Money and Finance
December was a great month for dividends. I was nearly able to double September's payout in my FI portfolio which was my previous high month, but December set a new personal record with $314.48 received. The majority of companies that I own payout on the March, June, September, December schedule so I always have my largest months then. It's amazing to see that after the 1st quarter of the year my forward 12-month dividends were only around $450 and this month alone I received almost 70% of that in my taxable account. My Roth IRA also saw it's biggest month yet with 3 scheduled payouts and then Wal-mart's acceleration of their usual January payout to allow shareholders avoid the potential jump in tax rates.
- Dividend Update - February 2013
March 1st has rolled around so it's time for another installment of my Dividend Update. This is my favorite of my monthly updates since my ultimate goal is to reach early FI and live off my dividend income. February wasn't the best of months,...
- Dividend Update - January 2013
January was an okay month for dividends but still a far cry from December's personal record. I ended up having 2 companies pay in my FI portfolio and 1 in my Roth IRA. Normal January's from now on would see 3 pay outs in the FI portfolio but...
- Investing Milestone
In December I passed $300 in monthly dividends received. Granted I would have fallen about $10 short had Medtronic and Caterpillar not accelerated their 1Q 2013 payouts to 4Q 2012, but I'll take it. It's great to see the progress that...
- Dividend Update - October 2012
October was a slow month as expected for dividend payouts with only 2 companies paying out in my FI portfolio and only 1 company paying in my Roth IRA. In my FI portfolio, my forward 12-month dividends to start the month stood at just over $930 and...
- Dividend Update - September 2012
September was an awesome month for dividend payouts with 13 companies paying me in my FI portfolio and 3 in my Roth IRA. The month also brought my first $100+ month of dividends for my FI portfolio which I blew past with $165 in dividends. With the...
Money and Finance
Dividend Update - December 2012
December was a great month for dividends. I was nearly able to double September's payout in my FI portfolio which was my previous high month, but December set a new personal record with $314.48 received. The majority of companies that I own payout on the March, June, September, December schedule so I always have my largest months then. It's amazing to see that after the 1st quarter of the year my forward 12-month dividends were only around $450 and this month alone I received almost 70% of that in my taxable account. My Roth IRA also saw it's biggest month yet with 3 scheduled payouts and then Wal-mart's acceleration of their usual January payout to allow shareholders avoid the potential jump in tax rates.
I made 5 purchases in my FI portfolio this month by starting new positions in Medtronic and Phillip Morris as well as adding to my position in Target twice and adding to my new Medtronic position. These 5 purchases will add $270 in annual dividends before further increases or reinvestment. My forward 12-month dividends for my FI portfolio now sits at $1,770.93 and for my Roth IRA they're at $203.03
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- Dividend Update - February 2013
March 1st has rolled around so it's time for another installment of my Dividend Update. This is my favorite of my monthly updates since my ultimate goal is to reach early FI and live off my dividend income. February wasn't the best of months,...
- Dividend Update - January 2013
January was an okay month for dividends but still a far cry from December's personal record. I ended up having 2 companies pay in my FI portfolio and 1 in my Roth IRA. Normal January's from now on would see 3 pay outs in the FI portfolio but...
- Investing Milestone
In December I passed $300 in monthly dividends received. Granted I would have fallen about $10 short had Medtronic and Caterpillar not accelerated their 1Q 2013 payouts to 4Q 2012, but I'll take it. It's great to see the progress that...
- Dividend Update - October 2012
October was a slow month as expected for dividend payouts with only 2 companies paying out in my FI portfolio and only 1 company paying in my Roth IRA. In my FI portfolio, my forward 12-month dividends to start the month stood at just over $930 and...
- Dividend Update - September 2012
September was an awesome month for dividend payouts with 13 companies paying me in my FI portfolio and 3 in my Roth IRA. The month also brought my first $100+ month of dividends for my FI portfolio which I blew past with $165 in dividends. With the...