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

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.

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

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 93^rd 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.

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.

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