My goals were defined in this December 1, 2007 Investing Goals post and updated in my 2011 Investing Goals post. Below is an updated version of the table found in the original post.
| Description | Dividend Income Annualized | Yield on Cost |
| 2027 Goal | 110,000 | 10.00% |
| 2017 Goal | 30,000 | 5.80% |
| 2011 Goal | 15,500 | 4.70% |
| December/2010 | 11,407 | 4.55% |
| Purchases YTD | 2,683 | -0.15% |
| Div. Changes YTD | 452 | 0.07% |
| Sales YTD | (777) | 0.02% |
| May/2011 | 13,765 | 4.49% |
| Purchases | 285 | 0.00% |
| Div. Changes | 93 | 0.03% |
| Sales | - | 0.00% |
| May/2011 | 13,387 | 4.46% |
The above information covers the current month and year-to-date through the current month.
Click here for a Detailed Historical Progress Table.
For the month, annualized dividend income increased $378, and Yield on Cost (YOC) was up 0.03%. This month's changes were a net of new purchases and dividend changes. There were no sales in June. Let's examine each of the these categories:
Purchases: The $285 increase in annual dividend income and no change (0.00%) in YOC related to the following purchases (yield at the time of purchase):
- $124 Cincinnati Financial Corp. (CINF) 5.4%
- $85 ConocoPhillips (COP) 3.7%
- $76 Genuine Parts Company (GPC) 3.2%
All the above purchases, except CINF, lowered my YOC. As noted in earlier updates, I generally expect YOC to drop in most months since new investments will yield less than my current YOC, and dividend increases will not be sufficient to offset the decline.
Dividend Changes: The $93 increase in annual dividend income and the 0.03% increase in YOC related to the following dividend changes (a=dividend stated in annual terms, q=quarterly, m=monthly):
- ($14) U.S. Preferred Stock Index (PFF) $2.33a>$2.29a
- $9 Chevron Corp. (CVX) $0.72a>$0.78a
- $31 United Technologies Corp. (UTX) $0.425q>$0.48q
- $29 Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) $0.54q>$0.57q
- $29 Genuine Parts Company (GPC) $0.41q>$0.45q
- $9 Pepsico, Inc. (PEP) $0.48q>$0.515q
Sales: There were no sales in June.
After June, I am still on track to reach my goal of $15,500 in annualized dividend income by December 31, 2011.
That's it for this time. The next monthly progress update will be early August.
(Photo: sanja gjenero)
Tags: [CINF] [COP] [GPC] [PFF] [CVX] [UTX] [JNJ] [PEP]
These are my favorite articles. Very, very inspiring.
ReplyDeleteTake care.
good article. i read about YOC from your links. Although YOC is directly proportional to yield I feel one needs to consider the stock price as well in the equation. Eg. in the example of RC vs KO, KO's stock price is now declined but dividends increased which meant YOC increased. Principal on original investment decreased though.
ReplyDelete41 out of 43, that's a very good track record! I like your recent purchases. I too added COP recently and I think it has good prospects going forward.
ReplyDeleteVery inspiring!
Inq: YOC is best used to judge if a stock is growing its dividend over time and to explain to fixed income investors why dividend stocks are better.
ReplyDeleteDividend Mantra and MoneyCone: Thanks for your kind words.
Best Wishes,
D4L