Daily dividend news for investors in dividend stocks
Published Mon, 09 Sep 2019 15:37:31 -0400 on Seeking Alpha
August saw some portfolio restructuring with markets dropping heavily on escalating U.S.-China trade relations before staging a strong comeback at the end of the month.
It's always exciting to review the past month at the beginning of the next one in order to track the development of passive dividend income as well as reflect on the most recent transactions.
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In August, I made a deliberate choice to trim my holdings in growth stocks and redirect more funds towards dividend stocks in order to have more cash available in case the market starts a real correction or bear market. Although the daily swings in August were pretty substantial, it never happened that markets tanked for a couple of consecutive days since before that could have opened some trade chatter from the U.S. government or Trump's Twitter account always emerged sending markets back up.
I also paused my automated savings plans in August in order to raise cash for some tax-related stuff, but I have already reactivated those plans.
Portfolio Changes in August
I sold out of Facebook (FB), trimmed my Alibaba (BABA) and Micron (MU) positions, took some profits on Target (TGT) after its incredibly strong post-earnings rally and sold one Apple (AAPL) share.
Those transactions happened solely in order to invest more funds into dividend stocks although I am very eager to buy back my Alibaba, Micron, and Apple shares as soon as possible.
I invested that money mostly into oil majors BP... Read more
Stock name | Last trade | P/E | Earnings/Share | Dividend/Share | Dividend yield | |||||||
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EQT MIDSTREAM PARTNERS LP | 29.80 | 12.3 | 2.43 | 4.64 | 15.45 | |||||||
APOLLO INVESTMENT | 16.78 | 14.2 | 1.18 | 1.80 | 10.73 | |||||||
TEEKAY TANKERS | 1.20 | 0.0 | -0.03 | 0.00 | 10.08 | |||||||
MACQUARIE INFRASTRUCTURE | 39.63 | 34.2 | 1.16 | 4.00 | 10.04 | |||||||
B&G FOODS | 19.58 | 7.2 | 2.72 | 1.90 | 9.75 | |||||||
APOLLO COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE FINANCE | 19.35 | 12.6 | 1.54 | 1.84 | 9.57 | |||||||
MPLX LP | 28.61 | 12.4 | 2.30 | 2.67 | 9.28 | |||||||
ARES CAPITAL | 19.19 | 10.5 | 1.82 | 1.60 | 8.39 | |||||||
STARWOOD PROPERTY TRUST | 24.39 | 18.5 | 1.32 | 1.92 | 7.95 | |||||||
CENTURYLINK | 13.53 | 0.0 | -7.43 | 1.00 | 7.94 | |||||||
ALTRIA GROUP | 44.46 | 13.2 | 3.36 | 3.36 | 7.23 | |||||||
SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES | 8.89 | 0.0 | -0.34 | 0.60 | 6.73 | |||||||
OMEGA HEALTHCARE INVESTORS | 41.16 | 32.4 | 1.27 | 2.64 | 6.57 | |||||||
BP | 37.67 | 14.3 | 2.64 | 2.44 | 6.45 | |||||||
ABBVIE | 70.83 | 26.0 | 2.72 | 4.28 | 6.28 | |||||||
ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS | 28.68 | 12.4 | 2.31 | 1.76 | 6.13 | |||||||
PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL | 74.90 | 14.9 | 5.03 | 4.68 | 6.12 | |||||||
MAIN STREET CAPITAL | 43.18 | 16.8 | 2.57 | 2.46 | 5.69 | |||||||
AT&T | 38.38 | 16.1 | 2.38 | 2.04 | 5.43 | |||||||
ROYAL DUTCH SHELL B | 70.13 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 3.76 | 5.23 | |||||||
CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE | 81.35 | 9.5 | 8.59 | 4.33 | 5.17 | |||||||
KINDER MORGAN | 20.42 | 20.6 | 0.99 | 1.00 | 4.94 | |||||||
STAG INDUSTRIAL | 29.50 | 47.6 | 0.62 | 1.43 | 4.93 | |||||||
EXXON MOBIL | 71.98 | 17.3 | 4.15 | 3.48 | 4.83 | |||||||
BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA | 56.20 | 11.2 | 5.02 | 2.70 | 4.79 | |||||||
DOMINION RESOURCES | 78.54 | 53.8 | 1.46 | 3.67 | 4.77 | |||||||
CORESITE REALTY | 116.12 | 54.5 | 2.13 | 4.88 | 4.43 | |||||||
BROOKFIELD INFRASTRUCTURE PARTNERS LP | 47.35 | 1.0 | 0.03 | 2.01 | 4.25 | |||||||
WELLS FARGO | 48.65 | 10.0 | 4.84 | 2.04 | 4.22 | |||||||
SOUTHERN COMPANY | 59.99 | 14.0 | 4.28 | 2.48 | 4.19 | |||||||
VERIZON COMM | 60.43 | 15.8 | 3.83 | 2.46 | 4.04 | |||||||
TORONTO-DOMINION BANK | 56.54 | 11.9 | 4.74 | 2.22 | 4.02 | |||||||
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | 78.79 | 11.9 | 6.61 | 3.16 | 4.00 | |||||||
BLACKSTONE GROUP LP | 52.24 | 29.4 | 1.78 | 1.92 | 3.87 | |||||||
PFIZER | 37.28 | 17.0 | 2.19 | 1.44 | 3.85 | |||||||
GENERAL MOTORS | 39.07 | 6.2 | 6.29 | 1.52 | 3.84 | |||||||
GILEAD SCIENCES | 66.36 | 14.4 | 4.61 | 2.52 | 3.76 | |||||||
AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES | 300.58 | 37.1 | 8.11 | 10.60 | 3.60 | |||||||
GENERAL MILLS | 54.09 | 18.6 | 2.90 | 1.96 | 3.59 | |||||||
3M | 170.58 | 20.6 | 8.28 | 5.76 | 3.41 | |||||||
WALGREENS BOOTS ALLIANCE | 55.56 | 10.9 | 5.10 | 1.83 | 3.22 | |||||||
MORGAN STANLEY | 44.32 | 9.7 | 4.59 | 1.40 | 3.21 | |||||||
CVS CAREMARK | 63.90 | 17.9 | 3.57 | 2.00 | 3.14 | |||||||
COCA-COLA | 55.11 | 33.6 | 1.64 | 1.60 | 2.94 | |||||||
JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 130.43 | 21.6 | 6.03 | 3.80 | 2.93 | |||||||
CISCO SYSTEMS | 49.93 | 19.2 | 2.60 | 1.40 | 2.85 | |||||||
PEPSICO | 137.29 | 15.2 | 9.02 | 3.82 | 2.81 | |||||||
JPMORGAN CHASE | 117.91 | 12.0 | 9.79 | 3.60 | 2.74 | |||||||
UNILEVER | 60.75 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1.86 | 2.58 | |||||||
PROCTER & GAMBLE | 122.77 | 90.3 | 1.36 | 2.98 | 2.49 | |||||||
BANK OF AMERICA | 29.67 | 10.6 | 2.80 | 0.72 | 2.45 | |||||||
INTEL | 53.01 | 12.4 | 4.29 | 1.26 | 2.43 | |||||||
TARGET | 108.94 | 18.0 | 6.04 | 2.64 | 2.43 | |||||||
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS | 130.22 | 23.8 | 5.47 | 3.08 | 2.42 | |||||||
COLGATE PALMOLIVE | 72.29 | 27.5 | 2.63 | 1.72 | 2.38 | |||||||
HOME DEPOT | 233.80 | 23.3 | 10.04 | 5.44 | 2.33 | |||||||
MCDONALDS | 212.15 | 27.9 | 7.61 | 4.64 | 2.21 | |||||||
ALBEMARLE | 69.28 | 13.5 | 5.12 | 1.47 | 2.15 | |||||||
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL | 168.63 | 17.9 | 9.44 | 3.28 | 1.93 | |||||||
APPLE | 223.08 | 19.0 | 11.73 | 3.08 | 1.42 | |||||||
DHT HOLDINGS | 5.90 | 0.0 | -0.02 | 0.08 | 1.37 | |||||||
MICROSOFT | 137.52 | 27.1 | 5.07 | 1.84 | 1.35 | |||||||
WALT DISNEY | 137.50 | 17.3 | 7.93 | 1.76 | 1.30 | |||||||
FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE | 34.62 | 15.0 | 2.30 | 0.45 | 1.29 | |||||||
EQT | 12.29 | 0.0 | -1.41 | 0.12 | 1.02 | |||||||
ACTIVISION BLIZZARD | 55.45 | 25.3 | 2.19 | 0.37 | 0.66 | |||||||
VISA | 177.98 | 34.2 | 5.21 | 1.00 | 0.57 | |||||||
GENERAL ELECTRIC | 9.26 | 0.0 | -2.15 | 0.04 | 0.44 | |||||||
NVIDIA | 184.27 | 41.6 | 4.43 | 0.64 | 0.35 | |||||||
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES | 30.21 | 177.7 | 0.17 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||||
ALLIANZ SE | 23.20 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||||
BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE | 23.77 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||||
DAIMLER | 52.83 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||||
MICRON TECHNOLOGY | 50.44 | 5.9 | 8.53 | 0.00 | 0.00 |