Dividend Income Update - August 2020

 

      

The month of August 2020 is another month of dividend income landing in my accounts. Recently, I switched my pay yourself first model to concentrate a little on debt repayment. The interest on debt is 7.16% 5.66% plus the insurance on the debt. The decrease in the interest rate is a result of emergency rate cuts by the Bank of Canada over the COVID19 pandemic. Starting in August, I will change my pay myself first percentage. I will be paying 15% towards line of credit and 12% will go into savings. As my normal savings account is in the $2000 range, I have a couple of big expenses coming up. So, I will be putting money into savings until the $2000 amount is reached again.  

 

Why money going into line of credit at paying myself first at 15% and savings at 12%?  This is simply to get a better return on my money on a large scale.  When the savings hits north of $2000.00 again, I will go back to paying myself 15% to investing at 12% to line of credit.

Note: All the dividends and totals below are in Canadian Dollars.

Non-registered Accounts

Bank of Montreal (BMO) - $90.10

Emera Inc (EMA) - $61.25
Enerplus (ERF)     - $7.37
Shaw Communications (SJR.B)     - $19.75

Subtotal : $178.47


TFSA

A&W Royalties Income Fund   - $3.80
Cominar REIT (CUF.UN)    - $13.62
Killam Properties REIT (KMP.UN)    - $17.11

Royal Bank (RY) - $60.48

Subtotal: $95.01

Total = $273.48


I received a total of $273.48 in dividend income for the month of August 2020. This represents a 1.496% increase from 3 months ago and 17.7% increase year over year.

I received dividend / distribution income from 8 different companies.

I received $0.00 in option premiums within my investment accounts in August 2020.

Below is a visual of my dividend totals for the last 5 years.

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Most of my dividend income comes from my margin account. 

Next, I will show the percentage of total income for each position.

I will update my dividend income tab with the new amount. I will include my option premium income also. It is great to see money from passive income sources deposited into my brokerage account every single month.


Note: Any activity in my RRSP account is not included in these totals.


How was your dividend income for August 2020?


Disclosure : Long all mentioned securities

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