Investing Update 3/30/2019

Here is this week's investing update -

	1/1/2019	3/30/2019	Change since Jan 1st	Avg/Week
Robinhood Portfolio Value	$4,434.08	$5,164.22	$730.14
Money from my pocket	$4,593.98	$4,758.98	$165.00	$12.98
Dividends	$240.00	$278.30	$38.30	$3.01
Gains/Realized & Unrealized	-$399.90	$126.94	$526.84

My overall portfolio has increased $730.14 since January 1st. I have received $38.30 in dividends in 2019 and added $165.00 from my pocket. That means the other $526.84 increase came from the value of my stocks going up.

Here are the year-to-date numbers on my dividends -

Dividends Received in 2018			$38.30
# of Dividends Received in 2018			104
Average Dividend Payment Amount			$0.368

Today is the 89th day of 2019, and I've received 104 dividends this year.

I received 19 dividends this past week for a total of $5.75

                          Stock Name          -            Stock Ticker - Dividend Amount - Yearly Yield

Arrow Dow Jones Global ETF	GYLD	$0.06	4.46%
Qualcomm Inc	QCOM	$1.24	4.83%
Union Pacific	UNP	$0.88	4.03%
WisdomTree U.S. High Dividend	DHS	$0.25	4.34%
YieldShares High Income ETF	YYY	$0.13	8.84%
PowerShares Preferred Portfolio	PGX	$0.07	5.99%
PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio	PGF	$0.09	5.76%
Principal Real Estate Income Fund	PGZ	$0.11	7.29%
S&P 500 Low Volatility	SPLV	$0.10	2.43%
Eaton Vance Tax Advantaged Dividend Income Fund	EVT	$0.15	7.77%
PowerShares S&P 500	SPHD	$0.29	4.19%
PepsiCo	PEP	$0.93	3.35%
SpartanNash	SPTN	$0.19	4.32%
Multi-Asset Diversified Income ETF	MDIV	$0.10	6.59%
PowerShares KBW High Div	KBWD	$0.31	7.98%
Peritus High Yield ETF	HYLD	$0.22	7.55%
Pub Svc Enterprise Group	PEG	$0.47	4.10%
PowerShares High Yield	PEY	$0.05	3.48%
Empire State Realty Trust	ESRT	$0.11	2.78%

Receiving $5.75 in dividends in the last week of March was a fun way to end the month. I also received the dividend from ESRT, which was a stock I bought not too long ago! 

Signed,

Mitch