Status update : October 2017

Dividends received in October :

Bi-Annually:

•  37.99€ from Telia Company (TELIA)

Quarterly:

•  12.41€ from Telus Corporation (TU)
•  33.54€ from Chimera Investment Corp (CIM)
•  15.35€ from Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) 
•  20.90€ from W.P. Carey Inc. (WPC) 
•  16.48€ from 8point3 Energy Partners LP (CAFD)
•  16.71€ from The Coca-Cola Company (KO)
•  31.66€ from New Residential Investment Corp (NRZ)

Monthly:

•     5.03€ from Realty Income Corp (0)
•   11.60€ from Orchid Island Capital Inc (ORC) 
•     9.69€ from Main Street Capital Corporation (MAIN)
•   11.19€ from Prospect Capital Corporation (PSEC)  
•   11.61€ from Chatham Lodging Trust (CLDT)
•   12.24€ from LTC Properties (LTC)

This makes it a total of 246.50€ in dividends in October. Last year I received 176.12€ dividends in October. This is a 40% increase in dividends. Very nice progress

Main steet Capital Corporation dividends for Q1 / 2017

HOUSTON, Nov. 1, 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 $0.19 per share for each of January, February and March 2018.  These monthly dividends, which will be payable pursuant to the table below, total $0.57 per share for the first quarter of 2018, which is consistent with the regular monthly dividends declared for the fourth quarter of 2017 and represents a 3% increase from the regular monthly dividends paid for the first 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 $21.96 per share in cumulative cash dividends since its October 2007 initial public offering at $15.00 per share.

Summary of First Quarter 2018 Regular Monthly Dividends
Declared	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payment Date	Amount Per Share
10/31/201710/31/201710/31/2017	12/28/2017 1/18/2018 2/21/2018	12/29/2017 1/19/2018 2/22/2018	1/12/2018 2/15/2018 3/15/2018	$0.19 $0.19 $0.19
		Total for First Quarter 2018:		$0.57

Nokia proposes to increase dividend by 11.8%

Nokia reported Q3 results and at the same time mentions that board proposes to increase dividend to 0.19€. This is a 0.02€ increase from the dividend in 2016. If board proposal is accepted in annual meeting, this change will increase my 12 month forward dividends by 15€

VFC dividend increased by 10%

VFC reported Q3 results and raised quarterly dividend rate

by 10 percent to $0.46 per share. Since I own 35 shares of VFC, this change will increase my 12 month forward dividends by $5.60

Golar LNG Partners dividend for Q4 / 2017

Golar LNG Partners LP (NASDAQ: GMLP) announced today that its board of directors has approved a quarterly cash distribution with respect to the quarter ended September 30, 2017 of $0.5775 per unit. This cash distribution will be paid on November 14, 2017 to all unitholders of record as of the close of business on October 30, 2017.

Main Street Announces Semi-Annual Supplemental Cash Dividend

HOUSTON, Oct. 18, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Main Street Capital Corporation (NYSE: MAIN) ("Main Street") is pleased to announce that its Board of Directors declared its semi-annual supplemental cash dividend of $0.275 per share payable in December 2017.  This supplemental cash dividend is in addition to the previously announced regular monthly cash dividends that Main Street declared for the fourth quarter of 2017 of $0.57 per share, or $0.19 per share for each of October, November and December 2017, and is consistent with the previous semi-annual supplemental cash dividends paid in December 2016 and June 2017.

Omega Healtcare announces dividend increase

HUNT VALLEY, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. (NYSE:OHI) today announced that the Company’s Board of Directors declared a common stock dividend of $0.65 per share, increasing the quarterly common dividend by $0.01 per share over the previous quarter. The common stock dividend is payable Wednesday, November 15, 2017 to common stockholders of record as of the close of business on Tuesday, October 31, 2017.

Since I own 73 shares of OHI, this change will increase my 12 month forward dividends by $2.92