Enterprise Products Partners dividend increase

Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) declares $0.4275/share quarterly dividend, 0.6% increase from prior dividend of $0.425. Forward yield 6.79% Payable May 8; for shareholders of record April 30; ex-div April 27.

New purchase : Sampo Group

Added 10 shares of Sampo Group (SAMPO.HEL) at 45.01€ per share. I now hold 21 shares of SAMPO.HEL

Summary Q1 / 2018

During Q1 / 2018 this portfolio collected following dividends

• Jan: 196.74€     (2017: 130.32€   2016: 60.25€,   2015: 2.05€)

• Feb: 208.41€     (2017: 161.34€  2016: 99.95€,    2015: 18.50€)

• Mar: 359.66€    (2017: 328.55€  2016: 175.40€,  2015: 113.25€)

Total of  764.81€          (2017: 620.27€  2016: 335.60€   2015: 133.80€)

Quarterly target was 750€ which was achieved and passed.

Progress update : March 2018

Progress update for March

Quote	2017	2018	Change %
Southern Company	15.33	13.55	-11.6%
Realty Income Corporation	2.55	4.98	+95.29%
Main Street Capital	10.35	13.27	+28.21%
Prospect Capital Corporation	16.99	10.70	-37.02%
Awilco Drilling PLC	16.24	14.32	-11.82%
Triton International	40.43	35.09	-13.21%
Nordea	126.75	156.40	+23.39%
Orchid Island	12.85	8.74	-31.98%
Ship Finance Limited	53.75	43.04	-19.93%
Emerson Electric	6.74	5.90	-12.46%
Chatham Lodging Trust	4.04	11.06	+173.8%
LTC Properties	8.91	11.56	+29.74%
VF Corporation	13.62	13.05	-4.19%
Marine Harvest	-	18.00
Total	328.55	359.66	+9.5%

Status update : March 2018

Dividends received in March :

Annually:

•  156.40€ from Nordea (NDA1V)

Quarterly:

•  13.55€ from Southern Company (SO)
•    5.90€ from Emerson Electric (EMR)
•  13.05€ from VF Corporation (VFC) 
•  14.32€ from Awilco Drilling (AWDR.OL)
•  35.09€ from Triton International (TRTN)
•  43.04€ from Ship Finance Limited (SFL)
•  18.00€ from Marine Harvest (MHG.OL)

Monthly:

•     4.98€ from Realty Income Corp (0)
•     8.74€ from Orchid Island Capital Inc (ORC) 
•   13.27€ from Main Street Capital Corporation (MAIN)
•   10.70€ from Prospect Capital Corporation (PSEC)
•   11.06€ from Chatham Lodging Trust (CLDT)
•   11.56€ from LTC Properties (LTC)

This makes it a total of 359.66€ in dividends in March. Last year I received 328.55€ dividends in March. This is a 9.5% increase in dividends. Decent improvement

LTC dividend for Q2 / 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 second quarter of 2018.
The Company declared a monthly cash dividend of $0.19 per common share per month for the months of April, May and June 2018, payable on April 30, May 31 and June 29, 2018, respectively, to stockholders of record on April 20, May 23 and June 21, 2018, respectively.

New Purchase : New Residential Investment Corp

Added 33 shares of New Residential Investment Corp (NYSE:NRZ) at $16.64 per share. I now hold 108 shares of NRZ