Dividend Update: July 2023

My July 2023 dividend total is $8,656.12

This means that in July:

• I earned $279.23 every day from dividends.
• I earned $50.98 per hour from dividends (assuming a 9-5pm job).
• I earned $11.51 every hour of every day of the month from dividends.

• My top 3 dividend earners this month were mostly in the financial sector and were 30% of my monthly dividend total:
  1. Bank of Nova Scotia – ($1,391.06) – 16.1% of my monthly dividend total
  2. CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE – ($1,205.82) – 13.9% of my monthly dividend total
  3. BCE Inc. – ($1,103.92) – 12.8% of my monthly dividend total

• My equity purchases totalled $53,166.26
• I sold $39,929.27 worth of shares as I continue to pare down and consolidate my portfolio and reinvested the proceeds.
• I added $4,266.32 of new capital this month.

Dividends $8,656.12

Financials

1. First National Financial – $124.00
2. Bank of Nova Scotia – $1,391.06
3. CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE – $1,205.82
4. TORONTO-DOMINION BANK – $1,032.96

Telecommunications

1. TELUS CORPORATION – $564.21
2. BCE Inc. – $1,103.92

Energy

1. Canadian Natural Resources – $385.20
2. ALGONQUIN POWER & UTILITIES CORP – $333.20
3. CAPITAL POWER CORPORATION – $254.62
4. TC ENERGY CORP – $485.46

Bonds

1. ZFL-BMO Long Federal Bond ETF – $188.42
2. ZEA-BMO MSCI EAFE Index ETF – $362.95
3. ZCS-BMO Short Corp Bond UN – $7.89

International

1. VTI – Vanguard Index STK MKT ETF – $391.11

Real Estate

1. VNQ – Vanguard Index FDS REIT – $133.04
2. RIOCAN REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST – $72.45
3. H&R REAL ESTATE INVT TR – $7.50
4. MORGUARD REAL ESTATE INVT TRUST – $10.18
5. ARTIS REAL ESTATE INVT TRUST – $8.10
6. CANADIAN APARTMENT PPTYS REAL ESTATE INVT TRUST – $24.16
7. NORTHWEST HEALTHCARE PROPERTIES REAL ESTATE INVTMNT TRUST – $16.53
8. PRIMARIS REAL ESTATE INVT TR  – $2.53
9. CHOICE PROPERTIES REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST – $25.50
10. CT REAL ESTATE INVT TR – $21.33
11. SMARTCENTRES REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST – $120.41
12. CI CANADIAN REIT ETF – $6.35

Consumer

1. ALTRIA GROUP INC – $59.94
2. ALIMENTATION COUCHE-TARD INC – $17.50
3. PARK LAWN CORPORATION – $5.13

Other

1. NUTRIEN LTD – $174.79
2. Medical Facilities Corp – $87.91
3. BMO LADDERED PREFERRED SHARE INDEX ETF – $4.95

Purchases $53,166.26

As noted above, I sold $39,929.27 worth of shares as I continue to pare down and consolidate my portfolio and reinvested the proceeds. I added $4,266.32 of new capital this month. I sold out of my positions in IEFA – BTC iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF, GLOV – Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta World Low Vol Plus Equity ETF, and TRANSALTA RENEWABLES INC.

Financials

1. 8.3238 shares of BNS – Bank Of Nova Scotia
2. 370 shares of BANK OF MONTREAL
3. 28 shares of CM – Canadian Imperial Bank Of Commerce
4. 2.0164 shares of RY – Royal Bank of Canada
5. 4 shares of TD – Toronto Dominion Bank
6. 1 share of POW – Power Corp. Of Canada

Insurance

1. 3 shares of MFC – Manulife Financial Corp
2. 11 shares of Sun Life Financial, Inc.

Telecommunications

1. 32 shares of BCE INC
2. 16 shares of TELUS CORPORATION

Energy

1. 6 shares of FTS – Fortis Inc.
2. 8 shares of PPL – Pembina Pipeline Corporation
3. 7 shares of TRP – TC Energy Corporation
4. 9 shares of ENB – Enbridge Inc

Real Estate

1. 1 share of ISHARES S&P/TSX CAPPED REIT 

Consumer

1. 10 shares of ALIMENTATION COUCHE-TARD INC 
2. 2 shares of ALTRIA GROUP INC

International

1. 1 share of XSP – BlackRock Canada iShares Core S&P 500 Index ETF

Other

1. 1 share of BIPC – Brookfield Infrastructure Corp (Class A)

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