Dividend Income & Portfolio Update
Personal Highlights
- I am a bit late on this update -it’s been a crazy couple of weeks, and the temperature is heating up so I’ve been spending a lot of time outdoors.
- Started coaching my son (Isaac’s) soccer two days a week. So far 2/4 have been rained out unfortunately, but it’s been fun!
- Isaac turned 6 at the end of April, so we had a few different parties at our place.
- Went to both Winnipeg Jets playoff games – which were pretty underwhelming, but still had a good time.
- Took the wife out to a restaurant she hadn’t been to yet, played in a curling bonspiel, hosted an Easter dinner and finally got our new shelves installed!
New Shelves: - Officially booked some time off for the summer (our first summer in 13 years without a cabin)! So now we just have to decide what we want to do/where we want to go.
- A friend of mine picked me up a bottle of one of my favorite bourbons from the states (we can’t get it here):
Financial Highlights for April:
- Spent the remaining money in our TFSA:
Bought – 288 shares of Adentra (new position)
Bought – 1124 shares of Canadian Net Reit (added to position) - Received dividends from 12 companies and 2 funds. Dripped an additional 82 shares/units.
Dripped shares by year:
2023: 306 (so far)
2022: 733
2021: 603 - April is one of my favorite months because I get to drip shares in a few of my favorite holdings (Equitable Group, GoEasy, Couche Tard & others)
- Received dividend raises from Propel Holdings, Telus & Equitable Group.
Passive Income Update For April 2023.
TFSA’S:
Diversified Royalty Income: $34.24 (dripped 12 shares)
Telus: 69.87 (dripped 2 shares)
Algonquin Power: $159.32(dripped 13 shares)
Artis Reit: $53.00 (dripped 7 shares)
European Residential Reit: $24.14 (dripped 7 shares)
RBNK: $102.60 (dripped 4 shares)
First National: $80.40(dripped 2 shares)
Nexus Reit: $15.95 (dripped 1 share)
Canadian NET Reit: $43.13
TFSA’s Total: $582.65
RRSP:
Transcontinental: $224.10 (dripped 15 shares)
GoEasy: $420.48 (dripped 4 shares)
Alimentation Couche Tard: $85.12(dripped 1 share)
Equitable Group: $264.60 (dripped 4 shares)
Canadian Equity Income Distribution: $404.82 (dripped 10 units)
RRSP Total: $1399.12
Total Passive Income April 2023: $1981.77*
*29.4% of this was 100% Tax Free!
2023 Portfolio Update:
Portfolio increased 3.72% to $596,478.
Dividends in April were actually down compared to last year, but only because last year one of my funds paid out a special distribution.
Current forward dividend income is $19,231. This is the first time my projected annual dividend income crossed $19,000!
Cheers!