Monthly update: Suspect I will be holding down the bottom as long as oil is. DVK: sensiblestocks.com ...............Current Value Prior Value Period Change %Change Estimated Income Estimated Yield June Totals.. $333,343.28.. $346,002.32.. ($12,659.04)... (3.7)%. $17,063.69... 5.1% July Totals... $333,532.16.. $333,343.28..../.. $188.88....... 0.1%.. $17,602.97... 5.3% Since Jan. 1, 2015: Nasdaq 4727 to 5128 =................ +8.48% S+P 500 2058 to 2104 =.............. +2.2% DVK SS $81,250 to $80,930 =...... -.39% Dow 17833 to 17,690 = ................ -0.80% My IRA $344,503 to $333,532 = .. -3.18% BRK.A $223,600 to $214,000 =...... -4.29% Since inception Jan. 1, 2010: Nasdaq 2269 to = 5128 ............. +130.7 (includes total 4.70 yield for 2010 thru 2014 ) BRK.A 99,200 = to $214,000= ...+115.7% S+P 500 1115 to 2104 =............ +97.9% (includes total 9.19 yield for 2010 thru 2014 ) DVK SS $41,706 to $80,930 =... +94.0% My IRA $178,517 to $333,532 = +86.8% Dow 10428 to = 17,690 ...............+81.0% (includes total 11.45 yield for 2010 thru 2014 ) Bottom line, estimated income: End Jan. 2010 $11,134 End Dec. 2010 $13,160 End Dec 2011 $14,836 End Dec. 2012 $17,371 End Dec. 2013 $18,563 End Dec. 2014 $22,093 End July 2015 $17,603 July dividends: $1140.51 Actual dividends received: 2010 total $12,317 2011 total $14,160 2012 total: $16,497 2013 total: $19,421 2014 total: $20,564 2015 total: $11,530 Dividends: 07/31/2015 02:07:00 ORDINARY DIVIDEND (LTC) 51.00 --- 07/31/2015 02:04:07 ORDINARY DIVIDEND (UTG) 15.13 --- 07/30/2015 00:00:01 QUALIFIED DIVIDEND (BGS) 57.80 --- 07/28/2015 00:00:01 QUALIFIED DIVIDEND (LTS PRA) 50.01 --- 07/24/2015 00:00:01 QUALIFIED DIVIDEND (AMNF) 18.00 --- 07/17/2015 00:00:01 PARTNERSHIP DISTRIBUTION (BBEP) 16.66 --- 07/15/2015 16:49:20 QUALIFIED DIVIDEND (NM PRH) 53.91 --- 07/15/2015 00:00:01 QUALIFIED DIVIDEND (OXY) 189.00 --- 07/15/2015 00:00:01 ORDINARY DIVIDEND (O) 171.00 --- 07/10/2015 00:00:01 QUALIFIED DIVIDEND (PM) 95.00 --- 07/10/2015 00:00:01 QUALIFIED DIVIDEND (MO) 104.00 --- 07/09/2015 00:00:01 ORDINARY DIVIDEND (MPW) 319.00 --- Trades: 07/24/2015 15:58:12 Bought 100 TIS @ 22.91 -2,299.00 --- 07/22/2015 13:14:11 Bought 50 VZ @ 46.19 -2,317.50 --- 07/22/2015 09:39:32 Bought 100 VZ @ 46.47 -4,655.00 --- 07/21/2015 13:04:31 Bought 100 OGE @ 28.0599 -2,813.99 --- 07/21/2015 10:25:22 Bought 100 VZ @ 46.8886 -4,696.86 --- 07/14/2015 14:13:07 Sold 100 LTS PRA @ 24.372 2,429.15 --- 07/14/2015 14:11:35 Bought 120 OGE @ 28.7 -3,452.00 --- 07/10/2015 09:33:36 Bought 56 VTR @ 63.99 -3,591.44 --- 07/08/2015 15:58:46 Bought 35 PM @ 81.68 -2,866.80 --- 07/08/2015 15:42:40 Sold 100 NM PRH @ 18.1301 1,804.97 --- 07/06/2015 13:22:26 Sold 150 NRF PRE @ 25.3372 3,792.51 2015 trading costs $824 Holdings - cash $12,535 Not listing "other" holdings. BBEP, SDRL, and KMI+ staying for the duration. 200 shares LTS-A for sale down the line. Current holding dividend side: Symbol Company Name # of shares held Annual Dividend Per Share Total Dividend AMLP Alerian MLP ETF 200 1.18 236 AMNF Armanino Foods of Distinction 1,000 0.072 72 BBL BHP Billiton PLC 60 2.48 148 BGS B&G Foods Inc. 170 1.40 238 CLMT Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP 574 2.74 1572 CVX Chevron Corporation 192 4.28 822 GIS General Mills, Inc. 43 1.64 71 HP Helmerich & Payne, Inc. 55 2.75 151 JNJ Johnson & Johnson 30 2.80 84 KMI Kinder Morgan, Inc. 1,000 1.96 1960 LTC LTC Properties Inc 300 2.04 612 MO Altria Group Inc. 200 2.08 416 MPW Medical Properties Trust Inc. 1,450 0.88 1276 NRF NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. 446 1.60 714 O Realty Income Corporation 900 2.28 2052 OGE OGE Energy Corp. 220 1.00 220 OHI Omega Healthcare Investors Inc 88 2.20 193 OXY Occidental Petroleum Corporation 252 3.00 756 PG The Procter & Gamble Company 45 2.65 119 PM Phillip Morris Company 130 4.00 520 SO Southern Company 88 2.17 191 SPAN Span-America Medical Systems Inc 145 0.64 92 T AT&T, Inc. 224 1.88 421 TIS Orchids Paper Products Company 200 1.40 280 UTG Reaves Utility Income Fund 100 1.815 182 VGR Vector Group Ltd. 450 1.60 720 VTR Ventas, Inc. 200 3.16 632 VZ Verizon 200 2.20 440 WMB Williams Companies Inc 235 2.36 554 WPZ Williams Partners L.P. 335 2.36 790 Total YOC 9.26 16,534