August is in the books and I have calculated the results. One thing that is good about the market when you are dividend investing is those dividends come in wether the market is up or down. The market has been on a tear lately, which is good for my portfolio. Ticker Dividend
T $214.05
APPL $75.19
MAIN $29.66
O $12.65
OMF $72.80
OMF $364.00
ABBV $227.54
DHI $3.80
USHYX $57.89
Rily $8.50
Rily $25.50
SBUX $31.50
HBI $36.45
Total $1,159.53
You can see the results for themselves. OMF and Rily both paid special dividends which helped me get to $1,159.53 in dividends this month. HBI paid this month instead of September. This is first off month to go over $1,000.00 so I’m pretty excited about these results. 3 payments over $200.00 is pretty good.
This was a good month. Dividend increases this year has been kicking it. I won’t get as many next year. Almost half my rise from $10,000 in forward dividends to where I am now was driven by dividend increases. But I still should get quite a bit. I still have a few stocks that haven’t given an increase in awhile. This month was 104 percent higher than last year. Year over year I am 31.4 percent higher.
In my portfolio the top 10 stocks make up over 50 percent of my portfolio. The 10 spot is battle between DUK and XOM with DUK winning right now SBUX and KR are not that far behind.
Total portfolio value $338,427.37
Forward annual dividend $11,307.57
Trailing 12 months of Dividends $10,766.75 Expected dividend as of 2021 $10,585.14
Net worth as of March $531,103.33
Sells
Bought Rily, SBUX, CVX. Those were my main buys this month.
Dividend raises MO, MGIC, NRZ, FDUS
Future goals
Future portfolio value of $400000.00
Forward annual dividends of $15,000.00
Future net worth $750,000
This month I went over $40,300.10 in lifetime dividends.
As I wrap this months report up I’m very pleased with everything. This shows that no matter what you can do the same as I have done and the earlier you start the better off you will be. Just constant buying good quality stocks that raise their value and raise their dividends.
My life of investing and hobbies 
Alright! Congrats on getting over $1K on an off month! Love the ABBV payout. Keep up the great work! 😀
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Yeah I just added 3 more yesterday on the drop down. It’s one of my favorite stocks. I don’t think they will give as big of a dividend increase this time but it will be nice one. Thanks for stopping by.
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That is a decent payout for the worst month of a quarter! I agree I’m seeing the best increases I’ve seen in awhile and the year is not up.
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Got a few more left then get to start seeing what next years will look like. Thanks for stopping by.
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I wish I had more dividend increases coming this part of the year. I’m hoping to get some good ones next year also. This year was helped by some cuts from last year so hopefully in a few years. These raises will be back to this current level. Thanks for stopping by.
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Two special dividends… Love it! One over $300, too… tremendous.
You crossed $1K with plenty of margin. What an awesome month.
I have a few stocks that haven’t raised in over a year, too. Not every company has recovered from the pandemic yet.
You have plenty to smile about with this report… keep up the great work.
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Thank you
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Great stuff Doug.
wow those are some chunky payments. I wonder how low abbv will go, I may add to our position. congrats on hitting 1k in an off month!
keep it up
cheers
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I love ABBV of course I want to bring up other dividends Also. I’m hoping they give us a good dividend raise for next year. Thanks for stopping by.
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Congrats on these results, especially in an off-month! What a massive special dividend from OMF!
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Thank you. I like it. Even the regular dividend is good everything else is icing on the cake. Thanks for stopping by
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