May 2015 Dividend Income:

So now that I’m keeping track of dividend income — this is the first month that I have ever added it up.  Several things strike me in looking at this.  I didn’t think it would be over $20 and I didn’t think PG’s contribution would be so high.  Very pleased with that. Another thing that strikes me is how mad I am at myself that I only bought onesie twosie shares in companies.  I didn’t have the money to invest more than that at the time and instead of waiting I just bought tiny little pieces and I’m sure I have a long way to go to make up the commissions of those small trades.  Dumb.  I should have waited and pooled more money together to get more than only one or two shares to make the commission not such a huge percentage of the buy.  But that’s what this page is about — for me to live and learn from my mistakes.  The other thing that stands out to me is that I received money from 6 different companies — six mini paychecks.  Kinda cool!  Can’t wait til it is 26!  🙂  This money, if I was taking it out instead of reinvesting, would buy me a tank of gas!

Here is the breakdown of the income for May:

Proctor & Gamble (PG): $17.76

Enterprise Products Partners (EPD): $.75

Plains All American Pipeline LP (PAA): $.69

Kinder Morgan Inc. (KMI): $.96

Costco (COST): $.80

Breitburn Energy Partners LP (BBEP): $.21

TOTAL:  $21.17