My Dividend Portfolio as of September 2011: -$808.00 (-2.54%)
As I read more investing books offering different investment strategies about DRIPs, I've been shuffling my investments around.
During this month, I sold the majority of my shares in my portfolio and concentrated on 3 stocks (The Keg Royalties Income Fund, Boston Pizza Royalties Income Fund, BMO Covered Call Canadian Banks ETF). The reason I did this is because they offer the highest yield in dividends out of my portfolio.
As of October 6, 2011 the yield% for each stock are:
- BPF.UN = 8.83%
- KEG.UN = 8.36%
- ZWB = 10.56%
With the new allocation of shares in each stock, this will increase my monthly dividends quickly since all 3 stocks offer monthly dividends instead of quarterly dividends. The expected monthly dividends from these stocks at this time are about $180 per month.
I also created synthetic DRIPs through Questrade for the 3 stocks as well. Setting up the DRIPs will allow my dividends to buy more shares in each stock.
Profit/Loss as of September 2011: -$808.00
I remain at a loss this month. I lost quite a bit of money with some stocks with continued concerns of a US recession and the instability of the European countries.
September 2011 Dividend Income: $156.04
I received dividends from AEM, BPF.UN, CGX, CTY, ENB, FTS, K, KEG.UN, MRT.UN, MRU.A, PNG, PPL, REF.UN, REI.UN, SAP, SJR.B, THI, TRI, X, ZWB this month.
Eventhough I sold the majority of my shares to buy more shares of BPF.UN, KEG.UN, and ZWB I should be able to maintain my dividends.