Hopefully your stomach has been able to endure the extreme volatility, as of late. April was a fairly positive month on the valuation front, but there are always stock opportunities. Let’s buckle up and read Lanny’s Dividend Stock Watch List – May Edition.
Hopefully your stomach has been able to endure the extreme volatility, as of late. We have literally seen 10%+/- swings on any given day recently. If there is time to stick to your sound dividend research and investment strategies, it is now. Let’s buckle up and read Lanny’s Dividend Stock Watch List – April Edition.
We are one month from the dividend income showdown in December. Yes, this month marks the preparation for the biggest dividend month of them all. Reviewing this current month’s dividend income results, reminds me that all of the hard work throughout the year is about to enter the dividend portfolio. November was a great month. There were unexpected news on dividend increases, as well as improvements along the way. Outside of this past month being freezing, with slight snow and too many leaves, collecting dividend income has warmed up my days! It’s time to dive in and review the results. 
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This was a busy week. After a month or so, my wife’s Roth IRA finally transferred from Capital One Investing to Ally Investing. With this transfer came a sign-up bonus and free trades for 3 months. So if you haven’t noticed, Lanny and I have been busy putting these free trades to work. We’ve had plenty of small purchases! When my wife’s account transferred over, there was some cash available from previous transfers and liquidated partial shares. So I decided to put the money to work and add to two positions that she currently owned!
December is THE BEST month to be a dividend growth investor. Not only is it the third month of the quarter the most popular month to pay a dividend, but December is also the month where mutual fund companies pay their capital gains distributions! Whoo. Lanny and I were refreshing Vanguard’s website hourly (okay, probably less frequent than that) since we were eagerly awaiting the results. For Lanny, the results WERE INSANE as he crossed $2,000 in dividend income for the first time ever. Lanny congratulations my man. Just incredible! While my portfolio is far behind his (one day I’ll catch you Lanny!), my December’s have historically been strong. If I ever had a chance to record a record level of dividend income and beat him this month, it would be in December. So now, let’s dive into the details and check out my December dividend income summary!
I cannot believe that I am writing this post for the final month in 2017. So many great things have happened in 2017 and I cannot wait to see what 2018 has in store for all of us. As investors, we have received some great (and some poor) dividend increases during the year. For the last time in 2017, I have compiled a list of dividend paying companies that are expected to announced dividend increases in December. Lanny and I spend so much time monitoring dividend announcements for a ton of companies, so we like to share some our research with all of you. This list isn’t all-inclusive, that would be impossible; but it includes the majority of the companies that we will be monitoring closely over the next 31 days. Now the fun begins. Let’s dive in and see which companies are expected to increase their dividend in December.
Thanksgiving….done. Black Friday and Cyber Monday have officially passed and the damage was not too significant. I sit here today in disbelief thinking that November is already over and 2018 is rapidly approaching. Time flies and it seems to only go by faster and faster with age. Now that the calendar has turned and we have entered THE BEST dividend income month of the year. But before we start counting down the days until we received our mutual fund distributions, I thought it would be a good idea to take a look and see how I performed in November. Here is my November Dividend Income Report.
