What a month it has been in the stock market! The tradition, however, continues to march on, as the dividend income from YOU the bloggers article brings in the true F.I.R.E.! We are all on some form of a Financial Independence journey and we are primarily using dividend income as our main source of passive income to reach financial freedom. The August installment of this article highlights 53 separate journeys and each of their August dividend income summaries. Continue reading
August marked a huge month on our journey towards financial freedom. We crossed a major dividend milestone. I wrote about how we crossed $12,000 in annual dividend income and now earn an average of over $1,000 per month in dividend income. Even without the milestone, August was very exciting. As usual, I”m going to show you exactly why. Each month, we summarize the dividend income we received to help monitor our progress and continue to push ourselves. Please continue reading my August dividend income summary!
What another month it has been in the stock market! The tradition, however, continues to march on, as the dividend income from YOU the bloggers article brings in the true F.I.R.E.! We are all on a form of financial independence journey and we are primarily using dividend income as our main source of passive income to reach financial freedom. The July installment of this article highlights 51 separate journeys and each of their July dividend income summaries. Continue reading
July is in the books. We are officially in the second half of 2020 folks. Man oh man does time continue to fly! Each day, the stock market and economic news continues to surprise. The market seems to only head in one direction these days…up! Meanwhile, we continue to search and find undervalued dividend stocks to invest in, despite the surging market. After all, we need to conitnue seeing our dividend income grow as well, right? In July, our dividend income grew at a nice clip compared to 2019. Here is my July dividend income summary!
The fear of the coronavirus still spreads. Unemployment claims still in the millions. No deal is reached on the economic stimulus package, the HEALS Act, but yet the S&P 500 was up 5.5% in July. What a confusing and volatile stock market. However, dividend income continues to fuel the mission to financial freedom.
In July, we set another record for dividend earnings and it shows proof that dividend income is one of the best passive income streams. Time to dive into my July 2020 dividend income results!
June was an interesting month in the market. Dividend cuts continued to slow, despite a few surprise dividend cuts. Economies continue to reopen and the weather continued to get better. Still, the economic and political environments remained as tense as ever. The Federal Reserve announced major restrictions on bank dividends and share buybacks for the first time since the Great Recession. I know we have all felt impacts to our dividend income!
Despite all the madness and intensity, there is one constant that will never change: dividend income. The dividend checks continued to roll in. The third month of the quarter is always exciting since the majority of companies, and mutual fund families (such as Vanguard), pay their dividend. Many dividend bloggers produce their best passive income results during the quarter-end month!
Everyone is interested in creating a form of passive income. However, I am here to talk to you about the easiest passive income source that you can start, today or now, if YOU wanted. Further, it does not have to be time nor capital intensive as others make it out to be. As our Dividend Diplomats name suggests, dividend income is the easiest passive income source and here are 5 reasons why! Continue reading