DFG March 2018 Dividend Income


The goal of dividend growth investing is to create an income stream from many companies that increase their dividend each year.  To protect the income stream they should also be a diversified set of stocks across the many sectors of the industry.  Let's see what companies worked for me and deposited those profits into my accounts.



Account
Company
Dividend ($)
Brokerage
International Business Machines Corp.
7.5
Brokerage
Old Republic International Corporation
76.64
IRA
Exxon Mobil Corporation
85.47
IRA
International Business Machines Corp.
100.5
IRA
Target Corporation
62
IRA
Archer Daniels Midland Co
33.5
IRA
Whitestone REIT
9.5
IRA
Old Republic International Corporation
161.66
IRA
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
0.31
IRA
Duke Energy Corp
5.34
IRA
Flowers Foods, Inc.
5.44
IRA
Finish Line Inc
2.88
IRA
GameStop Corp.
38
IRA
QUALCOMM, Inc.
10.26
IRA
Brinker International, Inc.
8.36
IRA
Mercury General Corporation
62.5
RothIRA
International Business Machines Corp.
6
RothIRA
VF Corp
0.46
IRA
Old Republic International Corporation
39
HSA
Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund Institutional Plus Shares
5.14

March Total
720.46

This represents a 39% increase of dividends received in March of last year.  If I were to leave my current portfolio alone and not deposit any more cash, in 20 years I could retire and live off of it.  That gives me some solace as I continue my job search. 


I hope you had a great month.  I look forward to reading your updates.

Regards,

DFG

Comments

  1. Dividend LifeApril 18, 2018 at 6:47 PM

    Congrats on a double-digit increase this month compared to last year - a 39% increase is great and on track to be a four-figure number next year! I'm curious how April will turn out now :)

    Best wishes,
    -DL

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  2. The Dividend KarmaApril 20, 2018 at 3:49 PM

    Excellent dividend income. 39% growth is awesome :)

    congratulations and keep up the good work.

    TDK.

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    1. Dividend Family GuyApril 24, 2018 at 7:17 AM

      Hopefully it continues even though OHI said it will have no dividend increases in 2018.

      Delete

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