Seeking the Dividends

Happy December Everyone, Here is my monthly report on how I did last month for dividend income. I am happy to report some good progress was made! See below for the details: Taxable Accounts AT&T (T): $13.12 Verizon (VZ): $1.16 Apple (AAPL): $3.99 Abbott Laboratories (ABT): $9.10 Amerigas (APU): $24.48 Prospect Capital (PSEC): $19.43 Taxable Account Total: $71.28 Roth IRA Account Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD): $9.02 Abbott Laboratories (ABT): $6.54 Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI): $16.47 Roth IRA Account Total: $32.03 Overall Total Dividend Income for November 2016: $103.31 Forward 12-month Projected Dividend Income: $1,341.11 My Thoughts This is encouraging. Back in September, I was celebrating my first month eclipsing the $100 mark for dividend income in a month. Now I have a 2nd set of months where I have exceeded this mark (February/May/August/November). Also as I peak ahead to December I see a nice bump up in income, telling me that I will be well ...

Greetings folks, I'm a bit tardy, but I wanted to continue to show my monthly dividend income, to show my progress since starting dividend investing a few years back, and starting a DGI strategy this past March. See my numbers for October 2016 below: Taxable Accounts Viacom (VIAB) -  $3.20 Cardinal Health (CAH) - $6.73 Prospect Capital (PSEC) - $3.75 Cisco Systems (CSCO) - $4.94 New Residential (NRZ) - $17.94 Taxable Account Total: $36.56 Roth IRA Account iShares Core S&P Small Cap ETF (IJR) - $2.47 iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV) - $12.13 Cardinal Health (CAH) - $5.84 Prospect Capital (PSEC) - $15.53 Roth IRA Account Total: $35.97 Overall Total Dividend Income for October 2016: $72.53 Forward 12-Month Projected Dividend Income: $1,285.97 My Thoughts Unfortunately the January/April/July/October months are my lowest months for dividend income. I've been meaning to contribute more to the companies that pay in these months, to balance it out with...

Hello people, I am happy to report my highest dividend month to date! It was a joy to tally up the numbers for September. Take a look below: Taxable Accounts Cummins (CMI) - $8.20 Compass Minerals (CMP) - $1.39 Emerson (EMR) - $3.80 Flowers Foods (FLO) - $12.48 Intel (INTC) - $2.86 Prospect Capital - $19.12 Qualcomm (QCOM) - $22.96 Target (TGT) - $1.80 Vanguard REIT ETF (VNQ) - $3.63 Vanguard High Yield Dividend ETF (VYM) - $6.30 Walmart (WMT) - $1.50 Taxable Account Total: $84.04 Roth IRA Account Vanguard Growth ETF (VUG) - $0.75 Vanguard High Yield Dividend ETF (VYM) - $16.91 Roth IRA Account Total: $17.66 Overall Total Dividend Income for September 2016: $101.70 Forward 12-month Projected Dividend Income: $1,226.88 My Thoughts: I'm beginning to really like these months: March, June, September, and December. These tend to be the spikes in dividend income, as most of my holdings have payouts in these months. Consequently, the low points in dividend i...

I'm a bit late on this report, but better late than never. August was a good month, so I'm happy to report on my results. Taxable Accounts: Abbott Labs (ABT) - $9.10 Amerigas (APU) - $24.00 Apple (AAPL) - $3.99 AT&T (T) - $13.12 Prospect Capital (PSEC) - $18.97 Verizon (VZ) - $1.13 Taxable Account Total: $70.31 Roth IRA Account: Abbott Labs (ABT) - $6.50 TD Bank (TD) - $9.26 Roth IRA Total: $15.76 Overall Total Dividend Income for August 2016: $86.07 Forward 12-month Projected Dividend Income: $1,193.07 My Thoughts: This was a nice bounce-back month for me, as July was the low month of the last quarter. Buying shares of ABT while below $40/share definitely paid off, and it is a joy to see the dividends growing. It was also good to see a TD Bank dividend shortly after starting a position (just before the Ex-Dividend date). For some perspective, let's take a look at my dividend history: Month 2014 2015 2016 January $14.38 $14.42 February $49...