Hello everyone and welcome to my April 2017 income report. This is my favourite time of the month when I get to share with the world how many dividends I received, and also I get to read other bloggers income reports which provide me with inspiration. April saw me receive dividends from 16 companies and 1 ETF. My year-over-year growth for the month was 16.4% from April 2016. Most of this growth was from dividend increases I received earlier in the year and reaffirmed why I chose to focus my investing strategy on dividend paying stocks.
My portfolio consists of two accounts first a Tax Free Savings Account (TFSA) and the Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP). In my TFSA I received a payment from all 8 companies that are in the account for a total of $116.08. For my RRSP I had 8 stocks and 1 ETF pay me for a total $287.74. Combined I received $403.82 the second consecutive month in which I have crossed the $400 mark. This is a significant increase over 2016 where I received $346.87.
So let’s take a look at what I received in each account.
TFSA
Inter Pipeline | $17.87 |
Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust | $17.63 |
Chorus Aviation | $17.28 |
The Keg Royalties Income Fund | $15.24 |
ZCL Composites Inc. | $15.24 |
Artis Real Estate Investment Trust | $13.95 |
Boston Pizza Royalties Fund | $12.31 |
Corus Entertainment | $6.56 |
RRSP
BCE | $78.93 |
TransCanada | $63.75 |
Telus | $48.00 |
Algonquin Power & Utilities | $47.78 |
BMO US Dividend ETF | $31.29 |
Pizza Pizza Royalty Corp. | $16.76 |
Alimentation Couche-Tard | $0.81 |
North West Company | $0.32 |
Leon’s Furniture | $0.10 |
Year-over-Year Dividend Comparison
So far as you can see I have surpassed my totals in every month. I am hoping this trend will continue throughout 2017.
Dividend Goal
At the beginning of 2017 I set a goal of wanting to receive $4,000 in dividends this year. Last year I received just over $3,500. To help display this goal I thought I would add a gauge to show you how far along I am in achieving this goal. Through the first four months of 2017 I have received $379 more this year than last.
Buys/Sells
I did not buy or sell any stocks in April.
Dividend Increases/Decreases
I did not receive any increases or decreases in the month of April. I am hoping to receive some increases in May.
Thank you so much for reading my April income post. I hope each and every one of you had great month as well. I can’t wait to read your posts. If you have a comment please feel free to leave one I enjoy reading them.
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Matthew
Awesome month! Congratulations on your second $400 month. I wish you luck in achieving your $4,000 goal this year!
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Thank you 😀
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Very nice work. Keep rolling those dividends over and it will become a powerful snowball machine. Awesome stuff!
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Thanks absolutely let the snowball machine begin. 😀
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I can’t wait to see mine keep growing
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It will be a great feeling watching Your dividends grow and increase over time.
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I really can’t wait to see the snowball start rolling. Cheers
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Well done. Save, invest, collect dividends, reinvested dividends and see what happens next month…
(more income!)
Mark
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Thanks Mark for stopping by 😀
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Love the dial gage graphic. Keep it up matthew!
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Thank you. I thought it would add a nice touch 🙂
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