Another month down in the dividend income books. Monthly I will evaluate and show the results of which companies paid dividends, progress towards the year and comparison to the past. This is a great way to track my dividends to see if I’m on pace for financial freedom. Now onto my August dividend income results!
Tag Archives: Stocks
Goal Accomplished! Crossing $1,750 Projected Dividend Income
2014 has been a crazy, unreal year for my portfolio. I have pushed myself to invest more capital than I was comfortable investing for the sake of reaching financial independence that much faster. When 2014 began, I was projected to earn only $750 in dividend income. My portfolio only had $17k invested in income producing assets with some major funds just sitting on the sidelines. When the calendar flipped, I initially set a projected dividend income of $1,500 and surpassed this total early in the year. I decided to increase this goal $250 and set a new target of $1,750. I can now proudly say I my projected annual dividend income is $1,752, surpassing my goal. So how did I do it?
Latest Stock Purchase 8/26/14 – John Deere
Today was a quick trigger type of day. I wanted to initiate a position that has been gaining a lot of attention – not only on our watch list, but from the dividend blogging community as well. I made a purchase on my phone while at a Financial Institutions conference with 3% battery life left. After the trade was made, my phone died. Timing? We’ll see. Continue reading
Dividend Diplomat August Watch List
Hey everyone! Thanks for stopping by. It has been 45 days since Bert posted his 10 stocks on his watch list and it is now time to update this list, as well as incorporating the full Diplomat team (Lanny!) into the mix, as we all have stocks on the watch list. It’s been a wild 45 days and based on different purchases made over that stretch and allocation/weights in our portfolios, it is time to adjust and discuss which stocks are on our August watch list, RIGHT NOW! Continue reading
Latest Stock Purchase 8/20/14 & 8/08/14 – Toys & Alcohol?
Hey everyone! Within the last 12 days – 2 purchases have been made into my portfolio and they are newly initiated positions into two companies that I have never owned before but had performed thorough analyses over. Looks like I’m getting into Toys and Alcohol? Continue reading
August Transaction Summary – Week of 8/8/14
Another crazy week in the market. The week started and ended in the green with three red days in the middle. Fortunately for me, I was able to benefit from a positive earnings release and stock for a lesser loss. But the madness did not stop there, I used the proceeds of the sale to purchase another stock on the Diplomats Watch List!
American Express (AXP) Stock Analysis
Visa isn’t the only dividend paying stock you know? While V is a holding in many dividend growth investors’ portfolios, I wanted to take a look at an alternative option to see if the grass is possible greener elsewhere. It is time to roll up our sleeves, pull our AMEX card our of our wallet, and analyze American Express Company (AXP) .