I received $127.99 in taxable dividend income for September 2022. This is my quiet month of the quarter, and the only increase year-over-year is due to dividend increases (aside from a few MDT shares purchased last October). A quarterly dividend income blog post might be a better fit for my current investing style, but I really enjoy looking at this each month!

It might not be too exciting, but that’s still enough income to cover a couple bills!

ticker	total_payout_2022	total_payout_2021
RSG	$23.76	$22.08
MDT	$21.76	$16.38
MO	$19.74	$18.90
KO	$13.64	$13.02
KMB	$9.28	$9.12
CINF	$8.97	$8.19
IFF	$8.97	$8.69
CSCO	$7.60	$7.40
CAH	$7.44	$7.36
EMN	$6.84	$6.21
	$127.99	$117.35

Dividend Growth

	percent_increase	annual_increase_dollars
IFF	2.53%	$0.89
MO	4.44%	$3.36
RSG	7.61%	$6.72
Total		$10.96

Same with my dividend income, there is not too much to write home about, especially with inflation. I’m still happy to see a 7%+ increase from RSG because it is one of my favorite companies I hold. I would have to invest $634 at my 1.73% portfolio yield to match this income boost.

Forward Dividend Income

Year: 2019	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
dividend_increases	$7.00	$3.10	$36.71	$4.55	$5.99	$22.83	$3.01	$5.04	$13.20	$6.44	$2.61	$29.35	$139.83
dividend_reinvestments	$2.47	$-12.99	$3.47	$2.02	$2.05	$4.22	$1.80	$1.60	$6.79	$1.78	$1.78	$9.57	$24.56
new_contributions	$-0.30	$6.03	$0.02	$1.06	$0.03	$-0.51	$188.35	$276.00	$147.06	$93.04	$146.50	$32.79	$890.06
Total	$9.17	$-3.86	$40.20	$7.63	$8.07	$26.54	$193.16	$282.64	$167.05	$101.26	$150.89	$71.71	$1,054.46

Year: 2020	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
dividend_increases	$1.44	$8.76	$18.54	$-52.15	$-22.73	$31.08	$3.81	$0.00	$19.47	$4.96	$20.70	$26.81	$60.69
dividend_reinvestments	$1.88	$1.55	$10.38	$9.07	$1.78	$7.85	$-3.23	$2.50	$8.02	$1.57	$2.07	$9.03	$52.47
new_contributions	$2.24	$17.81	$37.11	$-1.16	$9.41	$6.34	$-30.23	$11.93	$-0.25	$0.19	$19.35	$51.72	$124.48
Total	$5.56	$28.12	$66.03	$-44.24	$-11.54	$45.27	$-29.65	$14.43	$27.24	$6.72	$42.12	$87.56	$237.62

Year: 2021	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
dividend_increases	$1.08	$9.35	$28.05	$5.84	$8.97	$33.05	$5.49	$15.20	$8.72	$10.96	$23.99	$27.55	$178.25
dividend_reinvestments	$1.61	$1.62	$8.89	$1.64	$1.95	$7.12	$1.21	$1.83	$8.37	$0.92	$1.30	$7.12	$43.58
new_contributions	$68.26	$59.71	$67.00	$61.99	$56.84	$101.67	$42.09	$75.06	$54.36	$31.38	$30.54	$39.28	$688.17
Total	$70.95	$70.68	$103.94	$69.47	$67.76	$141.84	$48.79	$92.09	$71.45	$43.26	$55.83	$73.95	$910.01

Year: 2022	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
dividend_increases	$2.52	$9.18	$20.61	$7.04	$2.74	$66.28	$6.69	$30.00	$36.09	$10.96	$0.00	$0.00	$192.11
dividend_reinvestments	$1.67	$2.33	$7.58	$1.61	$2.58	$11.99	$1.95	$2.65	$14.33	$2.17	$0.00	$0.00	$48.86
new_contributions	$15.38	$12.51	$29.37	$303.87	$41.92	$32.74	$46.53	$187.15	$88.91	$37.26	$0.00	$0.00	$795.65
Total	$19.57	$24.02	$57.56	$312.52	$47.24	$111.01	$55.17	$219.80	$139.33	$50.39	$0.00	$0.00	$1,036.61

I almost beat 2019 in the first 10 months of 2022! It looks like it will take one more month. That’s a really ambiguous way to measure success, but I’m glad to see it. I just focused on consistent contributions and didn’t stretch.

Purchases – VTI

12.67 shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market Index (VTI) @ $183.86/share. Cost Basis: $2,329.74. Forward Income: $39.43/year.

Another month of a huge discount compared to earlier in the year. That’s good and bad! I’d love a smooth, slow line that always goes slightly up but it’s nice to still contribute when prices are lower.