Dividend Changes

Since I started to publish dividend increase and decreased in 2014, The month of August 2017 is the first month to have no activity.

#	Mths	2017	2017		2016	2016		2015	2015		2014	2014	Med	Med
		Incr	Decr		Incr	Decr		Incr	Decr		Incr	Decr	Incr	Decr
1	Jan	5	1		4	0		4	0				4.0	0.0
2	Feb	10	0		5	2		8	0		14	0	9.0	0.0
3	Mar	23	0		18	6		19	3		15	1	18.5	2.0
4	Apr	10	2		8	4		9	3		14	0	9.5	2.5
5	May	5	0		3	2		6	1		7	1	5.5	1.0
6	Jun	13	0		18	0		14	1		14	1	14.0	0.5
7	Jul	4	1		3	1		6	1		3	0	3.5	1.0
8	Aug	0	0		4	0		4	2		9	0	4.0	0.0
9	Sep				7	1		7	3		9	0	7.0	1.0
10	Oct							1	1		1	1	1.0	1.0
11	Nov				6	0		4	1				5.0	0.5
12	Dec				12	0		13	2		13	0	13.0	0.0
	Tot	70	4		88	16		95	18		99	4	94.0	9.5
	154	45%	3%		57%	10%		62%	12%		64%	3%	61%	6%

So far this year, we have more increases and less decreases than at this point last year. In 2016 at this point we have 63 stocks with increases and 15 with decreases. So far this year we have 70 stocks with increases and only 4 with decreases.

#	Mths	2017	2017		2016	2016		2015	2015		2014	2014	Med	Med
		Incr	Decr		Incr	Decr		Incr	Decr		Incr	Decr	Incr	Decr
1	Jan	5	1		4	0		4	0				4.0	0.0
2	Feb	10	0		5	2		8	0		14	0	9.0	0.0
3	Mar	23	0		18	6		19	3		15	1	18.5	2.0
4	Apr	10	2		8	4		9	3		14	0	9.5	2.5
5	May	5	0		3	2		6	1		7	1	5.5	1.0
6	Jun	13	0		18	0		14	1		14	1	14.0	0.5
7	Jul	4	1		3	1		6	1		3	0	3.5	1.0
8	Aug	0	0		4	0		4	2		9	0	4.0	0.0
	Tot	70	4		63	15		70	11		76	3	68.0	7.0
	154	45%	3%		41%	10%		45%	7%		49%	2%	44%	5%

I must admit that in the past when I have updated my spreadsheets on my own stock portfolio there were months with no activity. My updates for my stocks are when dividends are paid. The above tables are based on when dividends are declared.

On my other blog I wrote today about Ballard Power Systems Inc. (TSX-BLDP, NASDAQ-BLDP)... learn more. Tomorrow, I will write about Loblaw Companies Ltd. (TSX-L, OTC-LBLCF)... learn more on Wednesday, August 9, 2017 around 5 pm.

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