My goals were defined in this December 1, 2007 Investing Goals post and last updated in my 2013 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 | n/a |
| 2017 Goal | 30,000 | n/a |
| 2013 Goal | 25,000 | n/a |
| December/2012 | 21,650 | 4.47% |
| Purchases YTD | 915 | 0.00% |
| Div. Changes YTD | 546 | 0.00% |
| Sales YTD | -740 | 0.03% |
| February/2013 | 22,371 | 4.50% |
| Purchases | 618 | 0.01% |
| Div. Changes | 36 | -0.06% |
| Sales | -630 | 0.01% |
| January/2013 | 22,347 | 4.54% |
The above information covers the current month and year-to-date through the current month.
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For the month, annualized dividend income increased $697, and Yield on Cost (YOC) increased 0.07%. This month's changes were a net of new purchases, dividend changes and sales during the month. Let's examine each of the these categories:
Purchases: Purchases this month increased my annual dividend income by $618 and increased yield on cost 0.01%. 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 $36 increase in annual dividend income and -0.06% decrease in YOC related to the following dividend changes (a=dividend stated in annual terms, q=quarterly, m=monthly):
- $ 17 AT&T, Inc. (T) $0.44q>$0.45q
- ($288) U.S. Preferred Stock Index (PFF) $0.2597q>$0.19153
- $ 3 Nucor Corporation (NUE) $0.365q>$0.3675q
- $ 9 HCP, Inc. (HCP) $0.50q>$0.525q
- $ 22 ALPS Alerian MLP ETF (AMLP) $0.256q>$0.261q
- $ 59 Realty Income Corp. (O) $0.15175m>$0.18091m
- $ 3 Northwest Natural Gas Company (NWN) $0.4475q>0.455q
Sales: During February, I sold all of my remaining CTL shares at a loss. CTL recently cut its dividend. Fortunately, I had sold the majority of my position in 2011 after the stock failed to raise its dividend. In addition, I sold all of my AOD shares at a loss. AOD recently cut its dividend. In late 2008 and early 2009, I had sold a significant portion of my AOD position. Together, CTL and AOD represented less than 1% of Dividend Growth Portfolio.
That's it for this time. The next monthly progress update will be early April.
Full Disclosure: Long all the aforementioned securities. See a list of all my dividend growth holdings here.
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