Monthly Report: November 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 November 20, 1016:

Taxable Dividend Income (Total: $21.84)

• American Express Company (AXP) - $0.06
• Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc. (DNKN) - $0.28 (Increased 55.56% YOY)
• Hasbro Inc. (HAS) - $0.09 (Increased 12.50% YOY)
• Kinder Morgan, Inc. (KMI) - $4.95 (Decreased 74.45% YOY)
• The Procter & Gamble Company (PG) - $10.55 (Increased 4.35% YOY)
• Realty Income Corporation (O) - $5.77 (Increased 10.33% YOY)
• Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM) - $0.14 (Increased 133.33% YOY)
• Total taxable dividend income of $21.84 decreased 37.49% YOY.

The new position I added fresh capital to this year is AXP.  Existing positions I added fresh capital to this year are DNKN and YUM.  All other dividend increases are from dividends reinvested and dividend raises from the companies.  As usual, the one company that stands out like a sore thumb is KMI with its huge dividend cut.  Personally, I think the company made the right decision to cut its dividend considering what was happening with the company.  I know many dividend investors sold their positions in KMI right before or right after the dividend cut, but I'm going to continue holding this company for the long haul.

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

Non-Taxable Dividend Income (Total: $110.04)

• The Clorox Company (CLX) - $7.20
• Kinder Morgan, Inc. (KMI) - $7.66
• Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index Fund (VBLTX) - $95.18 (Increased 0.86% YOY)
• Total non-taxable dividend income of $110.04 increased 16.60% YOY.

The new position I added fresh capital to this year is CLX; I had initiated a new position in KMI in December of last year.  The increase in distributions for this month compared to last November is predominantly due to fresh capital being deployed.

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

Market Values (Total: $361,212.30)

• Brokerage Accounts - $92,528.09 (Increased 3.96% from prior month)
• Roth IRA - $68,667.75 (Increased 2.12% from prior month)
• 401(k) - $200,016.46 (Increased 4.49% from prior month)
• Total market value increased 3.89% 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

• 54.86%

Savings rate was excellent for this month!  50% or more in savings rate is definitely a big achievement for me.

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

How did you do this month?