I haven’t followed my Dividend Stocks Experiment for the past few months, and I have to admit, it was a mistake not doing so.

My last post on this topic was in May, and instead of using the money to buy lunches at work, I instead  planned on buying food and making it at home once a week for the family.  This however, fell through since I underestimated how busy my family is.  So I decided to channel the money back into free lunches for work.

As I prepared the spreadsheet information below, I notice that the dividend for ANH went up (yay), but unfortunately the dividend for CIM went down…  Now the weekly amount I have for spending on lunches is only $13.64.  While not a bad amount, I would have preferred that it continue to go up.  I may have to re-examine the CIM stock and the inclusion of it in my portfolio.

And the the good news!  I have saved another $1000 for another purchase by eating below my previous level.  For my next update, I’ll identify the new (or old) stock that I decided to purchase for the experiment.

 

	Dividend Stock’s Lunch Experiment
	Stock Name	Anworth	EV Energy	Chimera
	Stock Ticket	ANH	EVEP	CIM
	# of Shares	260	45	600
	Orig. Price	$7.84	$23.25	$4.01
	Curr. Price	$7.11	$64.21	$3.00
	Orig Cost	$2,038.14	$1,046.25	$2,404.80
	Curr Value	$1,848.60	$2,889.45	$1,800.00
	Annual Yield	14.06%	4.74%	17.33%
	Act. Div/Qtr	$65.00	$34.25	$78.00
			Total Dividends	$708.98
			52 weeks	52
			Dividend / week	$13.63
			Total Gain in
			Stock Apprec.	$1,048.86
			% Change	19.11%
			Amt Loaned to myself:	$0
			Amt paid back to date:	$0
			Amt Still Owned:	$0
		Totals
		Cumulativie Stock Value:		$6,538.05
		Dividend Payout / Yr.:		$708.98
		Dividend Payout / Qtr:		$177.25
		Dividend Payout / Wk.		$13.63

 

Hopefully next month will be better!

MR