Portfolio Update: January 1st, 2016

    It is the beginning of the new year and so here is an updated snapshot of my portfolio as of January 1st, 2016. 2015 was a rough year for the TSX and my portfolios stocks for the most part ended down for the year. However, I have made great progress in growing my dividend income, and buying addition shares in my positions at lower prices.

Company	Ticker	Shares	Book Price	Current Price	Market Value	Dividend	Yearly Dividends	Portfolio %
Algonquin Power	TSE:AQN	370	$8.60	$10.91	$4,036.70	$0.12	$179.08	14%
BCE	TSE:BCE	60	$51.70	$53.46	$3,207.60	$0.65	$156.00	11%
Bank of Nova Scotia	TSE:BNS	58	$63.33	$55.97	$3,246.26	$0.70	$162.40	12%
Dream REIT	TSE:D.UN	164	$25.19	$17.37	$2,848.68	$0.56	$367.36	10%
Manulife Financial	TSE:MFC	42	$20.38	$20.74	$871.08	$0.17	$28.56	3%
Ntl. Bank of Canada	TSE:NA	6	$44.50	$40.31	$241.86	$0.52	$12.48	1%
Pembina Pipeline	TSE:PPL	70	$41.37	$30.15	$2,110.50	$0.46	$128.10	8%
Pizza Pizza Corp.	TSE:PZA	140	$14.07	$13.65	$1,911.00	$0.20	$114.24	7%
RioCan REIT	TSE:REI.UN	80	$28.48	$23.69	$1,895.20	$0.35	$112.80	7%
Royal Bank of Canada	TSE:RY	40	$74.95	$74.15	$2,966.00	$0.79	$126.40	11%
Suncor	TSE:SU	20	$43.10	$35.72	$714.40	$0.29	$23.20	3%
Toronto Dominion Bank	TSE:TD	44	$53.38	$54.24	$2,386.56	$0.51	$89.76	9%
Veresen	TSE:VSN	171	$15.41	$8.86	$1,515.06	$0.25	$170.93	5%
					Total Portfolio Value		Annual Dividends
					$27,950.90		$1,671.31

    At the end of last year, December 22 2014 my portfolio had a market value of $11,870.49 which was basically at its break even point. At that time my projected yearly dividends stood at $608.63 and I received $344.76 in dividends that year.

    Since then I have grown my portfolio by about $16,080 and projected yearly dividends by about $1,063! And in 2015 I received a total of $1,229.69 in dividend income!

    So, even though January 2016 has already started off a bit roughly since the putting together of this update, I am looking forward to an interesting year of buying opportunities and hopefully some stock price appreciation. Either way, I intend to continue building up my dividend income stream, as well as holding onto all my positions unless an actionable event takes place.