Vanguard High Dividend Yield (VYM) – 18% More of a Reason to Invest!

Vanguard

Vanguard, one of the world’s biggest investment management companies – at over $6 trillion of assets under management, just released their distributions for Quarter 1 2021.

The community should know this, but I’ve been heavily investing in Vanguard’s High Dividend Yield ETF (VYM) for the better part of 7+ months.  The dividend increase news had a tremendous impact on not just my passive income source – in terms of dividend income – but solidifies my investment strategy going forward!  Let’s see why. Continue reading

Dividend Stock Purchase: Lanny’s December 2020 Summary

Welcome back to another month of Dividend Stock Purchases!  The final month of 2020 has come to a close and we are ALREADY almost one month finished in 2021.  The year 2020 was definitely tiresome, so many ups and downs, the global pandemic, presidential race, economic swings, I know we all felt like it was never going to end!

The journey to financial freedom does not take breaks and one must continue to persevere through uncertainty, put cash to work and push that forward dividend income forward.  What did December activity show?  You will have to dive in and see the dividend stock purchases!

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Dividend Stock Purchase: Lanny’s November 2020 Summary

Welcome back to another month of Dividend Stock Purchases! The last 4-5 months have been heavy on our investment front.  Now the question that the community is wondering – was I able to keep the dividend stock purchase pace up?  The journey to financial freedom does not take breaks and one must continue to persevere through uncertainty, put cash to work and push that forward dividend income forward.  What did November activity show?  You will have to dive in and see the dividend stock purchases!

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Bert’s Portfolio Review – 2019

For the first time on this website, I thought it would be a good idea to publish a review of my investment portfolio!  Lanny has been doing so each quarter and we are discussing many of these metrics on a regular basis either when together or on the phone.  So I figured it would be a good time to sip on a cup of tea (notice no coffee today) and dive into some of the numbers.

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Lanny’s Stock Purchases January 1st Through January 15th

2019 has been interesting to say the least.  I know the market is up and down every single day and earnings releases are just around the corner, literally.  I have been working through year-end reporting with regulatory filings, in addition to compliance filings, with external auditors/regulators barking on my door, therefore – work made the days pitch black in the morning and pitch black at night.  The only light being shed are the dividend stock purchases, right?  It’s now time to check out my dividend stock purchases over the first two weeks of January!

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Lanny’s Stock Purchases December 1st Through December 15th

Yes, the financial investment engine of my dividend portfolio continues to receive steady capital on a consistent basis!  The last purchase article saw me deploy $2,500, which was on the lighter side, but let’s just say that these two weeks did not disappoint   They say money never sleeps and these prior 14 days were no different.  It’s now time to find out my dividend stock purchases!

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