Dividend Income Report for January 2015
With January over, 2015 is no longer the fresh and pristine new year that it was 31 days ago. Like a new pair of shoes, it's starting to break in,…
My Latest Buy: CTCM
My first buy of the year!! I have had my eye on this stock for the past several months, ever since I used Google Finance's stock screener to hunt for…
Matchmaker
With 2014 wrapped up, I can fully assess my dividend income matching experiment, where I made regular cash transfers into my brokerage account that matched the previous month's dividend income.…
2014: The Year in Review
2014 is over. Done. History. Gone. Finished. Kaput. No blog is complete without a "Year in Review" posting, and here it is. The sixth year of my dividend quest is…
Dividend Income Report for December 2014
December is over, the Christmas sales and harried shoppers are gone, and all the presents unwrapped. So how did I do for December? Not too bad, making it a good…
My Latest Buys: PFN, RSO, VFL
Thanks to selling off nearly all of my employer's stock earlier this month, I was flush with cash and was able to make not just one stock buy for the…
Dividend Income Report for November 2014
The Thanksgiving dinner has been devoured and Black Friday madness is in the rear-view mirror. Having a source of income that doesn't require trading my time for is something I'm…
My Latest Sale: Employer’s Stock Grant
For nearly half my working life, I've worked for small-medium sized privately held companies, but for the past 14 years I've worked for a company that's owned by a Fortune…
My Latest Buy: VFL
I've been aware of Delaware Investments National Municipal Fund (NYSE:VFL), a municipal bond fund, for the past few months. So last week I made my move and bought 100 shares…
Dividend Income Report for October 2014
Financially, October was a rather uneventful month, which can be a good thing. I didn't have any unexpected expenses to take a bite out of my wallet, so I was…