July 2021 Dividend Income
I received $114.61 in taxable dividend income for July 2021. This is a decent 7% improvement from last year at this time, and would be 14% ignoring my discontinued PPL payment (I sold PPL last year). ... Read More
June 2021 Dividend Income
I received $557.47 in taxable dividend income for June 2021. This tops my previous best month by $23! And tops my monthly total from a year ago by almost $90 or 19%. The gain is due quite a bit to my ... Read MoreHalftime Check-In | Portfolio Goals 2021
Back in February, I created 6 portfolio goals for the year. Now that we are six months through 2021, it’s time for a halfway point check-in! Before I even review my goals, I’ll go over my ... Read More
May 2021 Dividend Income
I received $137.21 in taxable dividend income for May 2021. To be honest, I feel like I’ve been stuck in the $100 range for a long time, and the monthly dividend chart shows that. My dividends i... Read More
April 2021 Dividend Income
I received $106.44 in taxable dividend income for April 2021. The biggest change in April between this year and last year is that I sold PPL, but made moderate increases in my other ten payers. Luckil... Read More
March 2021 Dividend Income
I received $525.88 in taxable dividend income for March 2021. VTI is my heavy hitter, but I also had 22 other payers this month. My third month of each quarter is always my best, but my income was 24%... Read More
February 2021 Dividend Income
I received $111.62 in taxable dividend income for February 2021. I’m pretty happy about this! AAPL, TXN, LOW, and ACN are 4 of the top 8 individual holdings in my portfolio, so even though I don... Read MorePortfolio Goals: 2021
Is mid-February too late to come up with some goals for the year? I hope not! I’ve never set solid investing goals, but they seem sort of fun. Since I had my financial “awakening” a ... Read More