Dividend Income - February 2016

This month's dividend income came in at $254.17, only a 9.6% increase over 2015's $231.89. One of the weakest increases we have ever had, most likely due to my stock sales.

Recent Transactions - February 2016

To finish clearing out my TFSA, I sold all my shares of Liquor Depot (LIQ), Canadian National Railway (CNR), Canadian Tire Corp (CTC.A), iShares MSCI World Index ETF (XWD), Royal Bank (RY), and Artis REIT (AX.UN).  My returns, including stock appreciation (or depreciation) and dividends, were respectively -31%, 21%, -4%, 13%, -9%, and -22%. It's unfortunate I had to sell most of these stocks at a loss because of the market timing but I'll be trying to restart these positions soon. These final sales further reduce our annual dividend income by $929.34.

Immediately after selling LIQ, I rebought 213 shares for $1558.63 in my partner's TFSA. I also rebought 63 shares of CNR for $4982.58 and 44 shares of EMA for $2000. This provides us with an additional $254.70 annually based on their most recent dividends.

All of these transactions bring our total dividend income to $3478.89/year.