New Purchase : LTC Properties

Added 25 shares of LTC Properties (LTC) at $50.29 per share. I now hold 75 shares of LTC. This purchase increases my 12 month forward dividends by $57 with current payout $0.19 per share.

Triton International dividend for Q3

Triton reported Net income attributable to shareholders of $45.7 million and Income before income taxes of $59.5 million for the second quarter of 2017

Triton announced a quarterly dividend of $0.45 per share payable on September 22, 2017 to shareholders of record as of September 1, 2017.

New purchase : Stora Enso

Added 15 shares of Stora Enso (HEL:STERV) at 11.39€ per share. I now hold 160 shares of Stora Enso

Progress update : July 2017

Progress update for July

Quote	2016	2017	Change %
Nokia (paid in June this year)	195.00	(127.50)	-23.4%
Realty Income Corp	2.35	5.17	+120%
The Coca-Cola Company	11.32	17.26	+52.4%
Telus Corporation	11.84	12.38	+4.6%
Orchid Island	12.29	12.04	-2.0%
Chimera Investment Corp	33.53	33.25	-0.8%
Main Street Capital	9.77	9.70	-0.7%
Prospect Capital Corporation	16.63	15.74	-4.7%
Bank of Nova Scotia	14.33	15.04	+4.9%
W.P. Carey Inc.	-	21.42
Chatham Lodging Trust	-	11.51
LTC Properties	-	8.04
8point3 Energy Partners LP	-	11.54
New Residential Investment Corp	-	31.40
Total	307.06	204.49	-33.4%

Status update : July 2017

Dividends received in July :

Quarterly:

•  12.38€ from Telus Corporation (TU)
•  33.25€ from Chimera Investment Corp (CIM)
•  15.04€ from Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) 
•  21.42€ from W.P. Carey Inc. (WPC) 
•  11.54€ from 8point3 Energy Partners LP (CAFD)
•  17.26€ from The Coca-Cola Company (KO)
•  31.40€ from New Residential Investment Corp (NRZ)

Monthly:

•     5.17€ from Realty Income Corp (0)
•   12.04€ from Orchid Island Capital Inc (ORC) 
•     9.70€ from Main Street Capital Corporation (MAIN)
•   15.74€ from Prospect Capital Corporation (PSEC)  
•   11.51€ from Chatham Lodging Trust (CLDT)
•     8.04€ from LTC Properties (LTC)

This makes it a total of 204.49€ in dividends in July. Last year I received 307.06€ dividends in July. This is a -33% decrease in dividends. Decrease was due to Nokia paying dividends in June this year.

Main Street Capital Corporation dividend increase

Main Street Capital Corporation (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 October, November and December 2017.  These monthly dividends, which will be payable pursuant to the table below, total $0.57 per share for the fourth quarter of 2017 and represent a 3% increase from both the regular monthly dividends paid for the fourth quarter of 2016 and the regular monthly dividends declared 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 $21.115 per share in cumulative cash dividends since its October 2007 initial public offering at $15.00 per share.

Alliance Resource Partners dividend increase

The board of directors of ARLP’s managing general partner
approved a cash distribution to unitholders for the quarter ended June 30, 2017 (the "2017 Quarter") of $0.50 per unit (an annualized rate of $2.00 per unit), payable on August 14, 2017 to all ARLP unitholders of record as of close of trading on August 7, 2017.

The announced distribution reflects an increase of 14.3% compared to the distributions declared for the quarters ended June 30, 2016 (the "2016 Quarter") and March 31, 2017 (the "Sequential Quarter").