- Baxter (BAX) - $26.74
- Walt Disney Co(DIS) - $75.90
- General Electric Co (GE) - $52.90
- Kansas City Southern (KSU) - $5.74
- McCormick & Company Inc (MKC) - $12.06
- Altria (MO) - $55.28
- Nike (NKE) - $14.00
- Realty Income Corp. (O) - $26.47
- Philip Morris International (PM) - $71.37
- Union Pacific Corp (UNP) - $30
- Western Digital Corp (WDC) - $9.60
- Wal-mart Stores Inc (WMT) - $1.35
Total dividends received so far in 2015: $381.41
Projected forward yearly dividend income: $6,924.53
Projected forward average monthly dividend income: $577.04
Portfolio market value: $226,792.19
Alpha,
ReplyDeleteExcellent income in what is often a slow month for most people. There are auite a lot of companies on your list that I'd love to add to my portfolio too one day soon.
Keep it up, looking forward to see you break the $7,000 forward income barrier.
Cheers,
NMW
Hi NMW,
DeleteI've mostly been paying of margin from last October when I bought a bit more on the dip. This month that should all be paid off. I will be adding some MDT and PEP to raise the income for this month as those are quality companies that pay out in January. I also bought some DPS which also pays out in January. -- but even with that, this kind of dividend ladder still tilts heavily toward the third month when most companies pay their dividend. It might not be a bad idead to track it over a quarterly basis instead of over a monthly basis at some point in the future.
ARCP temporarily cut its dividend, which is a bit of a bummer as that would have added $60 a month, but it should come back later this year, which will be nice - we'll see what kind of payout they are doing then. On the other side GILD (which is one of my larger positions) just initiated a dividend (and a buyback too) so that is a nice boost.
The coming months are great because most companies announce their new higher dividends. I call it 'dividend growth season' :).
UNP (+10%),
DPS (+17%),
WDC (+25%),
GILD (initiated at 1.61% yield or $0.43/share quarterly -- this announcement added $14 a month to my forward projected average income),
... all great upwards 'suprises' and the season has just started.
Thanks for stopping by and I look forward to seeing both of us breaking some of those income barriers during the coming years!
Hey Alpha ! Just found out your blog and found it inspiring that you can achieve FI without only investing in index funds, keep up the good work !
ReplyDeleteHey Chasing Gains,
Deletesure you can achieve Fi without the index funds. They are nothing more than a bucket of stocks, I simply like putting my own bucket together. That bucket is designed based on my own (risk) criteria and (income) goals.
I just checked out your blog and you are years ahead of your peers. Starting your journey to FI at 18 is impressive.
So invest in yourself:
- read a lot of books,
- lots of eduction can be gained for free from a library without expensive costs of degrees (my library lends out ebooks and audiobooks too),
- pick a career that makes money first and that you enjoy doing (in that order :) )
- and finally live below your means so you can save and invest the remainder.
I only started investing in my late twenties and it was an eye-opening experience. So keep learning and side-hustlin' for some cash whilst you work/study on your own career.
All the best and good luck on your journey too!