Monthly Activity - September Investments and Dividends

Hi everyone,

This post is detailing my investment, dividend, and passive income activity for the month of September.  During the month, I invested a total of $2489.20 in fresh capital in my retirement account and dividend growth portfolio, less dividend reinvestment plans.  I received a HUGE $4.87 in dividends, along with $50.00 in credit card rewards and $9.15 in monthly dividends from my bank account.  In addition, I received a positive cash flow of $325 in my investment property.   Here is the breakdown of the activity:

Dividends Received:

I received a grand total of $4.87 in dividends from my investments this month.  Not much by any means, but I can’t wait to look back on this month next year to see the year over year change.  Here is the breakdown:

MCD 1.09

TGT 1.99

WMT .30

INTC .13

LMT .91

XOM .45

Buys:

Most of my investments went to my retirement investment account for the month, along with purchases made in my Loyal3 account, direct investments and my main brokerage.  Overall, I used $2489.20 to put to work in my investments.  I have a goal of contributing at least $1500.00 to investments each month, so I bypassed that goal by a good margin.  Here is the breakdown of my investments:

Retirement Investment Account, Thrift Savings Plan ( TSP ).  I contributed $1240 in my TSP account, which was spread out in the following indexes:

1.  C Fund, Common Stock Index, 60% Allocation

2.  S Fund, Small Cap Index, 20% Allocation

3.  I Fund, International Stock Index, 20% Allocation

Loyal3

I really slacked in my Loyal3 account for the month, as I only contributed $110 overall.  I invested the following:

TGT 20.00

MCD 10.00

WMT 20.00

DIS 25.00

KO 35.00

Brokerage and Direct

My other investments for the month totaled $1139.20.  These were broken down into my monthly contributions to several companies and an addition to my holding in Apple.  Here are the purchases:

-          ConocoPhillips (COP):  55.00 in new capital invested for 0.6794 shares

-          Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM):   65.00 invested for 0.658294 shares

-          Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ):  60.00 invested for 1.212121

-          Lockheed Martin Corporation ( LMT ):  Invested $66.00 at a purchase price of $179.06 for .368585 shares.

-          -          Apple ( AAPL ):  I purchased 9 shares for a cost of 98.25 for a total amount of 893.20.  

Investment Property:

No change in my investment property for the month, as I have a current tenant leased until early 2015.  Here is the breakdown:

Loan payment - $845

Rent income - $1300 minus management fees of $130 = $1170

Positive cash flow = $325 monthly

Other:

My other forms of passive income for the month of September included my monthly credit card rewards and my monthly dividend through my bank.  During the month, I received $50.00 in credit card rewards, as I use a rewards card as much as possible to leverage rewards.  In addition, I received $9.15 in a monthly dividend from my bank from my cash balance.  This added $59.15 to my overall passive income for the month. 

Summary:

Overall, I received $389.02 in passive income, which includes my dividends, rewards and investment property.  I invested $2489.20 in fresh capital to my retirement investment and dividend growth accounts.   Not a huge month, but a steady month of investments that I hope will pay off in the long run.  Slow and steady wins the race!! Thanks everyone for checking out the blog and commenting, as I really appreciate it.