APR 24 Dividend and Portfolio Review

Another month down. Hard to believe 4 months have flown by. That means it’s time to look at my dividends and portfolio.

Dividends continue to come in they are the one thing that is basically constant a steady rising dividend income.

Dividends came in over $1000 this month. Because of Easter weekend BAC didn’t show up till April and one stock MGIC didn’t pay and MPW payed in May this is the second straight $1000 dollar month

Compared to last April my dividend income is 13.45 percent higher. Total for year is 12.5 percent higher. Trying to keep that above 15 percent for the year so have some work to do.

My PADI hit $15,000 again thanks to GOOG surprise dividend announcement. It will start paying a dividend in June which will be a big boost to my June dividends. The GOOG dividend announcement pushed my dividend raises back into positive territory for the year. OMF had a dividend announcement on April 30.

I forgot to swap 2 positions that switched but you can see them here. This total is 60.95 percent of my total portfolio value. The value dropped almost $5,000 from last month. But ironically my total portfolio value only fell about $600.00 dollars give a few dollars any way.

The seeds I planted are really starting to sprout. You can see the results month by month. Year by year.

Total portfolio value $478,899.65.              Forward annual dividend $15,254.75.
Trailing 12 months of Dividends $14,967.48. Expected dividend as of 2024 $14,452.24.
Net worth as of March 24 $717,885.70.
Sells
Bought KR, FLO, TGT, SBUX, AAPL, USHYX.         Dividend cuts none.                                    Dividend raises GOOG, and OMF. 
Future goals
Future portfolio value of $500,000.00
Forward annual dividends of $17,500.00
Future net worth $750,000. This month I went over $76,000 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

March 24 Dividend and Porfolio Review.

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 61.75 percent of my total portfolio value.

My net worth. Climbed over $700,000 for the first time ever. From the end of Quarter 3 2016 to the end of March I’m up 180 percent. From the end of 2023 I’m up 7.06 percent. From last March I’m up 20.85 percent.

My dividends are up 8.78 percent from last March. Total for the year is up 11.86 percent would like to see both numbers higher going forward.

Great month I had couldn’t ask for anything more portfolio is growing net worth is growing hopefully this continues.

Total portfolio value $479,566.86.              Forward annual dividend $14,903.09
Trailing 12 months of Dividends $14,825.14. Expected dividend as of 2024 $14,452.24.
Net worth as of March 24 $717,885.70.
Sells
Bought KDP, DUK, NEE, TGT, USHYX, R, RILY, AAPL, LYB, FLO.                                       Dividend cuts none.                                    Dividend raises none. 
Future goals
Future portfolio value of $500,000.00
Forward annual dividends of $15,000.00
Future net worth $750,000 This month I went over $75,000 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

January 24 Dividend and Portfolio Review

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, NXST, and TROW. Those raises added $49.16 to my PADI. No sells and some buys. Buys were AAPL, MGIC, ONL, DHI, RILY, LYB, KDP, CVX, and NEE

My portfolio value closed from the 23rd-30th above $450,000 then fell below on the 31st. Will February be the month it closes above $450,000?

Looking at the top 10 ABBV and GOOG switched spots those where the only switches this month. Top ten made up 62 percent of my portfolio value. That is lower than the 62.16 percent from last month.

While I shedded some gains I still was positive for the month as my portfolio grew. My dividends grew from last year.

Total portfolio value $447,919.56. Forward annual dividend $14,906.86
Trailing 12 months of Dividends $14,557.48. Expected dividend as of 2023 $10,781.04
Net worth as of December 23 $670,340.08
Sells
Bought AAPL, MGIC, ONL, DHI, RILY, LYB, KDP, CVX, and NEE. Dividend cuts none. Dividend raises VLO, NXST, and TROW
Future goals
Future portfolio value of $500,000.00
Forward annual dividends of $15,000.00
Future net worth $750,000 This month I went over $71,804.79 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

October 2023 Dividend and Portfolio Review

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 while withstanding the cut shows the snowball affect.

Looking at the top 10 KR moved up 1 and swapped places with CVX. PEG moved up and swapped places with ABBV. Top 10 made up 63.22 percent of total portfolio. A small drop from last time.

This month was 20.9 percent higher than last October. For the year I am 13.24 percent higher. As we close out this report the markets were lower in October but the dividends kept coming in and were higher. The snowball is growing and gaining momentum. Looking to the end of the year I can see about $14,200 in dividends this year

Total portfolio value $405,386.25 Forward annual dividend $14,385.16
Trailing 12 months of Dividends $13,884.92 Expected dividend as of 2023 $13,871.3
Net worth as of September 23 $627,847.21
Sells
Bought MSFT, NXST, OMF, ABBV, LYB. Dividend cuts none Dividend raises ABBV, V and XOM.
Future goals
Future portfolio value of $500,000.00
Forward annual dividends of $15,000.00
Future net worth $750,000
This month I went over $68,900.00 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

Jan 23 Dividend and Portfolio Review

Well Jan is over and the dividends are accounted for. The market goes up the market goes down but those dividends keep rolling in. They rolled right in and got the year started right.

Ticker Dividend
PPL $39.38
MO $336.67
MPW $34.54
KDP $37.20
USHYX $96.09
RITM $229.39
ONL $0.50
Total $773.77

Not a lot of companies but they pack a punch. A big punch. PPL cut it’s dividend then gave us a raise again so it’s lower than last year but overall I’m ahead. This month was 10.3 percent higher than last years dividend.

You can see the Top 10 above PEG and ABBV swapped places, MSFT moved up one and USHYX moved up 1, Mo dropped 2. Top 10 is still a high percentage of my overall portfolio. Nothing else is threatening to join the top 10 at the moment.

Overall pretty pleased with this month. Nice gain for the month. Purchases were PPL, AAPL, WBA, TROW, KR, NEE, CHRYY, FDUS. Those were my main buys this month

Dividend raises were impactful this month CVX, NXST, and VLO. First time VLO raised since 2020. This month $53.08 added in future dividends. Total for year is $107.79. Seems like I’m off to a good start in the dividend raise category this year. Hope it can continue.

My portfolio grew by $20,000 this month hopefully the growth can continue. But if not I’ll stack more dividends at a lower price. Looking forward to next month, dividends will be less but should grow the rest of the year barring any dividend cuts.

Total portfolio value $387,989.61
Forward annual dividend $12,768.88
Trailing 12 months of Dividends $12,605.22 Expected dividend as of 2022 $12,768.88
Net worth as of Dec 22 $560,747.99
Sells none
Bought PPL, AAPL, WBA, TROW, KR, NEE, CHRYY, FDUS.
Dividend raises. CVX, VLO, and NXST
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 $58,100 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.

July 22 Dividend and Portfolio Review

July is done and gone. Looks like after being down the markets came back big the last 3 days of the month. But no matter what my dividends hit the account. My July dividend delivered results.

Ticker Dividend
KO $42.68
PPL $38.93
MO $302.86
MPW $30.46
AQN $43.15
KDP $30.56
USHYX $70.59
NRZ $165.15
ONL $0.50
Amount $724.88

Mo really delivered. What can I say these results speak for themselves. PPL cut its dividend then raised it this last quarter. If they can deliver 10 percent dividend raises for the next couple of years that position will grow. I’m just excited about what this will look like in OCT when I have 2 semi annual dividends pay.

This months dividend is 9.7 percent higher than last July. On a year over year the dividend so far is 20 percent higher. One of my goals is to try to keep it around 20 percent or higher.

My purchases this month were MGIC and RILY those were my main purchases. No stock sales this month. GOOG did a split so I own a lot more shares of it. DUK, WBA, and R raised their dividend. No cuts this month.

My portfolio gained back some of the losses from this year by gaining around 8 percent. Looking at my top 10 KR fell out and was replaced by BAC. I am now back to 13 stocks over $10,000 dollars. Once I dreamed of getting 1 stock to $10,000 to have that many over that is like wow. Almost like a kid in a candy store. AAPL is my largest position by far at over $50,000 just by itself hopefully the can continue to grow even if not at the pace it has the last couple of years. Even at its large size I still add to it from time to time.

Looking forward to August I should receive about $780.00 in dividends which is less than last year but I had 2 stocks pay a supplemental dividend which won’t be paying this year.

Total portfolio value $375,402.72
Forward annual dividend $11,853.87
Trailing 12 months of Dividends $12,701.51 Expected dividend as of 2022 $12,167.91
Net worth as of MAR 22 $538,682.58
Sells
Bought MGIC, RILY. Those were my main buys this month.
Dividend raises. DUK, WBA, R.
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 $51,500.00 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.

June Dividend and Portfolio Review

June is done and in the history books. What a month it was. I will look at my dividends Portfolio and Net worth, and give you a synopsis of everything.

Ticker Dividends
KR $32.40
VLO $71.54
HBI $36.45
V $5.14
CVX $68.34
XOM $148.20
MSFT $34.54
WBA $41.14
MAIN $29.37
O $12.62
NEE $25.41
DUK $89.75
R $50.40
LYB $64.41
USHYX $64.14
FLO $34.37
BAC $56.52
FDUS $86.80
FDUS $22.40
PEG $232.77
MRCC $43.46
Total $1,250.17

What a great month for dividends. You can see this is firing on all cylinders. Twenty companies 21 payouts. This month is 18 percent higher than last June. Quarterly is up 30 percent. Total brought in so far this year is $5236.66 which is 23 percent higher than last year at this time. If I can keep the yearly above 25 percent I would be ecstatic.

My net worth I figure up quarterly and this last quarter it fell just shy of rising by about $30,000 dollars the main drivers of this are my portfolio and TSP which is now over $90,000. Since I started tracking this at the end of Q3 2016 my Net worth has grown 107 percent. Since last quarter it has grown 5.5 percent.

My overall portfolio has risen nicely the last quarter the value is over $316,000 dollars right now hitting that mark was great in early April. Top ten stocks have not changed much as they are the same all over $10,000. Except for a couple of position switches.

Total portfolio value $316,985.35
Forward annual dividend $10,895.80
Trailing 12 months of Dividends $10,064.06 Expected dividend as of 2021 $10473.32
Net worth as of March $531,103.33
Sells
Bought AQN, OMF, KR. Those were my main buys this month.
Dividend raises KR, BAC, O.
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 $37,300 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.

May Dividend and Portfolio Review

May has ended and it is time to look over my portfolio and dividends I received.

As far as the portfolio goes it was a bland month with it being up by less than $1000.00 dollars. I did add one new position. Bringing my total to 39 wonderful stocks. 38 of those stocks currently pay a dividend. The one new stock was RILY capital. It is my smallest allocation so far at .31 percent of the portfolio. The largest allocation is AAPL at 13.6 percent.

Ticker Dividend
T $214.05
APPL $75.06
ABBV $225.05
MAIN $29.22
O $12.62
SBUX $31.50
USHYX $60.96
OMF $65.80
DHI $3.80
RILY $6.50
RILY $32.50
Dividend $757.06

As you can see I had a fantastic month. 10 companies paying me 11 times. Most of my income comes from ABBV and T but some others are not to shabby.

This months dividend is 41.7 percent higher than last years May dividend. Total dividend for 5 months is 24.8 percent higher than last year

Total portfolio value $313,233.19
Forward annual dividend $10,779.68
Trailing 12 months of Dividends $9869.75 Expected dividend as of 2021 $9567.57
Net worth as of March $503,169.05
Sells
Bought CVX, OMF, RILY, HBI Those were my main buys this month.
Dividend raises LYB, FLO, KDP
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 $37,300 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.

Total Portfolio Value Update

Today it happened. I went over $300,000 total portfolio value. This is the first time tracking the total portfolio, so we will see how long it takes to hit the next $100,000 and if I end the month over I’ll update the monthly review. But even just ending a day like this is a great feeling. My portfolio is moving up.

February 21 Dividend and Portfolio Review

Another month down. This year is flying and the dividends are coming in. Dividend increases coming in at a nice pace.

Ticker Dividend
T. $214.05
APPL. $69.84
ABBV. $215.89
MAIN. $28.75
O. $12.59
CFFN. $31.73
USHYX $56.24
Amount $629.09

As you can see this was a great month growing dividends. SBUX put off their dividend till next month or it would have been higher. This month was 23.3 percent higher than last years dividend. Year over year total right now is 9.01 percent. Very happy considering last month was negative. This will be my last dividend for CFFN as I sold it off for OMF. Portfolio value is up 2.9 percent since the start of the year

I am moving forward and will soon have to update some of my future goals. Don’t know when but I imagine sometime this year at the way things are going. Even if I reach them next year it’s ok.

Total portfolio value $278,932.04
Forward annual dividend $10,324.11
Trailing 12 months of Dividends $9176.46 Expected dividend 2021 $7176.30
Net worth as of December $469,714.13
Sells CFFN, BRK.B
Bought OMF, NEE, KR, and NRZ, ABBV. Those were my main buys this month.
Dividend raises KO, MPW, NEE FDUS, PEG
Future goals
Future portfolio value of $300,000.00
Forward annual dividends of $15,000.00
Future net worth $500,000
This month I went over $34,500 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.

How was your month? Let me know in the comments.