Month: July 2016

Payout Ratio

What is it? The payout ratio, or dividend payout ratio, is how much money the company earns (EPS) compared to what it is actually paying out to its shareholders in dividends (DPS), typically expressed as a percentage. As a formula it looks like this: For any dividend investor this is perhaps one of the most …

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SOLD

I sold all my shares of Kinder Morgan today. As I mentioned in my older posts, I will be exiting many of my oil stocks that I picked up during the downturn. I purchased KMI for $12.98 USD on Jan 15, 2016 I sold KMI for $19.97 USD on Jul, 12, 2016 for a 54.12% …

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June Dividends

DIVIDENDS! I received $676.99 in dividends in JUNE. Every quarter there are 3 months or dividend payouts, this is the largest one. My total dividend haul this year is now $2840. The thing I enjoy the most about a dividend payment is its permanent, no do-overs. It’s money in the pocket that I can spend however I …

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