Monday, December 25, 2017

8Point3 energy partners dividend increase

SAN JOSE, Calif.Dec. 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- 8point3 Energy Partners LP (CAFD) announces that the Board of Directors of its general partner declared a cash distribution for its Class A shares of $0.2802 per share for the fourth quarter of 2017.  This represents an increase of 3.0 percent over the previous quarter's distribution of $0.2721 per share.  The fourth quarter distribution will be paid on January 12, 2018 to shareholders of record as of January 2, 2018.

Monday, December 18, 2017

AT&T dividend increase

Today AT&T Inc. announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $ 0.49 to $ 0.50 per share that’s payable February 1, 2018 to holders of record January 10, 2018. This represents a 2.04% increase to regular quarterly dividends. With current price $ 38.14 (today's open), this raise brings their dividend yield to 5.24%

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

Friday, December 15, 2017

Orchid Island december 2017 dividend

VERO BEACH, Fla., Dec. 13, 2017 (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 2017. The dividend of $0.14 per share will be paid January 10, 2018, to holders of record on December 29, 2017, with an ex-dividend date of December 28, 2017.

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Realty Income dividend increase

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 12, 2017 /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 $0.2125 per share from $0.212 per share. The dividend is payable on January 12, 2018 to shareholders of record as of January 2, 2018. This is the 94th dividend increase since Realty Income's listing on the NYSE in 1994. The ex-dividend date for January's dividend is December 29, 2017. The new monthly dividend represents an annualized dividend amount of $2.55 per share as compared to the current annualized dividend amount of $2.544 per share.

Friday, December 8, 2017

New purchase : W.P. Carey

Added 10 shares of W.P.Carey (NYSE:WPC) at $70.07 per share. I now hold 35 shares of WPC. This purchase increases my 12 month forward dividends by $40.4

Thursday, December 7, 2017

W.P. Carey increases dividend

NEW YORK, Dec. 6, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- W. P. Carey Inc. (NYSE: WPC) reported today that its Board of Directors increased its quarterly cash dividend to $1.01 per share, equivalent to an annualized dividend rate of $4.04 per share. The dividend is payable on January 16, 2018 to stockholders of record as of December 29, 2017.

Monday, December 4, 2017

Progress update : November 2017

Progress update for November

Quote 2016 2017 Change %
Realty Income Corp 2.45 5.04 +105.7%
AT&T 24.66 24.00 -2.7%
Orchid Island - 11.78
Alliance Resource Partners 19.45 20.50 +5.4%
Golar LNG Partners 25.14 22.95 -8.7%
Main Street Capital 10.36 9.67 -6.7%
Prospect Capital Corporation 17.31 11.15 -35.6%
Royal Bank of Canada 9.24 9.60 +3.9%
Omega Healthcare Investors 17.81 39.56 +122.1%
Verizon Communications - 11.46
Chatham Lodging Trust - 11.39
LTC Properties - 11.94
Enterprise Products Partners LP - 21.12
Marine Harvest ASA - 14.69
Total 126.42 224.85 +77.8%

Status update : November 2017

Dividends received in November :

Quarterly:
  •  24.00€ from AT&T (T)
  •  11.46€ from Verizon (VZ)
  •  20.50€ from Alliance Resource Partners (ALRP) 
  •  22.95€ from Golar LNG Partners (GMLP)
  •  39.56€ from Omega Healthcare (OHI)
  •    9.60€ from Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
  •  21.12€ from Enterprise Products Partners LP (EPD)
  •  14.69€ from Marine Harvest (MHG.OL) 
Monthly:
  •     5.04€ from Realty Income Corp (0)
  •   11.78€ from Orchid Island Capital Inc (ORC) 
  •     9.67€ from Main Street Capital Corporation (MAIN)
  •   11.15€ from Prospect Capital Corporation (PSEC)
  •   11.39€ from Chatham Lodging Trust (CLDT)
  •   11.94€ from LTC Properties (LTC)

This makes it a total of 224.85€ in dividends in November. Last year I received 126.46€ dividends in November. This is a 77.80% increase in dividends. Very good improvement

Wednesday, November 29, 2017

New purchase : TeliaCompany

Added 70 shares of TeliaCompany (TELIA) at 3.664€ per share. I now hold 440 shares of TeliaCompany.

Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Ship Finance Limited dividend for Q3/2017

The Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.35 per share. The dividend will be paid on or around December 29 to shareholders on record as of December 11, and the ex-dividend date on the New York Stock Exchange will be December 12, 2017.

Wednesday, November 15, 2017

New purchase : Main Street Capital Corporation

Added 26 shares of Main Street Capital Corporation (MAIN) at $40.52 per share. I now hold 86 shares of MAIN.  MAIN pays dividend monthly with 2 extra dividends per year. This purchase increases my 12 month forward dividends by approx $72

Monday, November 13, 2017

Realty Income december dividend

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 10, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Realty Income Corporation (Realty Income, NYSE: O), The Monthly Dividend Company®, today announced that its Board of Directors has declared the 569th consecutive common stock monthly dividend. The dividend amount of $0.212 per share, representing an annualized amount of $2.544 per share, is payable on December 15, 2017 to shareholders of record as of December 1, 2017. The ex-dividend date for December's dividend is November 30, 2017.

Thursday, November 9, 2017

Telus increases dividend

The TELUS Board of Directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.5050 Canadian per share on the issued and outstanding Common Shares of the Company payable on January 2, 2018 to holders of record at the close of business on December 11, 2017.

Our 2017 annually declared dividend of $1.97 represents a 7.1 per cent increase from our 2016 annually declared dividend of $1.84. This is the fourteenth dividend increase since TELUS announced its original multi-year dividend growth program in May 2011. Over this period, TELUS’ dividend is higher by 92 per cent.

Triton International report Q3 results and declares dividend

Third Quarter and Recent Highlights:
  • Triton reported Net income attributable to shareholders of $57.2 million and Income before income taxes of $70.6 million for the third quarter of 2017.
  • Triton reported Adjusted pre-tax income of $73.0 million in the third quarter of 2017.
  • Average utilization was 97.6% for the third quarter of 2017.
  • Triton raised net proceeds of $192.9 million in September through the issuance of 6.15 million new common shares. The proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes including the purchase of containers.
  • Triton announced a quarterly dividend of $0.45 per share payable on December 22, 2017 to shareholders of record as of December 1, 2017.

Prospect Capital dividends for Dec, Jan and Feb

Prospect is declaring distributions as follows:
  • $0.06 per share for November 2017 to November 30, 2017 record holders with December 21, 2017 payment date
  • $0.06 per share for December 2017 to December 29, 2017 record holders with January 18, 2018 payment date and
  • $0.06 per share for January 2018 to January 31, 2018 record holders with February 15, 2018 payment date.
These distributions mark Prospect’s 112th, 113th, and 114th consecutive cash distributions to shareholders.

Orchid Island dividend for November 2017

VERO BEACH, Fla., Nov. 08, 2017 (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 2017. The dividend of $0.14 per share will be paid December 8, 2017, to holders of record on November 30, 2017, with an ex-dividend date of November 29, 2017.

Emerson Electric increases dividend

ST. LOUIS, November 7, 2017 -- The board of directors of Emerson (NYSE: EMR) today declared the regular quarterly cash dividend of forty-eight and a half cents ($0.485) per share of common stock payable December 11, 2017, to stockholders of record November 17, 2017.

This is a 1% increase in quartely dividends. Small increase but that's the way they keep increasing year after year.

Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Enterprise Products Partners increases dividend

Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE:EPD) increases dividend to $0.4225 per share. Previous dividend was $0.42 per share. Small increase is alway better than no increase.

Since I own 58 shares of EPD, this change will increase my 12 month forward dividends by $0.58

Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Alliance Resource Partners increases dividend

Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP) increases dividend for the second time this year. Dividend was increased to $0.505 per share. This is a 1% increase but hey, always better than no increase at all

Friday, November 3, 2017

Marine Harvest increases dividend

The Board of Marine Harvest ASA has resolved on 31 October 2017 to distribute a quarterly dividend of NOK 3.40 per share in the form of a repayment of paid-in capital.

Marine Harvest ASA's shares listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange will be traded including dividend up
until and including the 9 November 2017. Marine Harvest ASA's shares listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange will be traded ex dividend from and including 10 November 2017. Marine Harvest ASA's shares listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange will have a Record Date on the 13 November 2017. The expected payment date is 15 November 2017.

Thursday, November 2, 2017

Chimera Investment announced Q4 dividend

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- 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 30, 2018 to common stockholders of record on December 29, 2017. The ex-dividend date is December 28, 2017.

Progress update : October 2017

Progress update for October


Quote 2016 2017 Change %
Telia Company 47.70 37.99 -20.3%
Realty Income Corp 2.38 5.03 +111.3%
The Coca-Cola Company 14.73 16.71 +13.4%
Telus Corporation 11.50 12.41 +7.9%
Orchid Island 12.49 11.60 -7.1%
Chimera Investment Corp 34.28 33.54 -2.2%
Main Street Capital 10.10 9.69 -4.1%
Prospect Capital Corporation 16.83 11.19 -33.5%
Bank of Nova Scotia 14.67 15.35 +4.6%
W.P. Carey Inc. 11.44 20.90 +82.7%
Chatham Lodging Trust - 11.61
LTC Properties - 12.24
8point3 Energy Partners LP - 16.48
New Residential Investment Corp - 31.66
Total 176.12 246.50 +40.1%

Status update : October 2017


Dividends received in October :

Bi-Annually:
  •  37.99€ from Telia Company (TELIA)
Quarterly:
  •  12.41€ from Telus Corporation (TU)
  •  33.54€ from Chimera Investment Corp (CIM)
  •  15.35€ from Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) 
  •  20.90€ from W.P. Carey Inc. (WPC) 
  •  16.48€ from 8point3 Energy Partners LP (CAFD)
  •  16.71€ from The Coca-Cola Company (KO)
  •  31.66€ from New Residential Investment Corp (NRZ)
Monthly:
  •     5.03€ from Realty Income Corp (0)
  •   11.60€ from Orchid Island Capital Inc (ORC) 
  •     9.69€ from Main Street Capital Corporation (MAIN)
  •   11.19€ from Prospect Capital Corporation (PSEC)  
  •   11.61€ from Chatham Lodging Trust (CLDT)
  •   12.24€ from LTC Properties (LTC)

This makes it a total of 246.50€ in dividends in October. Last year I received 176.12€ dividends in October. This is a 40% increase in dividends. Very nice progress

Wednesday, November 1, 2017

Main steet Capital Corporation dividends for Q1 / 2017

HOUSTON, Nov. 1, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Main Street Capital Corporation (NYSE: MAIN) ("Main Street") is pleased to announce that its Board of Directors declared regular monthly cash dividends of $0.19 per share for each of January, February and March 2018.  These monthly dividends, which will be payable pursuant to the table below, total $0.57 per share for the first quarter of 2018, which is consistent with the regular monthly dividends declared for the fourth quarter of 2017 and represents a 3% increase from the regular monthly dividends paid for the first quarter of 2017.  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 $21.96 per share in cumulative cash dividends since its October 2007 initial public offering at $15.00 per share.

Summary of First Quarter 2018 Regular Monthly Dividends

Declared
Ex-Dividend Date
Record Date
Payment Date
Amount Per Share
10/31/201710/31/201710/31/2017
12/28/2017
1/18/2018
2/21/2018
12/29/2017
1/19/2018
2/22/2018
1/12/2018
2/15/2018
3/15/2018
$0.19
$0.19
$0.19


Total for First Quarter 2018:
$0.57

Monday, October 30, 2017

Nokia proposes to increase dividend by 11.8%

Nokia reported Q3 results and at the same time mentions that board proposes to increase dividend to 0.19€. This is a 0.02€ increase from the dividend in 2016. If board proposal is accepted in annual meeting, this change will increase my 12 month forward dividends by 15€

Monday, October 23, 2017

VFC dividend increased by 10%

VFC reported Q3 results and raised quarterly dividend rate
by 10 percent to $0.46 per share. Since I own 35 shares of VFC, this change will increase my 12 month forward dividends by $5.60

Friday, October 20, 2017

Golar LNG Partners dividend for Q4 / 2017

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, 2017 of $0.5775 per unit. This cash distribution will be paid on November 14, 2017 to all unitholders of record as of the close of business on October 30, 2017.

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Main Street Announces Semi-Annual Supplemental Cash Dividend

HOUSTON, Oct. 18, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- 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 December 2017.  This supplemental cash dividend is in addition to the previously announced regular monthly cash dividends that Main Street declared for the fourth quarter of 2017 of $0.57 per share, or $0.19 per share for each of October, November and December 2017, and is consistent with the previous semi-annual supplemental cash dividends paid in December 2016 and June 2017.

Friday, October 13, 2017

Omega Healtcare announces dividend increase

HUNT VALLEY, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. (NYSE:OHI) today announced that the Company’s Board of Directors declared a common stock dividend of $0.65 per share, increasing the quarterly common dividend by $0.01 per share over the previous quarter. The common stock dividend is payable Wednesday, November 15, 2017 to common stockholders of record as of the close of business on Tuesday, October 31, 2017.

Since I own 73 shares of OHI, this change will increase my 12 month forward dividends by $2.92

Thursday, October 12, 2017

Orchid Island October dividend

VERO BEACH, Fla., Oct. 11, 2017 (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 2017. The dividend of $0.14 per share will be paid November 10, 2017 to holders of record on October 31, 2017, with an ex-dividend date of October 30, 2017.

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Realty Income October dividend

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 10, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Realty Income Corporation (Realty Income, NYSE: O), The Monthly Dividend Company®, today announced that its Board of Directors has declared the 568th consecutive common stock monthly dividend. The dividend amount of $0.212 per share, representing an annualized amount of $2.544 per share, is payable on November 15, 2017 to shareholders of record as of November 1, 2017. The ex-dividend date for November's dividend is October 31, 2017.

New purchase : Omega Healthcare Investors

Added 21 shares of Omega Healthcare Investors (NYSE:OHI) at $31.30 per share. I now hold 73 shares of OHI

Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Summary Q3 / 2017

During Q3 / 2017 this portfolio collected following dividends
  • Jul:  204.49€         (2016: 307.06€   2015: 45.26€)
  • Aug: 201.16€        (2016: 111.28€   2015: 52.11€)
  • Sep: 200.25€           (2016: 149.16€  2015: 109.73€)

Total of 605.90€           (2016: 567.50€ 2015: 207.10€)

Quarterly target was 600€ which was achieved and passed.

Progress update : September 2017

Progress update for September

Quote 2016 2017 Change %
Southern Company 14.44 14.08 -2.5%
Realty Income Corporation 2.33 4.97 +113.3%
Main Street Capital 9.61 9.31 -3.1%
Prospect Capital Corporation 16.35 15.30 -6.4%
Awilco Drilling PLC 7.97 14.70 +84.4%
Triton International 38.53 36.25 -5.9%
Orava Residents 5.94 0 -100%
Orchid Island 12.22 11.43 -6.5%
Ship Finance Limited 35.44 37.96 +7.1%
Emerson Electric 6.33 6.01 -5.1%
Chatham Lodging Trust - 11.47
LTC Properties - 12.13
VF Corporation - 12.26
Marine Harvest ASA - 14.38
Total 149.16 200.25 +34.3%

Status update : September 2017


Dividends received in September :

Quarterly:
  •  14.08€ from Southern Company (SO)
  •    6.01€ from Emerson Electric (EMR)
  •  12.26€ from VF Corporation (VFC) 
  •  14.70€ from Awilco Drilling (AWDR.OL)
  •  36.25€ from Triton International (TRTN)
  •  37.96€ from Ship Finance Limited (SFL)
  •  14.38€ from Marine Harvest ASA (MHG.OL)
Monthly:
  •     4.97€ from Realty Income Corp (0)
  •   11.43€ from Orchid Island Capital Inc (ORC) 
  •     9.31€ from Main Street Capital Corporation (MAIN)
  •   15.30€ from Prospect Capital Corporation (PSEC)
  •   11.47€ from Chatham Lodging Trust (CLDT)
  •   12.13€ from LTC Properties (LTC)

This makes it a total of 200.25€ in dividends in September. Last year I received 149.16€ dividends in September. This is a 34.25% increase in dividends. Good improvement

Monday, October 2, 2017

LTC dividend for Q4

The Company declared a monthly cash dividend of $0.19 per common share per month for the months of October, November and December 2017, payable on October 31, November 30 and December 29, 2017, respectively, to stockholders of record on October 23, November 22 and December 21, 2017, respectively.

Monday, September 25, 2017

8point3 Energy Partners dividend increase

SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 22, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- 8point3 Energy Partners LP (NASDAQ: CAFD) announces that the Board of Directors of its general partner declared a cash distribution for its Class A shares of $0.2721 per share for the third quarter of 2017.  This represents an increase of approximately 30 percent over the minimum quarterly distribution and an increase of 3.0 percent over the previous quarter's distribution of $0.2642 per share.  The third quarter distribution will be paid on October 13, 2017 to shareholders of record as of October 3, 2017.

Since I own 73 of CAFD, this change will increase my 12 month forward dividends by $2.22

Thursday, September 21, 2017

New purchase : 8point3 Energy Partners

Added 22 shares of 8point3 Energy Partners (NYSE: CAFD) at $14.36 per share. I now hold 73 shares of CAFD.

W.P. Carey dividend increase

NEW YORK, Sept. 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- W. P. Carey Inc. (NYSE: WPC) reported today that its Board of Directors increased its quarterly cash dividend to $1.005 per share, equivalent to an annualized dividend rate of $4.02 per share. The dividend is payable on October 16, 2017 to stockholders of record as of October 2, 2017.

Small increase is better than no increase :) Since I own 25 shares of WPC, this increase will raise my 12 month forward dividends by $0.5. Awesome.

Friday, September 15, 2017

Orchid Island September dividend

VERO BEACH, Fla., Sept. 14, 2017 (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 2017. The dividend of $0.14 per share will be paid October 10, 2017, to holders of record on September 29, 2017, with an ex-dividend date of September 28, 2017

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

93rd Common Stock Monthly Dividend Increase Declared By Realty Income

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 12, 2017 /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 $0.212 per share from $0.2115 per share. The dividend is payable on October 13, 2017 to shareholders of record as of October 2, 2017. 

This is the 93rd dividend increase since Realty Income's listing on the NYSE in 1994. The ex-dividend date for October's dividend is September 29, 2017. The new monthly dividend represents an annualized dividend amount of $2.544 per share as compared to the current annualized dividend amount of $2.538 per share.

Friday, September 8, 2017

Verizon increases dividend for 11th consecutive year

The Board of Directors of Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) today declared a quarterly dividend of 59 cents per outstanding share, an increase of 1.25 cents per share, or 2.2 percent, from the previous quarter.The quarterly dividend is payable on Nov. 1, 2017, to Verizon shareowners of record at the close of business on Oct. 10, 2017.

This is the 11th consecutive year Verizon's Board has approved a quarterly dividend increase.


Monday, September 4, 2017

Progress update : August 2017

Progress update for August

Quote 2016 2017 Change %
Realty Income Corp 2.31 5.04 +118.2%
AT&T 18.86 23.61 +25.2%
Orchid Island 12.32 11.67 -5.3%%
Alliance Resource Partners 18.80 20.44 +8.7%
Golar LNG Partners 24.30 23.12 -4.9%
Main Street Capital 9.61 9.45 -1.7%
Prospect Capital Corporation 16.63 15.56 -6.4%
Royal Bank of Canada 8.90 9.44 +6.1%
Omega Healthcare Investors - 27.85
Verizon Communications - 11.04
Chatham Lodging Trust - 11.33
LTC Properties - 11.99
Enterprise Products Partners LP - 20.62
Total 111.28 201.16 +80.8%

Status update : August 2017


Dividends received in August :

Quarterly:
  •  23.61€ from AT&T (T)
  •  11.04€ from Verizon (VZ)
  •  20.44€ from Alliance Resource Partners (ALRP) 
  •  23.12€ from Golar LNG Partners (GMLP)
  •  27.85€ from Omega Healthcare (OHI)
  •    9.44€ from Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
  •  20.62€ from Enterprise Products Partners LP (EPD) 
Monthly:
  •     5.04€ from Realty Income Corp (0)
  •   11.67€ from Orchid Island Capital Inc (ORC) 
  •     9.45€ from Main Street Capital Corporation (MAIN)
  •   15.56€ from Prospect Capital Corporation (PSEC)
  •   11.33€ from Chatham Lodging Trust (CLDT)
  •   11.99€ from LTC Properties (LTC)

This makes it a total of 201.16€ in dividends in August. Last year I received 111.28€ dividends in August. This is a 80.77% increase in dividends. Extremely good improvement

Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Ship Finance International Limited decreases dividend

Ship Finance Limited (SFL) declared second quarter dividend of $0.35 per share, the Company's 54th consecutive quarterly dividend. This is a disapointting decrease from previous dividend which was $0.45 per share.

Bank of Nova Scotia increases dividend

Today the Board of Directors of Scotiabank announced a quarterly dividend increase of from CA$ 0.76 to CA$ 0.79 per share that’s payable October 27, 2017 to holders of record October 03, 2017. This represents a 3.95 % increase from prior dividend. It should be noted that this is the second dividend increase in the current calendar year as it was also raises by CA$ 0.02 in February 2017. So the increase in this calendar year is CA$ 0.05 or 6.76% from the last dividend paid in October 2016. With current price CA$ 77.20 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 4.09 %.

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Prospect Capital decreases dividend

Prospect is declaring distributions as follows:
  • $0.06 per share for September 2017 to September 29, 2017 record holders with October 19, 2017 payment date; and
  • $0.06 per share for October 2017 to October 31, 2017 record holders with November 22, 2017 payment date.
These distributions mark Prospect’s 110th and 111th consecutive cash distributions to shareholders.
Based on the declarations above, Prospect’s closing stock price of $7.13 at August 25, 2017 delivers to shareholders a 10.1% dividend yield.

This is a 28% decrease, disappointing but it was expected

Monday, August 28, 2017

Marine Harvest ASA increases dividend

Marine Harvest ASA (MHG.OL) declared dividend NOK 3.20 for Q3. Dividend for previous quarter was NOK 3.00 so this is a 6.67% increase in quarterly dividend.

Since I own only 20 shares of MHG.OL this increases my 12 month forward dividends by so little that I do not even want to count it :) Well, MHG.OL position was just started and will be increased during coming months/years

Friday, August 25, 2017

Royal Bank of Canada dividend increased

Today the Board of Directors of Royal Bank of Canada announced a quarterly dividend increase of from CA$ 0.87 to CA$ 0.91 per share that’s payable November 24, 2017 to holders of record October 26, 2017. This represents a 9.64 % increase over the fourth quarter 2016 dividend of CA$ 0.83 per share and a 4.60 % increase over for the second quarter 2017 of CA$ 0.87 per share. With current price CA$ 92.01 (yesterday's close), this raise brings their dividend yield to 3.96%.

Thursday, August 24, 2017

New purchase : Marine Harvest ASA

New position started in portfolio. Marine Harvest ASA (MHG.OL). Purchased 20 shares of MHG.OL for 151.00 NOK per share.

Marine Harvest ASA is a Norway-based company engaged in the production and marketing of seafood. The Company operates within three segments, namely Feed, Farming, and Sales and Marketing. The Feed segment is responsible for production of fish feed. The Farming segment manages the Company's farming activities in Norway, Scotland, Canada, Chile, Ireland and the Faroe Islands. The Sales segment comprises the global sales organization.

MHG.OL pays dividend quarterly with 3-6-9-11 schedule and my starting yield on cost is around 7.6%

Monday, August 21, 2017

Awilco Drilling dividend for Q2 / 2017

Awilco Drilling declares dividend of $0.20 per share for Q2. Dividend ex-date is 22.august and paydate around 22. september 2017. Dividend remains unchanged from Q1 which is good.