Monthly Update: September 2016

A short monthly update of my portfolio.

Indicator	As of 31-8	As of 30-9	% change
S&P 500 Total Return	4,120	4,121	+0.0%
Dow Jones Industrials Total Return	38,461	38,302	-0.4%
AEX GR	1,413	1,407	-0.5%
USD.EUR	0.893	0.890	-0.4%
Portfolio value	€ 24,735	€ 24,806	+0.3%

However, since I am in it for the long haul I am not too interested in these daily or monthly fluctuations. What matters is that I keep focused on buying high quality companies which provide me with a steady stream of growing dividends.

Purchases

I purchased 41 shares of Omega Healthcare Investors.

Dividends received
Ten separate companies paid me dividends during this month.

• INTC: 63 shares @ $0.26 for a total of $16.38
• AFL: 28 shares @ $0.41 for a total of $11.48
• WMT: 50 shares @ $0.20 for a total of $10.00
• UNA: 37 shares @ € 0.3201 for a total of €11.84 
• IBM: 7 shares @ $1.40 for a total of $9.80
• XOM: 17 shares @ $0.75 for a total of $12.75
• BBL: 28 shares @ $0.28 for a total of $7.84
• RDSA: 102 shares @ €0.42 for a total of €42.84 
• TROW: 20 shares @ $0.54 for a total of $10.80
• UNP: : 15 shares @ $0.55 for a total of $8.25

Total: around €114 after tax, which is slightly lower than last year due to the dividend reduction of BBL. Still, $100+ months are nice to see now and again :-)

Dividend increases or decreases during this month

Non dividend raises this month for any of the payers mentioned above.

Yearly forward dividend
My 12-month forward dividend rate is now €935. Nothing changed except the EUR.USD rate.

Seeking Alpha articles
Last month I wrote four articles on Seeking Alpha:

• Medical Properties Trust: Hospitals Are Great Real Estate Investments, But Not Right Now
• Financial Review Of The Debt Structure Of The 4 Biggest Healthcare REITs
• Financial Review Of The Debt Structure Of The 5 Biggest Triple Net Lease REITs
• Financial Review Of The Debt Structure Of The 3 Biggest Data Center REITs