January/February 2015 Dividend Overview
Due to no dividend income in January 2015, I decided to combine the January and February update. January 2015 was hopefully my last month without dividend income. Looking back to a year ago, I...
View Article2015 Mid-Year Review
Its been a relatively quiet past months in regards to investing for me. I considered doing a monthly dividend update, but making a post about $5.00 of income per month seems a bit silly. Most of my...
View Article2015 Dividend Goals (Mid-Year Progress Update)
Seven months ago I made a post stating what I’d like to achieve in 2015. You can read the post here. This is an update on my current progress. My first goal was Investing at least $1,000 per month...
View ArticleRecent Buy: Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
Johnson & Johnson is an American multinational medical devices, pharmaceutical and consumer packaged goods manufacturer. Its dividend has increased every year for the last 52 years and the current...
View ArticleJuly 2015 Dividend Update
July was a pretty standard month in terms of income. Dividends came in as expected and no real surprises. In terms on asset value, I’d say most of my oil stocks took a beating due to earnings and low...
View ArticleNot So Recent Buys
In September I decided to pull the trigger on a few buys when the market was down. Disney (DIS) and Verizon (VZ) are known to everyone, and while the former is not quite a dividend growth stock per-se,...
View ArticleAugust 2015 Dividend Update
My last update was in July right before my vacation and my senior year started. I could definitely improve on the frequency of my updates in 2016 and have already made that one of my goals. August was...
View ArticleSeptember 2015 Dividend Update
September was a huge month for my income and by far the largest month of 2015 in terms of income and spending. The drop in the stock market definitely led me to make some buys and I’m very happy with...
View ArticleOctober 2015 Dividend Update
October was a pretty standard month. I did not see many good opportunities to buy so I took a passive stance. I’ve learned this year that I’m awful at timing my purchases and I’ve lost value due to...
View ArticleNovember 2015 Dividend Update
November was another tame month. I did not see many good opportunities to buy so I took a passive stance such as I did in October. And I’m already sick of the winter so I included a nice warm summer...
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