New purchase : New Residential Investment Corp

Started new position in portfolio. Purchased 25 shares of New Residential Investment Corporation (NYSE:NRZ).

New Residential Investment Corp., incorporated on September 26, 2011, is a real estate investment trust (REIT). The Company focuses on investing in, and managing, investments related to residential real estate. The Company's segments include investments in excess mortgage servicing rights (Excess MSRs); investments in mortgage servicing rights (MSRs); investments in servicer advances; investments in real estate securities; investments in residential mortgage loans; investments in consumer loans, and corporate. Its portfolio includes mortgage servicing related assets, residential mortgage backed securities (RMBS), residential mortgage loans and other investments.

NRZ pays dividend quarterly with 1-4-7-10 schedule. My starting YoC is at 11.92%

Realty Income Corp June dividend

SAN DIEGO, May 16, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Realty Income Corporation (Realty Income, NYSE: O), The Monthly Dividend Company^®, today announced that its Board of Directors has declared the 563^rd consecutive common stock monthly dividend. The dividend amount of $0.211 per share, representing an annualized amount of $2.532 per share, is payable on June 15, 2017 to shareholders of record as of June 1, 2017. The ex-dividend date for June's dividend is May 30, 2017.

New purchase : 8Point3 Energy Partners LP

Added 26 shares of 8Point3 Energy Partners LP (CAFD) at $13.495 per share. I now hold 51 shares of CAFD.

Telus dividend increase

The TELUS Board of Directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.4925 Canadian per share on theissued and outstanding Common Shares of the Company payable on July 4, 2017 to holders of record at the close of business on June 9, 2017.

This second quarter dividend represents a 7.1 per cent increase from the $0.46 quarterly dividend paid on July 4, 2016 and is the thirteenth dividend increase since TELUS announced its original multi-year dividend growth program in May 2011. Over this period, TELUS’ dividend is higher by 88 per cent.

Awilco Drilling dividend for Q1 / 2017

Awilco Drilling reported Q1 results and announced dividend payable of USD 0.20 per share. Dividend is payable on or around the 23 rd of June 2017. Shares will trade ex - dividend on 23 rd of May 2017, the record date will be 24 th of May

The Company’s dividend policy remains unchanged: “The Company intends to distribute all free cash flow above a robust cash buffer to support operational working capital requirements and capital expenditure, including SPS.”

Orchid Island dividend for May 2017

VERO BEACH, Fla., May 10, 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 May 2017. The dividend of $0.14 per share will be paid June 9, 2017, to holders of record on May 31, 2017, with an ex-dividend date of May 26, 2017.

Prospect Capital distributions from May to August

NEW YORK, May 09, 2017 (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 May 2017 (record date of May 31, 2017 and payment date of June 22, 2017);

• 8.333 cents per share for June 2017 (record date of June 30, 2017 and payment date of July 20, 2017);

• 8.333 cents per share for July 2017 (record date of July 31, 2017 and payment date of August 24, 2017); and

• 8.333 cents per share for August 2017 (record date of August 31, 2017 and payment date of September 21, 2017).

These distributions mark Prospect’s 106^th, 107^th, 108^th and 109^th consecutive cash distributions to shareholders.Prospect’s closing stock price of $9.15 as of May 5, 2017 delivers to shareholders a current dividend yield of 10.9%.

Based on past distributions and assuming its current share count for upcoming distributions, Prospect since inception through its August 2017 distribution will have distributed $15.96 per share to original shareholders, exceeding $2.3 billion in cumulative distributions to all shareholders.

Progress update : April

Progress update for April

Quote	2016	2017	Change %
Technopolis	109.65	84.00	-23.4%
Fortum	116.60	116.60	0.0%
Telia Company	16.25	35.67	+119.5%
Realty Income Corp	2.29	5.55	+142.3%
The Coca-Cola Company	4.30	18.40	+327.9%
Telus Corporation	10.94	12.41	+13.4%
Orchid Island	11.97	12.96	+8.3%
Chimera Investment Corp	32.84	35.82	+9.1%
Main Street Capital	3.19	10.42	+226.6%
Prospect Capital Corporation	6.65	17.08	+156.8%
Bank of Nova Scotia	6.58	14.90	+126.4%
W.P. Carey Inc.	-	22.76
Chatham Lodging Trust	-	12.34
LTC Properties	-	8.73
8point3 Energy Partners LP	-	5.86
Total	321.16	413.50	+28.7%

Status update : April 2017

Dividends received in April :

Annually:

•    84.00€ from Technopolis (TPS1V)
•  116.60€ from Fortum (FORTUM)
•    35.67€ from Telia Company (TELIA)

Quarterly:

•  12.41€ from Telus Corporation (TU)
•  35.82€ from Chimera Investment Corp (CIM)
•  14.90€ from Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) 
•  22.76€ from W.P. Carey Inc. (WPC) 
•    5.86€ from 8point3 Energy Partners LP (CAFD)
•  18.40€ from The Coca-Cola Company (KO)

Monthly:

•     5.55€ from Realty Income Corp (0)
•   12.96€ from Orchid Island Capital Inc (ORC) 
•   10.42€ from Main Street Capital Corporation (MAIN)
•   17.08€ from Prospect Capital Corporation (PSEC)  
•   12,34€ from Chatham Lodging Trust (CLDT)
•     8.73€ from LTC Properties (LTC)

This makes it a total of 413.50€ in dividends in April. Last year I received 321.26€ dividends in April. This is a 28.7% increase in dividends. Great improvement

Main Street Announces Third Quarter 2017 Regular Monthly Dividends

HOUSTON, May 3, 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 $0.185 per share for each of July, August and September 2017.  These monthly dividends, which will be payable pursuant to the table below, total $0.555 per share for the third quarter of 2017, which is consistent with the regular monthly dividends declared for the second quarter of 2017 and represents a 3% increase from the regular monthly dividends paid 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 $20.545 per share in cumulative cash dividends since its October 2007 initial public offering at $15.00 per share.

Summary of Third Quarter 2017 Regular Monthly Dividends
Declared	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payment Date	Amount Per Share
5/2/2017	6/28/2017	6/30/2017	7/14/2017	$0.185
5/2/2017	7/18/2017	7/20/2017	8/15/2017	$0.185
5/2/2017	8/17/2017	8/21/2017	9/15/2017	$0.185
		Total for Third Quarter 2017:		$0.555

Golar LNG Partners dividend for Q1 2017

Golar LNG Partners LP (GMLP) announced today that its board of directors has approved a quarterly cash di
stribution with respect to the quarter ended March 31, 2017 of $0.5775 per unit. This cash distribution will be paid on May 12, 2017 to all unitholders of record as of the close of business on May 5, 2017.

Alliance Resource Partners dividend for Q1 2017

ARLP unitholders will receive a cash distribution for the 2017 Quarter of $0.4375 per unit (an annualized rate of $1.75 per unit), payable on May 15, 2017 to all unitholders of record as of the close of trading on May 8, 2017. The announced distribution is equal to the distributions declared for the quarters ended December 31, 2016 (the "Sequential Quarter") and March 31, 2016 (the "2016 Quarter").