Dividend Meter
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Compounding Dividends for Financial Independence. Welcome to the Dividend Meter – a journey of compounding stock dividends towards financial independence, and resource center for creating your own stock investment spreadsheet. Each month, we share transaction details of a real-life stock portfolio, including trades, dividend reinvestments, dividend increases, and dividend cuts.
Dividend Meter
4y ago
Time for an overdue Dividend Meter update! Yes, the dividend growth portfolio is still going strong, and so is the Dividend Meter Data Feed – our data import tool for helping you manage your own portfolio of dividend stocks in Google Sheets. Many of our readers have figured out they can monitor portfolio changes by viewing the live spreadsheet – just pop your email address into the sidebar widget for instant access. The spreadsheet has a “History” tab, which details all transactions. Going forward, the History tab will be the primary method of communicating how the Dividend Meter portf ..read more
Dividend Meter
5y ago
The Dividend Meter portfolio broke the $11k annual income barrier in April! Six small dividend increases and a position swap combined to raise the total annual income by $85.92 last month:
DateTotal Annual DividendsNotes4/30/2019$11,014.09AAPL dividend increase, raises meter reading $12.004/30/2019$11,002.09PEP dividend increase, raises meter reading $1.764/25/2019$11,000.33AVY dividend increase, raises meter reading $4.804/25/2019$10,995.53JNJ dividend increase, raises meter reading $10.004/24/2019$10,985.53XOM dividend increase, raises meter reading $18.004/11/2019$10,967.53TGE divid ..read more
Dividend Meter
5y ago
With a gain of $178.48 in March, the Dividend Meter portfolio inches closer to a new milestone of $11k in projected annual dividend income. Only four activity notes to report from last month:
DateTotal Annual DividendsNotes3/28/2019$10,928.17Purchased 15 additional shares of LYB at $83.62 with approximately $1,260 in accumulated cash dividends (IRA Rollover), raises meter reading $60.003/26/2019$10,868.17Deposited $1,000 in Roth IRA (2019 Contribution), purchased 17 shares of LYB at $84.65 with contribution and $400 in accumulated cash dividends, raises meter reading $68.003/20/20 ..read more