Mar 02 2019
Thus ends February. Here in the Pacific Northwest, the weather has been quite cold (and expected to get colder heading as March unfolds) and we’ve had a bit of snowfall west of the Cascades. Winter isn’t over yet, and it’s going to throw a final punch or two before transitioning into spring. As for my …
Feb 01 2019
I hope the new year is treating you and your investments well. After December’s steep drop (-20% from its 2018 high point!) of my dividend investing portfolio, January has proved that the stomach-churning turmoil of December was largely a correction and the market has clawed its way back up. At the end of January, my …
Jan 02 2019
Happy New Year! Well, 2018 is now over, and I can now take stock (pun intended) of the past 12 months of my dividend quest. Overall, 2018 was a good year for dividend investing, although the last three months of market volatility has certainly felt like a wild rollercoaster ride and nobody knows when the …
Dec 31 2018
Happy New Year! I hope you had a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. December is over and what a wild ride it was! My dividend investing portfolio’s value dropped as much as 20% in the past three months, so it has been something of a stomach churning experience. Ugh! But if one …
Dec 30 2018
This is a quickie. Taking advantage of the stock market’s downturn, on December 15th I bought 125 additional shares of Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (NYSE: USA) at $5.56 per share. With a dividend of $0.16 per share, this paid a quarterly $20 and raised my projected average monthly dividend income by $6.66. It’s not a …
Dec 05 2018
Well, November is done and the holiday season is in full swing as we count down to Christmas. I hope everybody had a happy Thanksgiving last month and your dividend portfolio was kind to you despite the volatility that’s been roiling the market for the past couple months. As how the volatility has impacted me, …
Nov 05 2018
Wow! October was quite the wild ride, wasn’t it? The bear market came out of hibernation and certainly mauled a lot of investors’ portfolios. While many dividend investors are feeling pain looking at their portfolios’ value drop, I’m sure they’re also happy about the good buying opportunities now appearing. That’s the paradox of being a …
Oct 26 2018
Yeah! The bear is back and many of Wall Street’s overpriced stocks are on sale! However, my dividend investing portfolio has dropped nearly $10k in value in just three weeks, but I think I can live with that. Taking advantages of October’s rollercoaster ride of volatility, I made two stock buys this month. The first …
Oct 06 2018
In early October, thanks to limit orders placed in September and the market drop in early October, I made two stock buys. First, I bought 100 more shares of Aberdeen Global Premier Properties Fund (NYSE:AWP) at $6.00 per share. With a monthly dividend of 5 cents per share, this will add $5.00 every month to …
Sep 30 2018
Bye-bye September! It certainly was a busy month, with changes afoot for my career and my biggest vacation in 15 years. I can’t go into details about my work and career (that’s for a future post), but suffice it to say things have been put into motion that will be significant in the future (whether …
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