Dividend Income Report: November 2023
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by Dividend Quest
4M ago
I hope you and yours had a great Thanksgiving in November. Here in the Pacific Northwest, after several sunny but cold days (and colder nights), the usual rain is back and drenching the region’s lower altitudes (and snow is appearing at the hilltops and nearby mountains). After much procrastination, we had our fence replaced. It was in bad shape with rotted out posts, so we had it rebuilt with metal posts this time. It wasn’t a cheap job, but fortunately my neighbor and I split the cost 50/50. As for the stock market, November was pretty good, with my dividend portfolio seeing minor gains. Wit ..read more
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Dividend Income Report: October 2023
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by Dividend Quest
5M ago
October was a typical autumn month. The trees have almost completely shed their leaves, the nights and early mornings have become quite cold (with a few reaching freezing), and the rain becoming even more frequent. Some days you just want camp out on the sofa and take in a couple movies while drinking hot chocolate. As for the market, the month was largely rather depressing as there were more down days than up, but the final days of the month saw a ray of optimism in the market with the Fed not raising interest rates, so hopefully November will see a substantial rally. Let’s do the numbers and ..read more
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Dividend Income Report: September 2023
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by Dividend Quest
5M ago
(Sorry for being late to post again, but I just didn’t feel the urge for most of this month.) Well, summer is definitely over and autumn is in full swing. Trees are shedding their leaves, rain is becoming more frequent, and it’s becoming more colder as we steadily march towards winter. Regarding the market, September was a bleak month with the Dow going down as often as it went up. So let’s do the numbers and see how my dividend income performed in September. ARR $44.00 AWP $44.00 CIK $22.50 CLM $73.68* DHY $27.13 EDF $15.00* EHI $26.80* EXG $82.95* NCV $23.80 PFN $32.31 USA $48.00 ZTR $15.00 ..read more
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Dividend Income Report: August 2023
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by Dividend Quest
7M ago
August is over and for the most part, so is summer. Here in the Pacific Northwest, August saw a week long heat wave with 100°+ F temperatures. Once the heat wave broke, it wasn’t long before the rain came for a few nights in a row. As for the market, things looked well at first, but the third week of August saw a noticeable dip in the market. It has recovered a bit, but still not back to the highs of early August. As for my dividend income for August, let’s do the numbers and find out: ARR $14.00 AWP $44.00 BGY $33.80* CIK $22.50 CLM $49.12* DHY $27.13 EDF $15.00* EHI $26.80* EXG $82.95* NCV ..read more
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Dividend Income Report: July 2023
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by Dividend Quest
8M ago
I hope you’re enjoying your 2023 summer. I haven’t done any travel or done anything special other than attending pleasant family gatherings at a local lake for three of July’s five Saturdays. Regarding the stock market, it has been muddling along, but yesterday the market took an approximately 1% hit with the recent Fitch Ratings downgrade of the US’s credit rating, from AAA to AA+. It’s unknown whether this impact will be just a brief blip and the market bounces back, or if it will be more prolonged and drag the market down. Let’s do the numbers see how my dividend income fared in July: ARR ..read more
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Dividend Income Report: June 2023
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by Dividend Quest
9M ago
June was a strange month. After a hot first week, the middle of the month turned quite cool feeling more like early spring than early summer with cold nights and a few days that were cool enough to warrant wearing a jacket. Weird. Regarding the stock market, the market seems to have recovered from the gov’t debt ceiling worries and has moved on. Hos did I do in June? Let’s do the numbers and find out! ARR $12.00 AWP $44.00 BGY $33.80* CIK $22.50 CLM $49.12* DHY $27.13 EDF $15.00* EHI $26.80* EXG $82.95* NCV $23.80 PFN $32.31 USA $45.00 ZTR $24.00* TOTAL $438.41 * Includes Return of Capital Eh ..read more
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Dividend Income Report: May 2023
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by Dividend Quest
9M ago
First, let me apologize to my regular visitors. This post is extremely late and there’s no excuse for not getting this out the door during the first week of June. Why so late? I simply didn’t feel like doing it. It’s that simple. With ever declining dividend income, my enthusiasm for posting about it has declined as well. Before my financial situation slowly took a turn for the worse, it was fun to report on my ever growing dividend income. But now, it has just become more depressing. Sure, I’ve gotten back into making stock buys (mainly ARR), but it hasn’t been enough to meaningfully slow th ..read more
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Dividend Income Report: April 2023
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by Dividend Quest
11M ago
Well, spring *finally* has arrived. April brought some rain to the Pacific Northwest, but starting a few days ago the temps started rising and days are largely sunny. Yay! As for the stock market, it has certainly had its ups and downs. The banking crisis seems to diminished, although it hasn’t completely gone away given the recent news about First Republic Bank’s government seizure and subsequent sale to JP Morgan. Concerns about the Federal debt ceiling and risk of the government defaulting is also weighing on the market. April saw inflation easing up a bit, which is good and I hope it conti ..read more
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Dividend Income Report: March 2023
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by Dividend Quest
1y ago
Goodbye March, hello April! Here in the Pacific Northwest, winter’s grip has loosened a bit but has not entirely given way to spring. A mix of snow and rain is in the forcast for tonight, but soon the expected temperatures are predicted to rise a bit, with more rain. In early March, the market got a bit scared by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and the ripple effect it was starting to have on other banks. But the situation seems to have stabalized and as a result the market has recovered bit. The Fed’s recent hike of interest by 0.25% didn’t help things either, but that was a largely expe ..read more
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Dividend Income Report: February 2023
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by Dividend Quest
1y ago
With February over, we’re a month closer to seeing the end of winter, although it seems winter isn’t done with us yet here in the Pacific Northwest. In February and March, we had plenty of snow and rain, certainly more than average for my area. As of the time of this writing, the markets are getting scared by an emerging banking crisis. It first began with Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse, and then by a growing list of troubled regional banks (First Republic Bank, PacWest, etc.). The FDIC has calmed things a bit with depositors, but bank investors are still worried. Hopefully the situation will ..read more
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