Nice Start to February

It seemed today that all the people on Facebook "friended" the stock market. My dividend portfolio is doing exactly what I want. I am up 6.4% on the year and my open stocks are up 11.1%, out-performing the Russell 3k by 2.4 points.

I did get the kind of news I love to see on one of my closed-end funds, CSQ. They actually announced they were increasing their dividend by 33% (Calamos Closed-End Funds (CHI, CHY, CSQ, CGO and CHW) Announce Monthly Distributions for February 2012, Including Increases to CSQ and CHW).

I did find the press release a little strange. It said the distribution was being increased as that is in the best interest of stockholders. I would rather them say it is because the stocks in the closed-end fund had increased their dividends... I hope they are not just returning capital.

Current Portfolio
Stock	Shares	Avg Cost	Current Price	Dividends Received	Pct Change	R3K Change	Diff
AZN	424	47.15	48.58	1,092	8.5%	3.9%	4.6%
BHK	2,908	12.54	13.98	1,283	15.0%	-0.6%	15.6%
CEL	1,531	25.81	14.79	5,875	-27.8%	20.9%	-48.8%
CPL	1,000	22.67	30.22	-	33.3%	15.4%	17.9%
CSCO	1,806	16.75	19.80	304	19.2%	1.2%	18.0%
CSQ	5,065	8.16	9.21	1,205	15.8%	15.2%	0.6%
DD	500	43.78	51.56	-	17.8%	6.0%	11.7%
ENH-PA	1,000	26.12	26.50	-	1.5%	2.2%	-0.8%
FCX	503	36.05	46.16	125	28.7%	11.6%	17.1%
GCAP	4,000	6.38	6.39	-	0.1%	2.2%	-2.0%
HPQ	804	25.79	28.76	96	12.0%	11.7%	0.3%
INTC	1,271	19.58	26.55	997	39.6%	16.6%	23.1%
JQC	4,483	8.85	8.85	1,598	4.1%	2.0%	2.0%
KMF	1,760	21.68	26.70	1,330	26.6%	11.3%	15.3%
KSW	13,048	3.76	3.40	4,023	-1.4%	14.4%	-15.7%
LNC	2,424	24.32	22.12	593	-8.1%	9.1%	-17.1%
MNDO	13,678	2.48	2.44	2,400	5.6%	4.1%	1.5%
MSFT	947	26.75	29.89	576	14.0%	8.5%	5.5%
NSU	3,200	6.31	6.67	-	5.7%	0.6%	5.1%
PM	436	45.63	75.75	1,614	74.1%	24.2%	49.9%
PRE	505	56.34	67.00	300	20.0%	10.5%	9.5%
PVD	397	63.26	72.75	698	17.8%	11.5%	6.2%
RTN	458	46.83	48.74	434	6.1%	0.6%	5.5%
SBS	835	39.66	66.91	1,912	74.5%	16.8%	57.7%
SLF	2,719	27.31	20.69	1,805	-21.8%	3.0%	-24.9%
STD	4,212	9.57	8.08	2,438	-9.5%	5.7%	-15.2%
STO	1,000	23.86	25.66	-	7.5%	13.0%	-5.4%
USB	1,901	21.76	28.56	923	33.5%	15.4%	18.0%
VR	1,925	29.44	32.46	1,689	13.3%	1.8%	11.4%
WBK	489	105.66	112.82	3,636	13.8%	9.1%	4.7%
Total Open				36,948	11.1%	8.7%	2.4%
Closed					11.8%	7.7%	4.1%
Combined					11.5%	8.2%	3.3%
IRR Since 12/31/10					12.5%
2012 Gain					6.4%
Estimated Dividends for Next 12 Months
Stock	Shares	Ann Dividend / Share	Yield	Projected Dividend	Sector	Worth	Anniversary
AZN	424	$ 2.40	4.9%	1,018	Pharma	20,605	1/6
BHK	2,908	$ 0.80	5.8%	2,338	Bond	40,656	7/6
CEL	1,531	$ 2.05	13.9%	3,139	Utility	22,650	6/29
CPL	1,000	$ 1.27	4.2%	1,270	Utility	30,220	9/29
CSCO	1,806	$ 0.24	1.2%	433	Tech	35,759	4/25
CSQ	5,065	$ 0.84	9.1%	4,255	Hybrid	46,652	8/23
DD	500	$ 1.64	3.2%	820	Chemicals	25,780	12/9
ENH-PA	1,000	$ 1.94	7.3%	1,938	Bond	26,500	1/17
FCX	503	$ 1.00	2.2%	503	Basic Resources	23,205	11/28
GCAP	4,000	$ 0.20	3.1%	800	Services	25,560	1/12
HPQ	804	$ 0.48	1.7%	386	Tech	23,116	11/22
INTC	1,271	$ 0.84	3.2%	1,067	Tech	33,732	9/17
JQC	4,483	$ 0.80	9.0%	3,587	Hybrid	39,678	7/8
KMF	1,760	$ 1.60	6.0%	2,816	Pipelines	46,987	9/15
KSW	13,048	$ 0.15	4.4%	1,957	Construction	44,363	5/2
LNC	2,424	$ 0.32	1.4%	776	Insurance	53,624	11/10
MNDO	13,678	$ 0.20	8.2%	2,736	Tech	33,374	2/4
MSFT	947	$ 0.80	2.7%	757	Tech	28,298	12/6
NSU	3,200	$ 0.10	1.5%	320	Basic Resources	21,344	1/25
PM	436	$ 3.08	4.1%	1,343	Consumer	33,035	6/7
PRE	505	$ 2.40	3.6%	1,211	Insurance	33,808	9/7
PVD	397	$ 3.70	5.1%	1,470	Finance	28,904	8/5
RTN	458	$ 1.72	3.5%	788	Defense	22,338	7/14
SBS	835	$ 2.39	3.6%	1,995	Utility	55,857	5/10
SLF	2,719	$ 1.46	7.1%	3,970	Insurance	56,266	6/29
STD	4,212	$ 0.64	7.9%	2,696	Finance	34,036	12/1
STO	1,000	$ 0.94	3.7%	940	Basic Resources	25,660	11/23
USB	1,901	$ 0.50	1.8%	951	Finance	54,306	9/29
VR	1,925	$ 1.00	3.1%	1,925	Insurance	62,485	3/3
WBK	489	$ 8.13	7.2%	3,978	Finance	55,196	11/19
Total			5.4%	52,183