FTSE 100 flat, busier for reporting

The FTSE 100 is flat on the week and is trading just above the 7000 level.

The past week has been busier than expected and the week ahead is very busy with a good number of companies from the FTSE 100 reporting to the market.

Going ex dividend this coming Thursday with yields in excess of 2% from the single dividend we have Northern Venture Trust (7.8% special plus 2.6% Ordinary), Gulf Keystone Petroleum (5%), SSE (3.8%), New River Reit (3.5%), Jarvis Securities (2.8%) and Bloomsbury Publishing (2.7% special plus 2.1% ordinary)

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GENERATOR

Portfolio Summary

With a DividendMax subscription you can keep track of your portfolio performance using our Generator tool. This shows the example DividendMax portfolio. Click here to see the Generator in action.

Portfolio	Current Value	Capital Gain	Total Dividends	Total Gain
DividendMax Trading Portfolio	£4.79m 2.8%	£2.51m +240.7%	£1.28m +122.7%	£3.8m +364.1%

DividendMax Trading Portfolio

Company	Shares	Avg Price	Outlay	Dividends Paid	Current Value	Capital Gain	Total Gain
🇬🇧 Retailer	600000	92.61p	£555,634	£24,000	£209,700	-£345,934 -62.3%	-£321,934 -57.9%
🇬🇧 Gas, Water & Multiutilities Company	10000	770.33p	£77,033	£48,519	£124,000	£46,967 61.0%	£95,486 124.0%
🇬🇧 Support Services Company	300000	63.22p	£189,654	£12,300	£129,600	-£60,054 -31.7%	-£47,754 -25.2%
🇬🇧 Travel & Leisure Company	50000	226.15p	£113,073	£19,500	£35,250	-£77,823 -68.8%	-£58,323 -51.6%
🇬🇧 Support Services Company	500000	19.1p	£95,485	£7,500	£165,000	£69,515 72.8%	£77,015 80.7%
🇬🇧 Aerospace & Defence Company	20000	1005.05p	£201,010	£14,428	£512,800	£311,790 155.1%	£326,218 162.3%
🇬🇧 Retailer	45000	1370.11p	£616,547	£19,350	£367,200	-£249,347 -40.4%	-£229,997 -37.3%
🇬🇧 Mining Company	25000	1369.36p	£1,095,490	£118,015	£557,250	£130,415 11.9%	£248,430 22.7%
🇬🇧 Retailer	10000	371.95p	£37,195	£7,170	£13,810	-£23,385 -62.9%	-£16,215 -43.6%
🇬🇧 General Industrials Company	10000	873.45p	£87,345	£2,830	£79,260	-£8,085 -9.3%	-£5,255 -6.0%
🇬🇧 Industrial Metals Company	100000	263.32p	£263,320	£246,165	£600,600	£337,280 128.1%	£583,445 221.6%
🇬🇧 Retailer	5000	5174.44p	£517,444	£40,425	£401,000	£245,546 47.5%	£285,971 55.3%
🇬🇧 Leisure Goods Company	600000	100.75p	£1,017,613	£74,903	£466,200	-£198,333 -19.5%	-£123,430 -12.1%
🇬🇧 Mining Company	6000	3757.02p	£225,421	£121,627	£350,760	£125,339 55.6%	£246,965 109.6%
🇬🇧 Electricity Company	1500000	12.03p	£180,400	£0	£183,750	£3,350 1.9%	£3,350 1.9%
🇬🇧 Media Company	125000	141.71p	£1,027,401	£56,900	£149,875	£7,124 0.7%	£64,024 6.2%

OPTIMIZER

Here’s what is currently top in the Optimizer over 3 dividends:

Company	Price	Dividends	Yield (Total)	Yield (Annualized)	Market Cap	Cover	CADI	FDI
🇬🇧 General Financial Company	33.0p	6.75p	20.5%	27.3%	£14mn	1.5	0	0.0%
🇬🇧 General Financial Company	72.5p	13.5p	18.6%	24.9%	£125mn	1.0	0	0.0%
🇺🇸 Real Estate Investment Trust	513.0c	19.5c	3.8%	21.7%	$264mn		0	-1.3%
🇬🇧 Travel & Leisure Company	40.5p	6.1875p	15.3%	20.4%	£89mn	1.0	0	0.0%
🇬🇧 Company	72.5p	16.0p	22.1%	20.2%	£92mn		0	10.0%
🇭🇰 Company	78.0c	18.46c	23.7%	19.3%	HK$18.8bn	1.4	1	30.0%

For more, go to the Optimizer.

COUNTDOWN

The following shares go ex-dividend soon.

A DividendMax subscription includes all declared and forecast dividends for the next 12 weeks.

Company	Dividend		Current Price	Return	Ex-Div Date	Pay Date	Type	Status
🇬🇧 Northern Venture … (NVT)	6p		£0.77	7.8%	29 Jul 2021	20 Aug 2021	Special	Declared
🇪🇸 Aedas Homes S.A.U. (AEDAS)	140¢		€26.40	5.3%	28 Jul 2021	30 Jul 2021	Final	Declared
🇬🇧 Gulf Keystone Pet… (GKP)	8.559p		£1.70	5.0%	29 Jul 2021	06 Aug 2021	Special	Declared
🇬🇧 SSE Plc. (SSE)	56.6p		£14.99	3.8%	29 Jul 2021	23 Sep 2021	Final	Declared
🇵🇱 Bank	133gr	est	zł37.42	3.6%	27 Jul 2021	11 Aug 2021	Final	Forecast
🇬🇧 NewRiver REIT Plc (NRR)	3p		£0.85	3.5%	29 Jul 2021	03 Sep 2021	Quarterly	Declared
🇺🇸 VOC Energy Trust … (VOC)	16c		$4.70	3.4%	29 Jul 2021	13 Aug 2021	Quarterly	Declared
🇬🇧 Jarvis Securities (JIM)	8.5p		£3.05	2.8%	29 Jul 2021	05 Aug 2021	Special	Declared
🇬🇧 Bloomsbury Publis… (BMY)	9.78p		£3.66	2.7%	29 Jul 2021	27 Aug 2021	Special	Declared
🇬🇧 CQS New City High… (NCYF)	1.47p		£0.57	2.6%	29 Jul 2021	31 Aug 2021	Quarterly	Declared
🇬🇧 Northern Venture … (NVT)	2p		£0.77	2.6%	29 Jul 2021	20 Aug 2021	Interim	Declared
🇺🇸 BP Midstream Part… (BPMP)	34.75c		$13.96	2.5%	28 Jul 2021	12 Aug 2021	Quarterly	Declared
🇩🇪 Porsche Automobil… (PAH3)	221¢		€91.74	2.4%	26 Jul 2021	28 Jul 2021	Final	Declared
🇺🇸 Phillips 66 Partn… (PSXP)	87.5c		$37.25	2.3%	29 Jul 2021	13 Aug 2021	Quarterly	Declared
🇺🇸 Antero Midstream … (AM)	22.5c		$10.04	2.2%	27 Jul 2021	11 Aug 2021	Quarterly	Declared