Monthly Report: June 2016

I post an update every month on the taxable dividend income I receive in my brokerage accounts, the non-taxable dividends I receive from my Roth IRA accounts, the market value of my taxable brokerage accounts, the market value of my Roth IRA accounts, the market value of my 401(k) account, and my savings rate.

Below is the monthly report as of June 30, 2016:

Taxable Dividend Income (Total: $576.68)

• Bank of America Corporation (BAC) - $6.41 (Increased 1.26% from June of last year)
• Chevron Corporation (CVX) - $11.76 (Increased 4.91% from June of last year)
• Consolidated Edison, Inc. (ED) - $109.96 (Increased 7.35% from June of last year)
• Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc. (DNKN) - $0.28 (Increased 366.67% from June of last year)
• Emerson Electric Co. (EMR) - $25.05 (Increased 4.90% from June of last year)
• Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM) - $19.62 (Increased 6.63% from June of last year)
• Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) - $8.30 (Increased 9.93% from June of last year)
• Kellogg Company (K) - $0.46 (Increased 21.05% from June of last year)
• Mattel, Inc. (MAT) - $0.60 (Increased 106.90% from June of last year)
• McDonald's Corp. (MCD) - $100.01 (Increased 8.13% from June of last year)
• Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) - $210.06 (Increased 19.33% from June of last year)
• Pepsi, Inc. (PEP) - $0.63 (Increased 117.24% from July of last year)
• Pfizer Inc. (PFE) - $16.61 (Increased 11.03% from June of last year)
• Realty Income Corporation (O) - $5.60 (Increased 9.80% from June of last year)
• Southern Company (SO) - $14.70 (Increased 8.41% from June of last year)
• Target Corp. (TGT) - $26.97 (Increased 11.12% from June of last year)
• Time Inc. (TIME) - $0.20 (Increased 5.26% from June of last year)
• Time Warner Inc. (TWX) - $4.54 (Increased 17.31% from June of last year)
• Unilever plc (UL) - $0.27 (Increased 285.71% from June of last year)
• V.F. Corporation (VFC) - $0.07
• Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) - $14.58 (Increased 14.26% from June of last year)
• Total taxable dividend income of $576.68 increased 12.23% from June of last year.

New stocks purchased this year are AXP and VFC.  Existing positions I added fresh capital to this year are DNKN, TGT, and YUM.  All other dividend increases are from dividends reinvested and dividend raises from the companies.  I'm very happy with the total year over year dividend increase.

You can see a schedule of all the taxable dividends I have received here.

Non-Taxable Dividends (Total: $355.05)

• Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (ADM) - $10.89
• Chevron Corporation (CVX) - $13.15
• Emerson Electric Co. (EMR) - $10.65
• Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM) - $9.17
• Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index Fund (VBLTX) - $94.77 (Increased 0.85% from June of last year)
• Vanguard REIT Index Fund Admiral Shares (VGSLX) - $216.42 (Increased 4.61% from June of last year)
• Total non-taxable dividend income of $355.05 increased 18.01% from June of last year.

The increase in distributions for this month compared to last June is pretty good.

You can see a schedule of all the non-taxable dividends I have received here.

Market Values (Total: $330,517.34)

• Brokerage Accounts - $84,541.22 (Increased 1.58% from prior month)
• Roth IRA - $64,165.81 (Increased 5.61% from prior month)
• 401(k) - $181,810.31 (Increased 1.20% from prior month)
• Total market value increased 2.13% from prior month.

I'm not too concerned with the market value of my taxable brokerage accounts since the investment strategy with that is solely to generate a growing stream of dividend income.  As long as the dividends keep coming and are increasing, I'm not too worried.  Nevertheless, it's still interesting to see how it is performing.

You can see a schedule of the market values for my brokerage accounts, Roth IRA account, and 401(k) account as of the end of every month here.

Savings Rate

• 50.67%

Savings rate was excellent for this month!  50% or more in savings rate is definitely a big achievement for me.  In fact, it's these kinds of savings rates that helped me quickly pay off my mortgage.

You can see a schedule of my savings rate by month here.

How did you do this month?