The Pocket Change Portfolio (PCP) was first introduced on September 13, 2008 as a real money dividend income portfolio funded by the "pocket change" earned from my various online endeavors. Each month I report on the portfolio's progress and update its holdings.Dividends Received
Total dividends received during the month were $218.33, consisting of:- $29.04 The Coca-Cola Company (KO)
- $7.57 Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF (BIV)
- $11.48 Genuine Parts Company (GPC)
- $14.96 Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP)
- $31.68 Kimberly-Clark Corporation (KMB)
- $27.00 Leggett & Platt, Incorporated (LEG)
- $24.00 Cincinnati Financial Corp. (CINF)
- $38.00 Sysco Corp. (SYY)
- $4.90 PowerShares Emerging Mkt Debt (PCY)
- $29.70 Medtronic, Inc. (MDT)
Dividend Stock Purchases
The following securities were purchased during the month:- 30 Shares Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) providing $64.80 in annual dividend income
- 50 Shares Harleysville Group Inc. (HGIC) providing $72.00 in annual dividend income
- 58 Shares AT&T, Inc. (T) providing $97.44 in annual dividend income
- 40 Shares Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP) providing $54.44 in annual dividend income
Annualized Dividend Income
Including the above purchases, my annual PCP dividend income is now $2,494.16 at the current dividend rates. This is up $293.84 from last month's $2,200.32 amount. The PCP has never had a monthly decline in annualized dividend income.Portfolio Returns
- Month: 2.31%
- Year-to-date: 11.98%
- Life-to-date: 15.30% (annualized)
Tags: [ADP] [BIV] [CINF] [GPC] [HGIC] [JNJ] [KMB] [KO] [LEG] [MDT] [PCY] [SYY] [T]