New purchase : Marine Harvest

Added 25 shares of Marine Harvest (MHG.OL) at 148.30 NOK per share. I now hold 67 shares of MHG.OL

This purchase will increase my 12 month forward dividends by approx 40€.

Summary of year 2017

33 companies paying dividends in 2017. No special dividend during the year and no sales either. Few companies announced decrease in dividend (SFL, PSEC, TELIA, TPSV1V), some where expected others we not. But that's how it goes

Total amount of dividends in 2017 was 2929.38€. This is a 42% increase in dividends when compared to 2016.

Summary Q4 / 2017

During Q4 / 2017 this portfolio collected following dividends

• Oct:  246.50€       (2016: 176.12€     2015: 61.92€)
• Nov: 224.85€        (2016: 126.42€     2015: 84.29€)
• Dec:  223.82€       (2016: 211.06€     2015: 114.45€)

Total of 695.07€           (2016: 513.60€     2015: 260.66€)

Quarterly target was 600€ which was achieved and passed.

Progress update : December 2017

Progress update for December

Quote	2016	2017	Change %
Southern Company	15.14	14.29	-5.6%
Realty Income Corporation	2.52	5.04	+100%
Main Street Capital	26.23	33.67	+38.4%
Prospect Capital Corporation	17.56	11.14	-36.6%
Awilco Drilling PLC	16.24	14.79	-8.9%
Triton International	41.37	36.38	-14.5%
Orchid Island	12.98	11.64	-10.3%
Ship Finance Limited	54.44	37.26	-31.6%
Emerson Electric	6.81	6.17	-9.4%
The Coca-Cola Company	17.77	16.65	-6.3%
Chatham Lodging Trust	-	11.36
LTC Properties	-	11.83
VF Corporation	-	13.63
Total	211.06	223.85	+5.1%

Status update : December 2017

Dividends received in December :

Quarterly:

•  14.26€ from Southern Company (SO)
•    6.17€ from Emerson Electric (EMR)
•  13.63€ from VF Corporation (VFC) 
•  14.79€ from Awilco Drilling (AWDR.OL)
•  36.38€ from Triton International (TRTN)
•  37.26€ from Ship Finance Limited (SFL)
•  16.65€ from The Coca-Cola Company (KO)

Monthly:

•     5.04€ from Realty Income Corp (0)
•   11.64€ from Orchid Island Capital Inc (ORC) 
•   33.67€ from Main Street Capital Corporation (MAIN)
•   11.14€ from Prospect Capital Corporation (PSEC)
•   11.36€ from Chatham Lodging Trust (CLDT)
•   11.83€ from LTC Properties (LTC)

This makes it a total of 223.82€ in dividends in September. Last year I received 211.06€ dividends in September. This is a 6.05% increase in dividends. Where is the progress? Dollar rate goes down and affects a lot on progress.

LTC Properties dividend for Q1 2018

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- LTC Properties, Inc. (NYSE:LTC) announced today that it had declared a monthly cash dividend on its common stock for the first quarter of 2018.
The Company declared a monthly cash dividend of $0.19 per common share per month for the months of January, February and March 2018, payable on January 31, February 28 and March 30, 2018, respectively, to stockholders of record on January 23, February 20 and March 22, 2018, respectively.

8Point3 energy partners dividend increase

SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- 8point3 Energy Partners LP (CAFD) announces that the Board of Directors of its general partner declared a cash distribution for its Class A shares of $0.2802 per share for the fourth quarter of 2017.  This represents an increase of 3.0 percent over the previous quarter's distribution of $0.2721 per share.  The fourth quarter distribution will be paid on January 12, 2018 to shareholders of record as of January 2, 2018.