New purchase : AGNC Investment Corp

New position started in portfolio : AGNC Investment Corp (NYSE: AGNC). I wanted to have another monthly paying stock to the begining of every month and AGNC looked like a good candidate for that. Yield is high at 11.06% for my initial purchase.

AGNC

AGNC pays dividend monthly

New purchase : Chatham Lodging Trust

Added 15 shares of Chatham Lodging Trust (CLDT) at $20.69 per share. I now hold 140 shares of CLDT.

Realty Income June dividend

Realty Income Corporation (Realty Income, NYSE: O), The Monthly Dividend Company^®, today announced that its Board of Directors has declared the 575^th consecutive common stock monthly dividend. The dividend amount of $0.2195 per share, representing an annualized amount of $2.634 per share, is payable on June 15, 2018 to shareholders of record as of June 1, 2018. The ex-dividend date for June's dividend is May 31, 2018.

Orchid Island dividend for May 2018

ERO BEACH, Fla., May 16, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Orchid Island Capital, Inc. (the "Company") (NYSE:ORC) announced today that the Board of Directors (the "Board") declared a monthly cash dividend for the month of May 2018. The dividend of $0.09 per share will be paid June 8, 2018 to holders of record on May 31, 2018, with an ex-dividend date of May 30, 2018. The Company plans on announcing its next dividend after its Board meeting on June 19, 2018.

New purchase : EPR Properties

Added 8 shares of EPR Properties (NYSE:EPR) at $60.01 per share. I now hold 20 shares of EPR

Telus dividend increase

TELUS (TU) declares C$0.525/share quarterly dividend, 4% increase from prior dividend of C$0.505. Forward yield 4.6% Payable July 3; for shareholders of record June 8; ex-div June 7.

Awilco Drilling dividend for Q1 / 2018

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 2018 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.”

New purchase : Nordea

Added 20 shares of Nordea at 8.31€ per share. I now hold 250 shares of Nordea. Nordea share price has been sliding lately and this purchase will lower my average cost little bit

Triton International increases dividend

Triton’s Board of Directors has approved and declared a $0.52 per share quarterly cash dividend on its issued and outstanding common shares, payable on June 22, 2018 to shareholders of record at the close of business on June 1, 2018.

Mr. Sondey concluded, “Our $0.52 per share quarterly dividend represents a 15% increase from our previous dividend level. The increase reflects the strength of our cash flow as well as our optimistic outlook for continued strong performance.”

Main Street Capital Corp dividend for Q3 / 2018

HOUSTON, May 2, 2018 /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 July, August and September 2018. These monthly dividends, which will be payable pursuant to the table below, total $0.57 per share for the third quarter of 2018, which is consistent with the regular monthly dividends declared for the second quarter of 2018 and represents a 2.7% increase from the regular monthly dividends paid for the third 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 $23.375 per share in cumulative cash dividends since its October 2007 initial public offering at $15.00 per share.

Progress update : April 2018

Progress update for April

Quote	2017	2018	Change %
Technopolis	84.00	119.00	+41.67.%
Fortum	116.60	116.60	0%
Stora Enso (paid in May last year)	(53.65)	65.60	+22.27%
Telia Company	35.67	48.31	+35.44%
Realty Income Corp	5.55	4.98	-10.27%
The Coca-Cola Company	18.40	16.77	-8.86%
Telus Corporation	12.41	11.77	-5.16%
Orchid Island	12.96	7.12	-45.04%
Chimera Investment Corp	35.82	32.19	-10.13%
Main Street Capital	10.42	13.17	+26.39%
Prospect Capital Corporation	17.08	10.69	-37.4%
Bank of Nova Scotia	14.90	15.28	+2.55%
W.P. Carey Inc.	22.76	28.34	+24.52%
Chatham Lodging Trust	12.34	11.21	-9.16%
LTC Properties	8.73	11.76	+34.17%
8point3 Energy Partners LP	5.86	16.38	+179.5%
New Residential Investment Corp	-	43.96
EPR Properties	-	3.46
Total	413.50	576.59	+39.4%

Status update : April 2018

Dividends received in April :

Annually:

•  119.00€ from Technopolis (TPS1V)
•  116.60€ from Fortum (FORTUM)
•    48.31€ from Telia Company (TELIA)

Quarterly:

•  11.77€ from Telus Corporation (TU)
•  32.19€ from Chimera Investment Corp (CIM)
•  15.28€ from Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) 
•  28.34€ from W.P. Carey Inc. (WPC) 
•  16.38€ from 8point3 Energy Partners LP (CAFD)
•  16.77€ from The Coca-Cola Company (KO)
•  43.96€ from New Residential Investment Corp (NRZ)

Monthly:

•     4.98€ from Realty Income Corp (0)
•     7.12€ from Orchid Island Capital Inc (ORC) 
•   13.17€ from Main Street Capital Corporation (MAIN)
•   10.69€ from Prospect Capital Corporation (PSEC)  
•   11.21€ from Chatham Lodging Trust (CLDT)
•   11.76€ from LTC Properties (LTC)
•     3.46€ from EPR Properties (EPR)

This makes it a total of 576.59€ in dividends in April. Last year I received 431.50€ dividends in April. This is a 39.4% increase in dividends. Excellent improvement