Anatomy of A Dividend Stock

Just a quick table before we hit the road - waiting for kids to get out of school.  As my readers know, I have a good chunk of my investments in dividend stocks. While not sexy, these provide great income and you get the wonderful effect of compounding.  Psychologically, I am able to hold these stocks through tough times easier as I know I am reinvesting dividends and getting more shares (so I am a buyer).

Reinvested Dividends For CSQ (with Multiplier)

Date Purchased	Shares	Purchase Price	Current price	Cost	Value	Dividends	Pct Gain
09/15/11	18.89	$8.34	$12.11	157.50	228.82	46.19	74.6%
10/14/11	31.40	$8.25	$12.11	259.00	380.31	75.11	75.8%
11/15/11	30.12	$8.66	$12.11	261.00	364.90	70.49	66.8%
12/15/11	31.75	$8.28	$12.11	263.00	384.55	71.51	73.4%
01/03/12	31.20	$8.46	$12.11	264.00	377.99	67.56	68.8%
02/15/12	37.34	$9.51	$12.11	355.00	452.35	80.85	50.2%
03/14/12	36.31	$9.83	$12.11	357.00	439.84	76.07	44.5%
04/16/12	37.75	$9.54	$12.11	360.00	457.26	76.44	48.2%
05/14/12	37.55	$9.64	$12.11	362.00	454.88	73.41	45.9%
06/14/12	39.59	$9.22	$12.11	365.00	479.62	74.63	51.9%
07/13/12	38.81	$9.48	$12.11	368.00	470.06	70.43	46.9%
08/15/12	36.79	$10.07	$12.11	370.49	445.69	64.20	37.6%
09/13/12	36.90	$10.11	$12.11	373.00	446.96	61.80	36.4%
10/15/12	37.01	$10.16	$12.11	376.00	448.37	59.41	35.0%
11/15/12	40.36	$9.36	$12.11	378.00	488.95	61.96	45.7%
01/03/13	38.14	$9.99	$12.11	381.00	462.05	53.21	35.2%
02/07/13	36.73	$10.46	$12.11	384.00	444.88	48.66	28.5%
03/14/13	36.94	$10.45	$12.11	386.00	447.42	46.35	27.9%
04/08/13	37.03	$10.51	$12.11	389.00	448.51	43.88	26.6%
05/14/13	36.04	$10.86	$12.11	391.48	436.60	40.19	21.8%
06/13/13	38.67	$10.19	$12.11	394.00	468.41	40.41	29.1%
07/15/13	38.50	$10.31	$12.11	397.00	466.41	37.54	26.9%
08/13/13	39.26	$10.16	$12.11	399.00	475.51	35.53	28.1%
09/13/13	40.15	$10.01	$12.11	402.00	486.33	33.52	29.3%
10/08/13	40.25	$10.06	$12.11	405.00	487.55	30.79	28.0%
11/14/13	44.37	$10.39	$12.11	461.08	537.42	30.83	23.2%
12/13/13	44.41	$10.45	$12.11	464.18	537.92	27.75	21.9%
01/03/14	42.97	$10.87	$12.11	467.00	520.55	23.85	16.6%
02/14/14	43.10	$10.91	$12.11	470.30	522.10	20.90	15.5%
03/14/14	42.79	$11.06	$12.11	473.32	518.38	15.04	12.7%
04/14/14	51.48	$10.90	$12.11	561.00	623.62	17.09	14.2%
05/13/14	49.46	$11.44	$12.11	565.62	599.10	12.32	8.1%
06/16/14	48.30	$11.79	$12.11	569.70	585.09	8.02	4.1%
07/15/14	47.89	$11.98	$12.11	573.68	580.07	3.97	1.8%
08/15/14	49.55	$11.66	$12.11	577.63	600.23	-	3.9%

So these are just the monthly dividends - reinvested.  The beauty is that my dividends get dividends. That is truly sweet.  That is how you become the richest man in Babylon.