limited (NYSE:TRTN), ("Triton") today reported results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2016. On July 12, 2016 Triton Container International Limited ("TCIL") and TAL International Group, Inc. ("TAL") completed their previously announced strategic combination and became wholly-owned subsidiaries of Triton.  

Triton announced a quarterly dividend of $0.45 per share payable on December 22, 2016 to shareholders of record as of December 2, 2016.

Prospect Capital declares 100th, 101st and 102nd dividend

NEW YORK, Nov. 08, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Prospect Capital Corporation (NASDAQ:PSEC) (“Prospect”) announced today that Prospect has declared monthly cash distributions to shareholders in the following amounts and with the following record and payment dates:

• 8.333 cents per share for November 2016 (record date of November 30, 2016 and payment date of December 22, 2016);
• 8.333 cents per share for December 2016 (record date of December 30, 2016 and payment date of January 19, 2017); and
• 8.333 cents per share for January 2017 (record date of January 31, 2017 and payment date of February 16, 2017).

These distributions mark Prospect’s 100^th, 101^st and 102^nd consecutive cash distributions to shareholders. Prospect’s closing stock price of $7.52 as of November 7, 2016 delivers to shareholders a current dividend yield of 13.3%.

Orchid Island Capital November dividend

VERO BEACH, Fla., Nov. 09, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Orchid Island Capital, Inc. (the "Company") (NYSE:ORC) announced today that the Board of Directors declared a monthly cash dividend for the month of November 2016. The dividend of $0.14 per share will be paid December 9, 2016, to holders of record on November 30, 2016, with an ex-dividend date of November 28, 2016.

New purchase : The Coca-Cola Company

Added 6 shares of The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) at $42.42 using dividends that were generated during the last couple of months. My broker had a special offer of no transaction fee, so it was viable to add a small amount of shares this time

I now hold 53 shares of The Coca-Cola Company

Telus dividend increase

Yesterday the Board of Directors of TELUS Corporation announced a quarterly dividend increase of from CA$ 0.46 to CA$ 0.48 per share that’s payable January 3, 2017 to holders of record December 9, 2016. This represents a 9.09% increase year-over-year and 4.35% increase to the last quarter dividend. This was a twelfth dividend increase since TELUS announcing their multi-year dividend growth program in May 2011 With current price CA$ 42.40 (Yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 4.53%.

Since I own 37 shares of Telus, this increases my 12 month forward dividends by $2.36

Main Street Capital Corp dividend Q1 - 2017

Main Street Capital Corporation (NYSE: MAIN) ("Main Street") is pleased to announce that its
Board of Directors declared regular monthly cash dividends of $0.185 per share for each of January, February and March 2017.  These monthly dividends, which will be payable pursuant to the table below, total $0.555 per share for the first quarter of 2017, which is consistent with the regular monthly dividends declared for the fourth quarter of 2016 and represents a 3% increase from the regular monthly dividends paid for the first quarter of 2016.  Since its October 2007 initial public offering, Main Street has periodically increased the amount of its regular monthly dividends paid per share, and has never reduced its regular monthly dividend amount per share.  Including all dividends declared to date, Main Street will have paid $19.16 per share in cumulative cash dividends since its October 2007 initial public offering at $15.00 per share.

Summary of First Quarter 2017 Regular Monthly Dividends
Declared	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payment Date	Amount Per Share
11/2/2016 11/2/2016 11/2/2016	12/28/2016   1/18/2017   2/17/2017	12/30/2016   1/20/2017   2/22/2017	1/13/2017   2/15/2017   3/15/2017	$0.185 $0.185 $0.185
		Total for First Quarter 2017:		$0.555

Emerson Electric dividend increase

Emerson Eletric increased dividend from $0.475 to $0.48. A small increase but hey..increase is an increase :)  Since I own only 15 shares of EMR this increase does not raise my 12 month forward dividends too much

New purchase : Telia Company

Added 35 shares of Telia Company at 3.624€ per share. I now hold 345 shares of Telia Company.

Status update : October 2016

Dividends received in October :

Bi-Annually:

•  47.70€ from Teliacompany (TELIA1)

Quarterly:

•  11.50€ from Telus Corporation (TU)
•  14.73€ from Coca-Cola Company (KO)
•  34.28€ from Chimera Investment Corp (CIM)
•  14.67€ from Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) 
•  11.44€ from W.P. Carey Inc. (WPC)

Monthly:

•     2.38€ from Realty Income Corp (0)
•   12.49€ from Orchid Island Capital Inc (ORC) 
•   10.10€ from Main Street Capital Corporation (MAIN)
•   16.83€ from Prospect Capital Corporation (PSEC) 

This makes it a total of 176.12€ in dividends in October. Last year I received 61.92€ dividends in October. This is a 184% increase in dividends. Excellent

Chimera Investment Corp dividend increase

The Board of Directors of Chimera announced the declaration of its fourth quarter cash dividend of $0.50 per common share. The dividend is payable January 27, 2017, to common stockholders of record on December 30, 2016. The ex-dividend date is December 28, 2016.

Since I own 78 shares of CIM, this will increase my 12 month forward dividends by $6.24  (5.69€ at todays rate). Always nice to get a suprise increase
 

Golar LNG partners LP dividend Q3 / 2016

Hamilton, Bermuda, Oct. 25, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Golar LNG Partners LP (NASDAQ: GMLP) announced today that its board of directors has approved a quarterly cash distribution with respect to the quarter ended September 30, 2016 of $0.5775 per unit. This cash distribution will be paid on November 14, 2016 to all unitholders of record as of the close of business on November 7, 2016.

AT&T dividend increased 2.1%

AT&T Inc. announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $ 0.48 to $ 0.49 per share that’s payable February 1, 2017 to holders of record January 10, 2017. This represents a 2.08% increase to regular quarterly dividends. With current price $ 37.49 (Friday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 5.23%.  

Since I own 57 shares or AT&T, this change will increase my 12 month forward dividends by $2.28
 

New purchase : Omega Healthcare Investors

Added 17 shares of Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI) at $33.14 per share. I now hold 32 shares of Omega Healthcare Investors

Main Street Capital Corp announces semi-annual supplemental dividend

HOUSTON, Oct. 19, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Main Street Capital Corporation is pleased to announce that its Board of Directors declared its semi-annual supplemental cash dividend of $0.275 per share payable in December 2016.  This supplemental cash dividend is in addition to the previously announced regular monthly cash dividends that Main Street declared for the fourth quarter of 2016 of $0.555 per share, or $0.185 per share for each of October, November and December 2016, and is consistent with the previous semi-annual supplemental cash dividends paid in December 2015 and June 2016.  Including the regular monthly and supplemental cash dividends declared to date, Main Street will have paid $18.61 per share in cumulative cash dividends since its October 2007 initial public offering at $15.00 per share.

Southern Company Q3 / 2016 dividend

ATLANTA, Oct. 17, 2016 -- Southern Company today announced a regular quarterly dividend of 56 cents per share on the company's common stock, payable December 6, 2016, to shareholders of record as of November 21, 2016. This marks 276 consecutive quarters − dating back to 1948 – that Southern Company will have paid a dividend to its shareholders that is equal to or greater than the previous quarter.

Omega Healthcare Investors dividend increase

Omega Healthcare Investors (NYSE: OHI) declared a quarterly dividend of $0.61 per share, or $2.44 annualized. This is a 1.7% increase from the prior dividend of $0.60.

The dividend will be payable on November 15, 2016, to stockholders of record on October 31, 2016, with an ex-dividend date of October 27, 2016.

New purchase : Omega Healthcare Investors

Started new position in portolio by buying 15 shares of Omega Healthcare Investors (NYSE:OHI). 

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. (Omega), incorporated on March 31, 1992, is a self-administered real estate investment trust (REIT). The Company invests in income producing healthcare facilities and long-term care facilities located throughout the United States and the United Kingdom.
 
OHI pays dividend quarterly with 2-5-8-11 schedule and my starting yield is at 7.19%

Recent Sell : Orava Residents

Sold the remaining 22 shares of OREIT today at 6.33€ per share. Disappointing stock, time to get rid of it.

Orchid Island October dividend

VERO BEACH, Fla., Oct. 12, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Orchid Island Capital, Inc. (the "Company") (NYSE:ORC) announced today that the Board of Directors declared a monthly cash dividend for the month of October 2016. The dividend of $0.14 per share will be paid October 31, 2016, to holders of record on October 27, 2016, with an ex-dividend date of October 25, 2016.

Realty Income November dividend

Realty Income Corporation (Realty Income, NYSE: O), The Monthly Dividend Company^®, today announced that its Board of Directors has declared the 556^th consecutive common stock monthly dividend. The dividend amount of $0.202 per share, representing an annualized amount of $2.424 per share, is payable on November 15, 2016 to shareholders of record as of November 1, 2016. The ex-dividend date for November's dividend is October 28, 2016.

AT&T dividend for Q3 2016

AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) declared a dividend on Friday, September 30th. Stockholders of record on Monday, October 10th will be paid a dividend of 0.48 per share on Tuesday, November 1st. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, October 5th.

Summary Q3 / 2016

During Q3 / 2016 this portfolio collected following dividends

• Jul:  307.06€       (2015: 45.26€)
• Aug: 111.28€     (2015: 52.11€)
• Sep: 149.16€      (2015: 109.73€)

Total of 567.50€  (2015: 207.10€)

Quarterly target was 330€ which was achieved and passed.

Status update : September 2016

Dividends received in September :

Quarterly:

•   7.97€ from Awilco Drilling (AWDR)
•   5.94€ from Orava Residents (OREIT)
• 38.53€ from Triton International (TRTN) 
• 14.44€ from Southern Company (SO)
•   6.33€ from Emerson Electric (EMR) 
• 35.44€ from Ship Finance Limited (SFL)

Monthly:

•   2.33€ from Realty Income Corp (0)
• 12.22€ from Orchid Island Capital Inc (ORC)
•   9.61€ from Main Street Capital Corporation (MAIN) 
• 16.35€ from Prospect Capital Corporation (PSEC)

This makes it a total of 149.16€ in dividends in September. Last year I received 109.73€ dividends in September. This is a 35.9% increase in dividends

New purchase : Stora Enso

Added 35 shares of Stora Enso at 7.93€ per share. I now hold 110 shares of Stora Enso. This purchase raises my average purchase price to 7.87€ per share.

W.P. Carey Inc. dividend increase

NEW YORK, Sept. 22, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- W. P. Carey Inc. (NYSE: WPC), an internally-managed global net lease REIT specializing in corporate sale-leaseback and build-to-suit financing, reported today that its Board of Directors increased its quarterly cash dividend to $0.985 per share, equivalent to an annualized dividend rate of $3.94 per share. The dividend is payable on October 14, 2016, to stockholders of record as of October 3, 2016.

New purchase : W.P. Carey Inc. (WPC)

New position started in portfolio : W.P. Carey Inc. (NYSE:WPC)
 

W.P. Carey Inc. (W.P. Carey), incorporated on February 15, 2012, is a self-managed diversified real estate investment trust (REIT). The Company is an owner and manager of commercial real estate, primarily net leased to companies on a long-term basis. It operates through two segments: Real Estate Ownership and Investment Management. The Company owns and manages a diversified global investment portfolio of approximately 1,340 properties, including over 870 net-leased properties and three operating properties within its owned real estate portfolio. The Company's portfolio consists of interest in over two hotels and one self-storage property. The Company also acts as an advisor to a series of income-oriented non-traded real estate investment trusts, through its investment management business.

WPC pays dividend with 1-4-7-10 schedule and my starting yield is at 5.81%

Orchid Island september dividend

VERO BEACH, Fla., Sept. 12, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Orchid Island Capital, Inc. (the "Company") (NYSE:ORC) announced today that the Board of Directors declared a monthly cash dividend for the month of September 2016. The dividend of $0.14 per share will be paid September 30, 2016, to holders of record on September 28, 2016, with an ex-dividend date of September 26, 2016.

New purchase : Nordea

Added 25 shares of Nordea at 8.77€ per share. I now hold 170 shares of Nordea. This purchase brings down my average purchase price to 8.86€ per share

88th Common Stock Monthly Dividend Increase Declared By Realty Income

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 8, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Realty Income Corporation (Realty Income, NYSE: O), The Monthly Dividend Company^®, today announced its Board of Directors has declared an increase in the company's common stock monthly cash dividend to $0.202 per share from $0.2015 per share. The dividend is payable on October 17, 2016 to shareholders of record as of October 3, 2016. This is the 88^th dividend increase since Realty Income's listing on the NYSE in 1994. The ex-dividend date for October's dividend is September 29, 2016. The new monthly dividend amount represents an annualized dividend amount of $2.424 per share as compared to the previous annualized dividend amount of $2.418 per share

Status update : August 2016

Dividends received in August :

Quarterly:

• 18.86€ from AT&T (T)
• 18.80€ from Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP)
• 24.30€ from Golar LNG Partners (GMLP) 
•   8.90€ from Royal Bank of Canada (RY) 

Monthly:

•   2.31€ from Realty Income Corp (0)
• 12.32€ from Orchid Island Capital Inc (ORC)
•   9.61€ from Main Street Capital Corporation (MAIN) 
• 16.18€ from Prospect Capital Corporation (PSEC)

This makes it a total of 111.28€ in dividends in August. Last year I received 52.11€ dividends in August. This is a 114% increase in dividends 

New purchase : Ship Finance International Limited

Added 40 shares of Ship Finance International Limited at $15.09 per share. I now hold 90 shares of Ship Finance International Limited. This purchase increases my 12 month forward dividends by 64.5€

Bank of Nova Scotia dividend increase

Today the Board of Directors of Bank of Nova Scotia announced a quarterly dividend increase of from CA$ 0.72 to CA$ 0.74 per share that’s payable October 27, 2016 to holders of record October 4, 2016. This represents a 5.71 % increase over the fourth quarter 2015 dividend of CA$ 0.70 per share and a 2.78 % increase over for the second quarter 2016 of CA$ 0.72 per share. 

With current price CA$ 68.86 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 4.30%.  

Orchid Island august dividend

Orchid Island Capital, Inc. ( ORC ) will begin trading ex-dividend on August 25, 2016. A cash dividend payment of $0.14 per share is scheduled to be paid on August 31, 2016. Shareholders who purchased ORC prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 14th quarter that ORC has paid the same dividend. At the current stock price of $10.95, the dividend yield is 15.34%.

Royal Bank of Canada dividend increase

Royal Bank Of Canada declared an increase to its quarterly common share dividend of $0.02 or 2% to $0.83 per share.

Prospect Capital Declares its 98th and 99th Consecutive Cash Distributions

NEW YORK, Aug. 25, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Prospect Capital Corporation (NASDAQ:PSEC) (“Prospect”) announced today that Prospect has declared monthly cash distributions to shareholders in the following amounts and with the following record and payment dates:

• 8.333 cents per share for September 2016 (record date of September 30, 2016 and payment date of October 20, 2016); and

• 8.333 cents per share for October 2016 (record date of October 31, 2016 and payment date of November 17, 2016).

These distributions mark Prospect’s 98th and 99th consecutive cash distributions to shareholders.

Prospect’s closing stock price of $8.45 as of August 24, 2016 delivers to shareholders a current dividend yield of 11.8%.

New purchase : The Coca-Cola Company

Added 11 shares of The Coca-Cola Company (KO) at $43.82 per share. I now hold 47 shares of The Coca-Cola Company. My broker had a special offer which allowed to make a purchase without any costs, so I decided to add a small bit of KO.

New purchase : AT&T

Added 13 shares of AT&T at $40.85 per share. I now hold 57 shares of AT&T. My broker had a special offer which allowed to make purchase without any costs, so decided to add a small piece of AT&T

Triton International Limited Q3 dividend

Triton’s Board of Directors has approved and declared a $0.45 per share quarterly cash dividend on its issued and outstanding common stock, payable on September 22, 2016 to shareholders of record at the close of business on September 8, 2016.

New purchase : Telia Company

Added 60 shares of Telia Company at 4.138€ per share. I now hold 310 shares of Telia Company. This purchase brings down my average purchase price to 4.31€ per share.

Main Street Capital Corporation dividend increase

HOUSTON, Aug. 3, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Main Street Capital Corporation (NYSE: MAIN) ("Main Street") is pleased to announce that its Board of Directors declared regular monthly cash dividends of $0.185 per share for each of October, November and December 2016.  These monthly dividends, which will be payable pursuant to the table below, total $0.555 per share for the fourth quarter of 2016 and represent a 3% increase from both the regular monthly dividends paid for the fourth quarter of 2015 and the regular monthly dividends declared for the third quarter of 2016.  Since its October 2007 initial public offering, Main Street has periodically increased the amount of its regular monthly dividends paid per share, and has never reduced its regular monthly dividend amount per share.  Including all dividends declared to date, Main Street will have paid $18.33 per share in cumulative cash dividends since its October 2007 initial public offering at $15.00 per share.

Status update : July 2016

Dividends received in July :

Annually:

• 195.00€ from Nokia (NOKIA)

Quarterly:

•   11.84€ from Telus Corporation (TU)
•   11.32€ from Coca-Cola Company (KO)
•   33.53€ from Chimera Investment Corp (CIM)
•   14.33€ from Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS)

Monthly:

•     2.35€ from Realty Income Corp (0)
•   12.29€ from Orchid Island Capital Inc (ORC) 
•     9.77€ from Main Street Capital Corporation (MAIN)
•   16.63€ from Prospect Capital Corporation (PSEC) 

This makes it a total of 307.06€ in dividends in July. Last year I received 45.26€ dividends in July. This is a 676% increase in dividends. Excellent progress

Realty Income dividend increase

Dividend Increases to $0.2015 per share
In June 2016, Realty Income announced the 75^th consecutive quarterly dividend increase, which is the 86^th increase in the amount of the dividend since the company's listing on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in 1994. The annualized dividend amount as of June 30, 2016 was $2.394 per share. The amount of monthly dividends paid per share increased 4.9% to $0.597 in the second quarter of 2016 from $0.569 in the same quarter in 2015.

September Dividend Declared
On July 26, 2016, our Board of Directors declared an increase in our common stock monthly cash dividend to $0.2015 per share from $0.1995 per share. The dividend is payable on September 15, 2016 to shareholders of record as of September 1, 2016. This is the 87^thdividend increase since our listing on the NYSE in 1994. The ex-dividend date for September's dividend is August 30, 2016. The new monthly dividend amount represents an annualized dividend amount of $2.418 per share, or a 1.0% increase, as compared to the previous annualized dividend amount of $2.394.