End of March and the first quarter of 2024. Time flies when you are collecting dividends. This month I went over $75,000 in dividends collected in my lifetime. Nice accomplishment. Second highest dividend so far collected you can see those payments just getting nice and fat. 7 payments over $100. BAC didn’t get credited to my account so it will go on Aprils total. So next year this one will be more and April might show a loss. For the month of March I made $59.57 a day. Above shows the top 10. I didn’t capture last months top 10 because it was a day late when I remembered. This month is 61 ..read more

Well February is done and March is upon us. Time to see how I did this month. Share the laughs and the cries and the good news and the horrible news. It’s is always fun sharing my portfolio review with you guys and I enjoy reading lots of yours. Did my portfolio close above $15,000 for the month and did it close above $450,000 for the month those are lingering questions that need answering Look at that total inching up every month. ABBV led the way it is really growing in dividend and its total growth. This will be over $900 next year and May. Even the smallest which is DHI is nothing to sne ..read more

January is done and it is time to look at how I did. All I know is that dividends come in no matter how the market does. Did I hit $900.00 this month? Did I hit $450,000 dollars? As you can see a great month just shy of $900.00. 3 payers accounted for over 70 percent of my income. Reinvestment will keep those growing. April will bring in over $1000.00 due to bi yearly payers. This month is 16.10 percent higher than last January great start to year. Would love to keep this above 15 percent and I am on track to do that. Three payers over $100 and 2 closing in on $50. Raises this month saw VLO ..read more

This meme is always a good one for the quarter ending months. The month has ended and the year has concluded. Who can believe another year has ended and getting ready to start a new one. The exciting part of the end of the year is seeing how much dividend income I have collected over the past year. Looking at Decembers dividend haul it was amazing. The best month I have ever had. 7 payouts over $100.00 dollars and 3 others within striking distance of it with additions and dividend reinvesting. This month was my best month ever and it was 24.31 percent higher than last December. For the quart ..read more

November is over. I month left in 2023 markets were up and so were my dividends. No matter what the markets do my dividends keep coming in. One thing I want to do is try not to pick stocks that cut their dividends. I do have some higher yields that could cut the dividend that is a risk with the higher dividends. To minimize that risk I like to build up my other stocks at a greater rate to offset any cuts. A lot of people talk about emergency funds I have around $17,000 cash and another $18,000 in a mutual fund. I do draw the cash down to invest and then build it back up. Most of the money is ..read more

October Is finished and the market seemed spooked. The weather is turning cooler and winter will be upon us. But like clock work my dividends came in. I love waking up to dividends hitting my account. The goal I’m trying to achieve is to use dividends to pay off my credit cards and some bills. Start small then build up more each year. I plan on starting this around the age of 55. This month was awesome over $1000,00 dollars my fifth month this year over that amount. I am not to far from having every month above $1000. Earlier this year MPW cut its dividend. Being able to increase the amount ..read more

Fall is here the leaves are dropping but my dividends are rising. Cooler Temps but those dividends came in sizzling this month. More dividends than I have ever received. Best month ever. Over $1800.00. 7 payers over $100. FDUS payed a special which helps out tremendously. This month was 29.12 percent higher than last year. Quarterly was higher by 24.64 percent. Year over year to date is higher by 12.48 percent. This month I purchased SBUX, KR, MSFT, KDP, FLO, NEE, NXST. I sold WBA. Due to the sale my PADI decreased by about $21.00. Portfolio value dropped from last month and net worth droppe ..read more

August is done and I am here reviewing my portfolio. And looking at my dividend received. From the looks of it it was a great month. As far as life goes it’s still kind of hot during the day but cools down at night. Looks like a very great month marching in the right direction $924.60 in dividends were received. 7 stocks 1 mutual fund 4 payouts above $100.00. This month was 17.65 percent higher than last year. Year over year is 9.49 percent higher than last year. The market dropped the first part of the month but came back strong the last week or so. Erased some losses. But no matter what th ..read more

June is done and gone. Half the year gone and what do I have to show for it? Lots really. This month was amazing not only for the dividends but also for the portfolio growth. Best month ever. Overcame a $317.00 dollar special dividend from LYB last year. Honestly didn’t think I would come close, but I did barely. Dividend investing works. The results you can see as they speak for themselves. 6 companies paid me over $100.00. My high yield mutual fund is close to that Month over month I was .27 percent higher. Quarter of quarter over quarter is 9.5 percent higher than last year. Year over yea ..read more

Well May is underway that means it’s time for my April review and see how I did. One thing I know is that my dividends keep coming in no matter what the market does. To start off the first thing is I crossed over $400,000 this month in portfolio value on Apr 17. It did fall below but rebounded and finished the month above that amount. It took about 2 years and some change but I did it. Now we get to see how long it takes for the next $100,000. First time an April has been over $1000.00. RITM and MO paid me on the same day so that was a huge payday. That’s my record 2 months in a row over $10 ..read more