New Purchase : AGNC Investment Corp

Added 20 shares of AGNC Investment Corp (AGNC) at $18.86 per share. I now hold 45 shares of AGNC.

Recent sell : 8Point3 Energy Partners LP

8Point3 Energy Partners LP was merged and removed from NASDAQ. I received cash $12.48 USD per share for my 73 shares. This LP was a nice quarter raisers so it was little sad to see it go, but there are plenty of others to replace it.

New purchase : New Residential Investment Corp

Added 45 shares of New Residential Investment Corp (NRZ) at $18.23 per share. I now hold 153 shares of NRZ. This purchase increases my 12 month forward dividends by $90

New purchase : Awilco Drilling

Awilco Drilling made a public offering for share owners.
I had possibility to add 13 shares at 27.35 NOK per share and I decided to take the offer. I now hold 101 shares of Awilco Drilling (AWDR.OL)

8Point3 Energy Partners annouces merge completed

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- 8point3 Energy Partners LP (CAFD) (8point3 or February 5, 2018, by and among the Partnership and certain affiliates of the Partnership, Capital Dynamics Clean Energy and Infrastructure V JV, LLC, an equity fund managed by Capital Dynamics, Inc., and certain other co-investors (collectively, Capital Dynamics). As previously disclosed, a majority of the outstanding 8point3 public Class A shareholders approved the transactions at a special meeting held on May 23, 2018.
the Partnership) today announced that it has closed the mergers and other transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger and Purchase Agreement, dated as of

As a result of the transactions, 8point3's Class A shares will no longer be publicly traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange. 8point3 intends to file the relevant form with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, requesting the deregistration of its Class A shares and the suspension of 8point3's reporting obligations under the Exchange Act.

Pursuant to the transactions, the Partnership's Class A shareholders, and the sponsors of the Partnership, First Solar, Inc. (FSLR) and SunPower Corporation (SPWR), as indirect holders of common and subordinated units in 8point3 Operating Company, LLC, the Partnership's operating company (OpCo), received $12.48 per share or per unit in cash (merger consideration). No consideration was received by the sponsors for the incentive distribution rights they owned in OpCo or their interests in 8point3 General Partner, LLC, the general partner of the Partnership.

The Partnership's Class A shares held of record by shareholders in book-entry form with The Depository Trust Company will receive the merger consideration for their respective interests on or about June 25, 2018.

Orchid Island dividend for June 2018

VERO BEACH, Fla., June 19, 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 June 2018. The dividend of $0.09 per share will be paid July 10, 2018, to holders of record on June 29, 2018, with an ex-dividend date of June 28, 2018.  The Company plans on announcing its next dividend after the Board's meeting on July 18, 2018.

97th Common Stock Monthly Dividend Increase Declared By Realty Income

SAN DIEGO, June 19, 2018 /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 $0.22 per share from $0.2195 per share. The dividend is payable on July 13, 2018 to shareholders of record as of July 2, 2018. This is the 97^th dividend increase since Realty Income's listing on the NYSE in 1994. The ex-dividend date for July's dividend is June 29, 2018. The new monthly dividend represents an annualized dividend amount of $2.64 per share as compared to the current annualized dividend amount of $2.634 per share.

W.P. Carey dividend increase

NEW YORK, June 14, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- W. P. Carey Inc. (NYSE: WPC) reported today that its Board of Directors increased its quarterly cash dividend to $1.020 per share, equivalent to an annualized dividend rate of $4.08 per share. The dividend is payable on July 16, 2018 to stockholders of record as of June 29, 2018.

AGNC dividend for June 2018

BETHESDA, Md., June 13, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- AGNC Investment Corp. (Nasdaq: AGNC) ("AGNC" or the "Company") announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.18 per share of common stock for June 2018. The dividend is payable on July 9, 2018 to common stockholders of record as of June 29, 2018, with an ex-dividend date of June 28, 2018.

Verizon dividend for Q2/2018

NEW YORK – The Board of Directors of Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VPostsZ) today declared a quarterly dividend of 59 cents per outstanding share, unchanged from the previous quarter. The dividend is payable on August 1, 2018, to Verizon shareowners of record at the close of business on July 10, 2018.

Verizon has approximately 4.1 billion shares of common stock outstanding. The company made nearly $9.5 billion in cash dividend payments in 2017

New purchase : Telus Corporation

Added 18 shares of Telus Corporation (TU) at $35.38 per share. I now hold 55 shares of TU.

Progress update : May 2018

Progress update for May

Quote	2017	2018	Change %
Realty Income Corp	5.36	5.19	-3.17%
Stora Enso (paid in April this year)	53.65	(65.60)	+22.27%
AT&T	25.59	23.70	-7.39%
Orchid Island	12.61	7.41	-41.42%
Alliance Resource Partners	19.04	20.87	+9.61%
Golar LNG Partners	24.81	22.75	-8.30%
Main Street Capital	10.06	13.80	+37.18%
Prospect Capital Corporation	16.46	11.29	-31.41%
Royal Bank of Canada	9.21	9.96	+8.14%
Omega Healthcare Investors	18.00	46.24	+156.9%
Verizon Communications	11.92	11.17	-6.29%
Chatham Lodging Trust	12.13	11.59	-4.45%
LTC Properties	8.46	12.18	+43.97%
Enterprise Products Partners LP	22.05	20.81	-5.62%
EPR Properties		3.57
Sampo Group		54.60
Total	249.35	275.13	+10.3%

Status update : May 2018

Dividends received in May :

Annually:

•  54.60€ from Sampo Group (SAMPO)

Quarterly:

•  23.70€ from AT&T (T)
•  11.17€ from Verizon (VZ)
•  20.87€ from Alliance Resource Partners (ALRP) 
•  22.75€ from Golar LNG Partners (GMLP)
•  46.24€ from Omega Healthcare (OHI)
•    9.96€ from Royal Bank of Canada (RY)
•  20.81€ from Enterprise Products Partners LP (EPD) 

Monthly:

•     5.19€ from Realty Income Corp (0)
•     7.41€ from Orchid Island Capital Inc (ORC) 
•   13.80€ from Main Street Capital Corporation (MAIN)
•   11.29€ from Prospect Capital Corporation (PSEC)
•   11.59€ from Chatham Lodging Trust (CLDT)
•   12.18€ from LTC Properties (LTC)
•     3.57€ from EPR Properties (EPR)

This makes it a total of 275.13€ in dividends in May. Last year I received 249.35€ dividends in May. This is a 10.3% increase in dividends. Small increase but nice anyway