Money and Finance
It's February dividend update time! My dividend total for February was $292.68 which is a 9% improvement over last year. I'm a bit disappointed with this result which was largely due to selling my position in KMI after the dividend cut they announced. I took some of the KMI money and bought some shares of AT&T to make up for a bit of that lost high yield but it wasn't nearly enough. In contrast my last quarters income was $336.79 so I've got some making up to do.
I can't blame it all on KMI though, I also did not receive my Kraft Heinz dividend since it paid in January. All of this added up to a slightly weak quarter but it's nothing I'm too worried about. I'm still forecasting strong quarterly growth overall in the future.
I made three purchases last month including PZA which is a tax free bond ETF and my first exposure to bonds. I also grabbed some more shares of Tompkins financial which I forgot to share.
February Purchases
- 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,...
- January Dividend Update
It's January dividend update time! My dividend total for January was $348.60 which is a 46% improvement over last year! This is also the largest dividend total ever for me. The big total was simply due to my regular monthly contributions and dividend...
- November Dividend Update
I finally got around to posting my November dividend update. Some of the delay was due to setting up my new computer which has been a bit of a pain but finally got it going more or less. In November the markets have been under some volatility partially...
- May Dividend Update
May has come and gone so it's time for my monthly dividend update! My May dividend total was $276.76 which is up slightly from the $268.88 that I made last quarter in February. This is nearly beat out my best month ever just last month! In comparison,...
- February Dividend Update
I finally broke through the $200 barrier this month! My total dividend income for February totaled $207.52 making this my highest dividend total ever. This is a slight improvement over last quarter where I earned $193.80 in November and it is far more...
Money and Finance
February Dividend Update
It's February dividend update time! My dividend total for February was $292.68 which is a 9% improvement over last year. I'm a bit disappointed with this result which was largely due to selling my position in KMI after the dividend cut they announced. I took some of the KMI money and bought some shares of AT&T to make up for a bit of that lost high yield but it wasn't nearly enough. In contrast my last quarters income was $336.79 so I've got some making up to do.
I can't blame it all on KMI though, I also did not receive my Kraft Heinz dividend since it paid in January. All of this added up to a slightly weak quarter but it's nothing I'm too worried about. I'm still forecasting strong quarterly growth overall in the future.
I made three purchases last month including PZA which is a tax free bond ETF and my first exposure to bonds. I also grabbed some more shares of Tompkins financial which I forgot to share.
February Purchases
- Flowers Foods (FLO) - 56 Shares @ $21.44
- Tompkins Financial (TMP)- 19 Shares @ $55
- PowerShares National AMT-Free MuniBd ETF (PZA) - 78 @ $25.80
- AT&T (T) - From .47 to .48 (+2.1 %)
- AT&T (T) - $108
- WGL Holdings - (WGL) - $30.53
- General Mills (GIS) - $34.32
- Clorox (CLX) - $14.63
- Realty Income (O) - $19.85
- Proctor & Gamble (PG) - $22.54
- Peoples United Financial (PBCT) - $37.35
- Tompkins Financial (TMP) - $19.80
- Powershares National MuniBond ETF (PZA) - $5.66
- 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,...
- January Dividend Update
It's January dividend update time! My dividend total for January was $348.60 which is a 46% improvement over last year! This is also the largest dividend total ever for me. The big total was simply due to my regular monthly contributions and dividend...
- November Dividend Update
I finally got around to posting my November dividend update. Some of the delay was due to setting up my new computer which has been a bit of a pain but finally got it going more or less. In November the markets have been under some volatility partially...
- May Dividend Update
May has come and gone so it's time for my monthly dividend update! My May dividend total was $276.76 which is up slightly from the $268.88 that I made last quarter in February. This is nearly beat out my best month ever just last month! In comparison,...
- February Dividend Update
I finally broke through the $200 barrier this month! My total dividend income for February totaled $207.52 making this my highest dividend total ever. This is a slight improvement over last quarter where I earned $193.80 in November and it is far more...