October was huge. After years of steady saving, reinvesting, and making tough allocation decisions, Bert finally crossed the $30,000 forward dividend income mark. The number feels massive to type: $30,338 in projected annual dividends. I hit it, and I could not be more fired up. In today’s article, we will discuss the milestone, breakdown the numbers, and discuss how much capital is needed to reach the next goal.
Today’s post I wanted to focus on what stocks I’ve sold, the why and the realized gain or loss I experienced.
The next step in the article will be about what my plans are with the fresh capital or what I may have done after the sale.
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May was another fantastic month for dividend investors. The stock market continues its insane march upwards due to the resilient economy and the AI Boom. Finding stocks to buy is becoming harder and harder. That said, while we are waiting for buying opportunities to identify themselves, we are also letting our other investments do work for us. This article talks about our strong May dividend income!
The dividend increases continue to roll in during February. A TON of companies have announced dividend increases. In fact, so many companies have announced, tracking the dividend increases is proving to be a tough task. That is why in this article, we will aggregate dividend increases from 19 dividend growth stocks. This list includes Dividend Kings, Dividend Aristocrats, and plenty of other great dividend stocks that recently announced increases!
You know we are dividend investors! Heck, we are fully transparent and share our full dividend stock portfolios on our website. With that said, we also have a few investments that aren’t dividend stocks. The alternative investments have grown to over $12,000. While this represents approximately 2% of our overall portfolio, the value has become a meaningful sum. Therefore, in this article, I’ll share 3 investments that are not stocks! Continue reading
The S&P 500 continues to amaze and swing wildly. With the news about inflation and interest rate hikes contstantly changing, the stock market is prone to large positive and negative swings. Of course, when the market goes down, we get excited because it gives us an opporunity to buy some undervalued dividend growth stocks! Today’s article will feature two dividend stocks that I’m going to be watching over the next few weeks. We will discuss the companies and run them through the Dividend Diplomats Dividend Stock Screener!
