April Dividends

Hi all. I wanted to make sure I updated my monthly dividends for April before I got too busy and forgot to update. So, if you have read my last months post, you know I was on track for a record April increase.

So, in April, I continued moving my portfolio to $1 or 10 shares in each stock. To this end, I purchased a share of GNL for $19.22. I purchased 2 shares of GAIN for an average of $12.41. I added 1 share of ETJ at $9.41. I increased my holding in KBWD by a share for $22.09 and 1 share of BKCC at $6.03.For my two big stocks, I added 1 share of D for $76.27 and 1 share of AEP for $85.02. I am trying to increase my holding of risky stocks (like KBWD, ETJ, GNL and BKCC), but I am also really trying to build my holding of safe stocks (D and AEP). As previously mentioned, as I reach my $1 dividend per stock or 10 shares per stock, I will push harder into safe stocks. I hope to continue building all of those stocks. CSCO was still my largest dividend, as I have it on continuous investment and DRIP.

At this point, I am so close to hitting $100 in a month in 2019, and I really hope to reach that goal. Since last month, I have paid off my largest student loan as well, so I will have more capital to put towards my dividends reinvestment. As always, I hope this helps to show that I am just a normal guy, and that the dream of having passive dividend income is possible for people. I started with a dividend of 31 cents. Now, in April 2019, I made $58.34 just in dividends for a year over year increase of 153.87%. If I can keep this up, I'll hit my goal in no time. But for now, good luck to everyone, and keep pushing forward!


CSCO $22.56
PSEC $1.26
GLAD $0.98
HRZN $1.00
ORC $1.04
AGNC $1.80
O         $0.45
MFA $2.00
ETJ         $0.99
BSJQ $0.97
SOHO $1.25
HPE $0.11
GOOD $0.13
STX $0.63
GE         $0.01
MAIN $0.20
GAIN $0.14
GNL $0.36
GMRE $2.00
MPW $0.25
PPL         $0.41
TWO $4.70
PTMN (KCAP) $9.24
BKCC $1.44
ACRE $0.33
AINV $2.25
DOC $0.46
UNIT $0.05
KBWD $0.63
LTC         $0.38
PFF         $0.18
SDIV $0.14

February and March Dividends

Hi everybody.

I wanted to catch up and post some new and exciting updates. Although, probably the first thing you will notice, is I haven't posted for a while, and completely missed my February update. Well, in the hopes of catching up a little, I will post a few small pieces about that.

In February, I continued to just work on some of my holdings, and made a nice little dividend income of $38.01. That worked out to a nice year over year of 90.91%. I like that growth. Sorry there is a lack of information on that, I didn't want this post to be huge. A lot of the companies are similar to previous months, with my two biggest companies being Ford and Intel.

For March 2019, My dividends were much lower than last year. Due to the paying off of some student loans, I had sold some stock. So this year, I had $56.24 in dividends, for a year over year of....wait for it..... 6.05%. I knew it would be low, so this doesn't hurt too much. And I have since rebuilt my portfolio, so next year will see a large improvement for dividends. But for the good, I paid off my car, and another student loan in March. I am now down to two student loans, and hope to have them paid off this year. With this payoff, I had some capital to put forth into catching up some stocks. In keeping in line with my goal of getting all my stocks to 10 shares/$1 of dividends when they are paid, I beefed up my portfolio a bit. This is making a large difference already, seeing as my scheduled April dividends are already 128%, and will probably go a little higher still as well. But we can look at that next year. For now, my March 2019 dividend breakdown:

F       $26.86
INTC $10.73
PSEC $1.26
GLAD $0.98
HRZN $0.20
ORC $1.04
AGNC $1.80
O         $0.45
KR       $0.14
OCSL $1.14
ETJ         $0.99
NAVI $1.28
BSJQ $1.33
ARCC $0.42
GOOD $0.13
CTL $0.50
F         $0.15
INTC $1.89
AEP $1.34
MAIN $0.20
GAIN $0.14
GNL $0.18
GM       $0.38
D      $0.92
DEA $0.26
PFE   $0.36
KBWD $0.47
LTC  $0.38
PFF  $0.18
SDIV $0.14

Nothing crazy to look at, but progress none the less. I think that's all for now. Until next time, keep pushing forward!
    -New2Dividends

January 2019 Dividend Income

Here we are once again. I am rapid firing these posts. That will probably slow down soon, but for now, I wanted to get a jump on 2019, and post my first round of dividends. So without further ado, here are my January 2019 dividends.

So for starters, I will mention (and I should update my portfolio page), I do not include my retirement or Roth IRA account dividends here (at least for now). That may change soon, but for now, I am just disclosing what my personal decisions have done for me.

The big one this month is my direct investment (usually tends to be). I hold a small stake in Cisco for my direct investments, and it payed out $19.84 in January for dividends. That's a good base to start on.

From there, my smaller investments take over, and combined, they pump my dividends up another $18.13, for a total of $37.97 That's $37.97 payed in January 2019, a year over year increase of 110.48% for January. This is a good start.

I will give a small heads up, my March this year will be hurting in YoY, as last year, I had to sell a few stocks to payoff some student loans, but I think that will help in the long run. But for now, I will go ahead and put my usual info below. Please take a peak, and let me know what you think of my January dividends. And as always, Keep pushing forward!

-New2Dividends

CSCO $19.84

PSEC $1.26

GLAD $0.42

HRZN $0.20

ORC $1.04

AGNC $0.54

O      $0.22

MFA $0.80

ETJ   $0.99

BSJQ $1.27

SOHO $1.25

HPE $0.11

GOOD $0.13

STX $0.63

GE    $0.01

MAIN $0.20

GAIN $0.14

GNL $0.18

HIHO $0.15

GMRE $2.00

MPW $0.25

PPL  $0.41

TWO $1.41

KCAP $1.20

BKCC $0.54

ACRE $0.31

AINV $0.45

DOC $0.46

UNIT $0.60

KBWD $0.44

LTC  $0.38

SDIV $0.14

Purchases and made since December 31, 2018

So, I said I wanted to post on my increases and purchases, and here we are. I wanted to share what I have done recently to increase my dividends going forward. So starting December 31, 2018, I made a few purchases to that end. To start out, I made a few what I would call riskier investments.

I purchased 10 shares of ETJ for about $8.46 per share, for a total of $84.59. This worked to increase my forward dividend $9.20.

Next was another risky investment. I purchased 8 shares of GLAD for $8.54 per share, for a total of $68.32. This increased my forward dividend by $6.72.

Following that on my list were 7 shares of AGNC for $17.99 per share, for a total of $125.93. But this purchase did help increase my forward dividend by $15.12.

More risky shares to follow, with 2 shares of TWO for $26.04 ($13.02 a share), 1 share of GAIN for $9.49 and 10 BSJQ shares for $235.28. These increased my FD by $3.76, $.72 and $18 respectively.

I did have some stable stocks purchased. I bought 1 share of O this month for $64.74 to increase FD by $2.65.

I also bought a share of AEP for $73.80 and 2 shares of ABBV for 180.07. These worked to increase my FD by $2.68 and $8.56 respectively.

Overall, I made $868.26 worth of purchases (which is extremely high for me, and not likely to happen again for a while) to increase my forward dividend by $67.42. This is huge for me. As noted, I do have some risky investments here. REITs are a base for me right now, as they pay monthly and have a nice dividend. But the risk involved could come back to bite me. REITs could reduce very quickly. It is why I try to find balanced stocks to pair with high risk stocks. As time goes forward, those balanced stocks will overtake my REITs, reducing my overall risk.

I am still working on what I mentioned before, trying to buy less stock that is new to my portfolio, and trying to get my current positions to pay $1 per month (when dividends are paid) or 10 shares per stock. Once all my stocks do that, I will move on to purchasing new positions. I think Dominion or AEP are going to be my next goals. I also have something to work on in the near future, but I will post on that once that task is complete. Sorry if this post is jumpy. I am typing in between being really busy.

Keep pushing forward!

-New2Dividends

December 2018 Dividends, and End of Year Totals

Alright, so to start out, sorry I have been away so long. I have been working on many things, and have stayed extraordinarily busy. But, I am finally back, and here to report on my December 2018 dividends, and dividends total for 2018. So for starters, here are the December 2018 dividends. I made $14.41 with my investment account, and combined with my direct investments of $33.26, I made a nice $47.67 in December 2018, for a Year over Year increase of 46%. Not as high as previous months, but not bad. See below for the full breakdown.

Now for the good part. In 2018 overall, I had a dividend income of $390.70. That is a Year over Year increase of 90.05%! I am ecstatic with this, and am hoping to continue the trend in 2019. So far, it is looking promising, but I will have a post on that later. For now, I will just post December results, and be happy.

Keep pushing forward!

-New2Dividends

Direct:
F $24.01
INTC $9.25

Investment Account:
PSEC $1.26
GLAD $0.42
HRZN $0.20
ORC $0.96
AGNC $0.54
O $0.22
KR $0.14
OCSL $1.14
ETJ $0.23
NAVI $1.28
ARCC $0.39
GOOD $0.13
CTL $1.08
F $0.15
INTC $1.80
AEP $0.67
MAIN $0.48
GAIN $0.13
GNL $0.18
GM $0.38
D $0.84
DEA $0.26
PFE $0.34
BSJI $0.02
KBWD $0.42
LTC $0.19
PFF $0.42
SDIV $0.14