Recent Transactions - June 2016

Adding to our existing positions, we were able to get another 152 shares of Artis REIT for $2,000, 36 shares of Fortis for $1,500, and 28 shares of Suncor for $1,000.

We also started a new position in a Schwab International Equity ETF (SCHF) with 47 shares for $1,302.79. I was able to get this ETF commission free through my Schwab brokerage account and will most likely be adding to it frequently in the upcoming months.

These stocks provide us with an additional $279.78 annually based on their most recent dividends, bringing our total dividend income up to $4,743.35/year. We're finally past our peak of $4,639.05 from December 2015 and back on track to continually increasing our dividend income.

Dividend Income - May 2016

This month's dividend income came in at $260.67, a measly 1.2% increase over 2015's $257.68. Year-over-year dividend increases should be better in the next few months with our most recent purchases.

Recent Transactions - May 2016

We were able to add to our existing positions of Artis REIT with 150 shares for $2000 and Emera with 43 shares for $2000.

We also started new positions in Apple (AAPL) with 40 shares for $3,769.35 and Disney (DIS) with 30 shares for $3,067.75.

These stocks provide us with an additional $414.41 annually based on their most recent dividends, bringing our total dividend income up to $4,404.19/year. We're almost back up to our peak of $4,639.05 from December 2015.

Recent Transactions - April 2016

Forgot to publish this last month...

Not much action this month but we did start a new position in 3M (MMM) with 30 shares for $4997.05

This stock provides us with an additional $133.20 annually based on the most recent dividend, bringing our total dividend income up to $3869.63/year.

Dividend Income - April 2016

This month's dividend income came in at $293.96, a 9.1% increase over 2015's $269.36.