March went out with a bang as the market finished up the quarter with a nice rally. The S&P is up over 7% to start the year, looks like investors are unfazed with the all the economic turmoil. Best part of dividend investing, doesn’t matter if the headlines are good news or bad news those…
February 2023 Portfolio Update
How quick time goes by, can’t believe we are already into March of 2023. Spring Training has begun and the boys of summer will start playing games that count before we know it. Dividends Received The middle month of the quarter is always the lowest as far as dividends received and…
February 2023 Dividend Increases
The snowball is growing! It feels good when your given a raise and no extra work was needed to achieve this raise. February was a great month for dividend investing with 10 of my positions declaring a dividend increase. These ranged from 12% to a paltry 0.67%, but with these uncertain times any increase is…
Dollar Cost Averaging into GOOG
Although the whole point of a dividend portfolio is to invest in dividend paying companies, in the end it’s up to you the investor as to which companies you want to ultimately invest in. Sometimes it’s not even your choice in the example of a spinoff, the new entity might not even pay a dividend…
January 2023 Portfolio Update
I can’t believe the first month of 2023 is in the rearview mirror. That went by rather quick and it seems the older you get the faster the days go by. This year the market is starting in the exact opposite of 2022, where last year it went into a straight decline so far 2023…
Portfolio tracking with Google Sheets
With various accounts being used to invest from Brokerage, Roth and HSA’s I find it convenient to have all that data in one location. This is especially true if your accounts are spread across multiple custodians. Google has a vast array of tools at your disposal and most are free to use and just as…
December 2022 Portfolio Update
December and 2022 are in the rearview mirror. It was a heck of a rollercoaster year for investments, the year started off with steep sell off and quick market decline that didn’t seem to slow down. Then came the summer and things seemed to stabilize for some weeks before volatility returned and it was a…