Monthly Update: October 2016

A short and late monthly update of my portfolio. I will post November tomorrow! :)

Indicator	As of 30-9	As of 31-10	% change
S&P 500 Total Return	4,121	4,046	-1.8%
Dow Jones Industrials Total Return	38,302	38,000	-0.8%
AEX GR	1,407	1,410	0.2%
USD.EUR	0.890	0.911	2.4%
Portfolio value	€ 24,806	€ 24,323	-1.9%

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

None

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

• BAX: 23 shares @ $0.13 for a total of $2.99
• KO: 35 shares @ $0.35 for a total of $12.25
• SOUHY: 11 shares @ $0.05 for a total of $0.55
• PM: 17 shares @ $1.04 for a total of $17.68

Total: around € 27 after tax, which is definitely lower than last year. However the big difference is due to the fact that last year I sold a covered call option on my position in TGH.

Dividend increases or decreases during this month

PM raised its dividend by $0.02. Since I own 17 shares, that's a € 1 raise in annual dividend income.

Yearly forward dividend
I am not sure what my annual forward dividend rate was at the end of October but right now it's around €980.

Seeking Alpha articles
Last month I wrote no articles on Seeking Alpha.