Golar LNG Partners dividend Q1 / 2016

HAMILTON, Bermuda, April 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 March 31, 2016 of $0.5775 per unit, which is unchanged from the prior quarter.

This cash distribution will be paid on May 13, 2016 to all unitholders of record as of the close of business on May 6, 2016

TAL International Q1 / 2016 dividend

TAL’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 May 26, 2016 to shareholders of record at the close of business on May 12, 2016

TAL continues to make progress on its announced merger with Triton Container International Limited. All required anti-trust approvals have been received and the SEC review process of the S-4 registration statement filed by Triton International Limited is progressing. Detailed integration planning is well underway, and the merger is expected to close in the second quarter of 2016.

New purchase : Stora Enso (STE)

New position started in portfolio.

Stora Enso (STE)

Stora Enso Oyj is a provider of renewable solutions in packaging, biomaterials, wooden constructions and paper on global markets. The Company's segments include Consumer Board, which develops and provides consumer packaging boards for printing a nd packaging applications; Packaging Solutions, which develops fiber-based packaging, and operates at every stage of the value chain from pulp production, material and packaging production to recycling; Biomaterials, which offers a range of pulp grades for paper, board, tissue, textile and hygiene product producers; Wood Products, which provides wood-based solutions for building and housing; Paper, which provides paper solutions for print media and office use that covers papers made from recycled and fresh wood fiber, and Other, which includes the Nordic forest equity accounted investments, and its shareholding in an energy company Pohjolan Voima Oy, operations supplying wood to the Nordic mills and group shared services and administration

Alliance Resource Partners distribution decreased

Alliance Resource Partners LP (ARLP) announced that the Board of Directors of its managing general partner (the "Board") has decreased the quarterly cash distribution to unitholders for the 2016 Quarter to $0.4375 per unit (an annualized rate of $1.75 per unit), payable on May 13, 2016 to all unitholders of record as of the close of trading on May 6, 2016.

This is a -35.2% decrease over previous quarters dividend

Summary Q1 / 2016

During Q1 / 2016 this portfolio collected following dividends

• Jan: 60.25€     (2015: 2.05€)

• Feb: 99.95€     (2015: 18.50€)

• Mar: 175.40€       (2015: 113.25€)

Total of 335.60€  (2015: 133.80€)

Quarterly target was 330€ which was achieved and passed.

Main Street Announces Semi-Annual Supplemental Cash Dividend Payable in June 2016

Main Street Capital Corporation (NYSE: MAIN) ("Main Street") is pleased to announce that its Board of Directors declared its semi-annual supplemental cash dividend of $0.275 per share payable in June 2016.  This supplemental cash dividend is in addition to the previously announced regular monthly cash dividends that Main Street declared for the second quarter of 2016

Since I own 60 shares of MAIN, this supplemental cash dividend increases my 12 month forward dividends by $16.50

Southern Company dividend increase

Southern Co (NYSE:SO) declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, April 18th, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Stockholders of record on Monday, May 16th will be given a dividend of 0.56 per share on Monday, June 6th. This represents a $2.24 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.42%. This is an 3.70% increase from Southern’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.54.

Orchid Island Capital April dividend

VERO BEACH, Fla., April 13, 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 April 2016. The dividend of $0.14 per share will be paid April 29, 2016, to holders of record on April 26, 2016, with an ex-dividend date of April 22, 2016.

Realty Income Corporation May dividend

Realty Income Corporation (Realty Income, NYSE: O), The Monthly Dividend Company^®, today announced that its Board of Directors has declared the 550^th consecutive common stock monthly dividend. The dividend amount of $0.199 per share, representing an annualized amount of $2.388 per share, is payable on May 16, 2016 to shareholders of record as of May 2, 2016.

New Purchase : Royal Bank of Canada

Started new position to portfolio.

Royal Bank of Canada

Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) is a diversified financial services company. The Company provides personal and commercial banking, wealth management services, insurance, investor services and capital markets products and services on a global basis

Royal Bank of Canada pays dividend quartely with 2-5-8-11 schedule. My starting yield is at 4.01%

Recent sell : Vanguard Natural Resources

Sold all Vanguard Natural Resources (VNR) shares  (92 shares at $1.45 per share). Vanguard suspended dividend and share price has been dropping rapidly. I decided to sell all my shares and get some tax deductions for next year. This sell does not drop my 12 month forward dividends at all as VNR had suspended distributions. Sale profit : -575.98€ (to be used in tax deductions for dividends)

Status update : March 2016

Dividends received in March :

Annually:

• 44.80€ from Nordea (NDA1V)

Quarterly:

• 19.72€ from Awilco Drilling (AWDR)
•  5.94€ from Orava Residents (OREIT)
• 37.95€ from TAL International (TAL) 
•  5.90€ from Southern Company (SO)

Monthly:

• 2.33€ from Realty Income Corp (0)
• 2.49€ from Vanguard Natural Resources (VNR)
• 12.05€ from Orchid Island Capital Inc (ORC)
• 3.25€ from Main Street Capital Corporation (MAIN) 
• 6.72€ from Prospect Capital Corporation (PSEC)

Special:

• 34.25€ from Chimera Investment Corporation (CIM)

This makes it a total of 175.40€ in dividends in March. Last year I received 113.25€ dividends in March. This is a 53% increase in dividends

New purchase: Prospect Capital Corporation

Added 130 shares of Prospect Capital Corporation (NYSE:PSEC) at $7.17 per share. I now hold 220 shares of PSEC. This purchase increases my 12 months forward dividends by $124.80

New purchase: Main Street Capital Corporation

Added 40 shares of Main Street Capital Corporation (NYSE:MAIN) at $31.20 per share. I now hold 60 shares of MAIN. This purchase increases my 12 month forward dividends by $86.20

New purchase: TeliaSonera

New position started in portfolio

TeliaSonera

TeliaSonera  (TLS1V.HE) provides network access and telecommunication services. TeliaSonera operates through four segments: region Sweden, region Europe, region Eurasia and Other operations. Region Sweden consists of TeliaSonera's mobile, broadband and fixed-line operations in Sweden. Region Europe consists of TeliaSonera's mobile, broadband and fixed-line operations in Finland, Norway, Denmark, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Spain. Region Eurasia includes TeliaSonera's mobile operations in Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Georgia, Moldova and Nepal. Other operations include the Company's international carrier operations, customer financing and dunning operations, TeliaSonera Holding, TeliaSonera's shareholding in the associates Russian MegaFon and Turkish Turkcell, as well as Group functions. The Company's brands include Telia, Halebop, Sonera, TeleFinland, NetCom, Chess, Telia, Call me, DLG Tele, Omnitel, Ezys, TEO, LMT Okarte, Amigo, EMT, Diil and Elion.

TeliaSonera pays dividend twice a year, in april and in october. My starting yield is at 7.01%