November 2018 Dividends

Hello everyone,

Another month, another dividend summary to come. It is now time to summarize November dividends. I'm hoping to get back to my normal monthly schedule of updates.

Let's get to it:

Taxable Accounts
Company	Symbol	Date	Amount
CVS Health Corp.	CVS	11/1/2018	$17.00
Verizon Communications Inc.	VZ	11/1/2018	$2.41
AT&T Inc.	T	11/2/2018	$35.17
Apple Inc.	AAPL	11/15/2018	$5.11
AmeriGas Partners LP	APU	11/19/2018	$25.74
Procter & Gamble Co.	PG	11/21/2018	$10.76
Abbott Laboratories	ABT	11/21/2018	$9.80
Williams-Sonoma Inc.	WSM	11/21/2018	$25.37
Lazard Ltd.	LAZ	11/27/2018	$9.68
Taxable Accounts Total	$141.04
Roth IRA Account
Company	Symbol	Date	Amount
The Toronto-Dominion Bank	TD	11/1/18	$11.90
Invesco QQQ Trust	QQQ	11/1/18	$3.64
Abbott Laboratories	ABT	11/16/18	$7.13
Omega Healthcare Investors Inc.	OHI	11/20/18	$20.71
Roth IRA Account Total	$43.38
Overall Dividend Income Total	$184.42
Forward 12-month Projected Dividend Income Total			$2,077.87

I am continuing to save for a house down payment, so I did not make any buys in November. I am collecting dividends that have been paid out, and planning to make buys with these funds in December. Also, there were no sells in November.

Now let's take a look at my dividend income history...

Month	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
January		$14.38	$14.42	$70.45	$72.34
February		$49.07	$50.38	$112.01	$190.55
March		$50.22	$52.16	$182.28	$232.83
April		$10.83	$27.91	$64.56	$78.40
May		$46.52	$59.42	$132.14	$162.41
June	$6.69	$47.51	$90.97	$198.86	$221.99
July	0	$18.99	$51.37	$168.64	$102.00
August	$33.96	$50.11	$86.07	$156.46	$183.50
September	$54.75	$55.61	$101.70	$226.17	$192.40
October	$10.94	$14.42	$72.53	$79.06	$133.64
November	$48.79	$50.11	$103.31	$158.18	$184.42
December	$63.55	$49.89	$168.03	$234.71

and then in graphical form...



Looking at the previous quarter and year, we get the following:

	%Chg Qtr	%Chg Year
November	0.50%	16.59%

The change in the last quarter is rather modest, which is no big shocker, as there have not been much in the way of new purchases. On the other hand, we can see a decent increase in the past year (+16.59%), which is encouraging.

We are still saving for the down payment for the upcoming house purchase, so I would expect short term dividend income increases to be modest. Once the purchase happens I expect to be able to contribute more toward this end, and have better rates of increasing income. In the meantime, securing that house down payment is the focus. I look forward to monitoring the progress in the meantime.

So, how was your November? Let me know below in the comments!