Dividend Update - December 2013
What can I say? December has come and gone and with it we close the books on 2013. It's been a great year as far as growth of my FI Portfolio, and most importantly the dividends I received and can expect to receive in 2014. These dividend updates reflect all dividends that I receive through my investing pursuits and I hope can help inspire you to take control of your own finances and investing to build a passive income stream. What you use that stream for is up to you, whether it's to fund early retirement, just provide some FI/FU money, or even to provide for an annual vacation; the key is that it can provide options and opens up all sorts of possibilities. Since most of my ownership stakes pay on the March, June, September, December schedule I get great results when each quarter closes. You can check my dividend income or progress page to see what dedication to an investment plan can give you. I was able to set a personal best in dividends received during December which is great motivation and helps to keep me on track.
I received a total of $535.16 in dividends in my FI portfolio in December and a total of $2,546.79 for the full year. The Roth IRA continues to see very little growth as I can't make new contributions due to being above the income threshold but I'm not too worried about that. The main thing is to make sure taxable account continues to increase month after month. In my Roth IRA I received a total of $35.02 in dividends raising the total for 2013 to $205.40.
For my FI portfolio, December saw a 18% increase over September 2013 and 70% increase over December 2012. The growth for the Roth IRA was a mixed bag as it was a 28% decrease from September 2013 but a 21% increase from December 2012. The decrease was due to selling out of my position in Tower Group in order to both just cut my losses and raise funds for the call option on Bank of America that should get executed in January. I'm also sitting on about $1k cash in the account to put to work when a good opportunity comes along.
My FI portfolio's forward 12-month dividends increased to $3,597.64 which is awesome and just over double from the end of 2012. Assuming no dividend increases and no further investments I can expect to receive almost $300 per month in dividends. That's a solid chunk of money that I didn't have to work for. Another great thing is that with the purchases in late November and early December, as well as some dividend increases those forward dividends pushed me past my goal of $3,500 in forward dividends by the end of the year. I barely hit this goal, surpassing by just 2.8%, but a win is a win and I have to keep remembering I took out over $30k in capital earlier this year to help fund the down-payment on our house. My Roth IRA's forward 12-month dividends are at $201.76 and will only make baby steps going forward.
All in all it was a great year with lots of growth and changes. I can't wait to get the regular monthly update posts written up as well as the year in review post for my goals and set some new goals.
I wanted to add one more chart (yep, I'm a sucker for visual aids) to help show the growth of my dividends received. It shows the month by month comparison for each year since I started down the dividend growth path. The trend is definitely in the right direction.
I've updated my Dividend Income page to reflect December's changes.
How did your dividends do in December? Did you meet any dividend goals for 2013? What kind of growth and targets do you expect in 2014?
I received a total of $535.16 in dividends in my FI portfolio in December and a total of $2,546.79 for the full year. The Roth IRA continues to see very little growth as I can't make new contributions due to being above the income threshold but I'm not too worried about that. The main thing is to make sure taxable account continues to increase month after month. In my Roth IRA I received a total of $35.02 in dividends raising the total for 2013 to $205.40.
For my FI portfolio, December saw a 18% increase over September 2013 and 70% increase over December 2012. The growth for the Roth IRA was a mixed bag as it was a 28% decrease from September 2013 but a 21% increase from December 2012. The decrease was due to selling out of my position in Tower Group in order to both just cut my losses and raise funds for the call option on Bank of America that should get executed in January. I'm also sitting on about $1k cash in the account to put to work when a good opportunity comes along.
My FI portfolio's forward 12-month dividends increased to $3,597.64 which is awesome and just over double from the end of 2012. Assuming no dividend increases and no further investments I can expect to receive almost $300 per month in dividends. That's a solid chunk of money that I didn't have to work for. Another great thing is that with the purchases in late November and early December, as well as some dividend increases those forward dividends pushed me past my goal of $3,500 in forward dividends by the end of the year. I barely hit this goal, surpassing by just 2.8%, but a win is a win and I have to keep remembering I took out over $30k in capital earlier this year to help fund the down-payment on our house. My Roth IRA's forward 12-month dividends are at $201.76 and will only make baby steps going forward.
All in all it was a great year with lots of growth and changes. I can't wait to get the regular monthly update posts written up as well as the year in review post for my goals and set some new goals.
I wanted to add one more chart (yep, I'm a sucker for visual aids) to help show the growth of my dividends received. It shows the month by month comparison for each year since I started down the dividend growth path. The trend is definitely in the right direction.
| Company | Dividend Amount | DRIP Shares |
|---|---|---|
| Wells Fargo (WFC) | $16.29 | 0.366 |
| ConocoPhillips (COP) | $12.03 | 0.165 |
| Bank of America (BAC) | $1.62 | 0.103 |
| Coca-Cola (KO) | $45.12 | 1.125 |
| McDonalds (MCD) | $84.97 | -- |
| Intel (INTC) | $24.14 | -- |
| Halliburton (HAL) | $13.56 | -- |
| Phillips 66 (PSX) | $3.20 | 0.046 |
| Emerson Electric (EMR) | $15.62 | 0.235 |
| Walgreens (WAG) | $21.76 | -- |
| Harris (HRS) | $34.65 | -- |
| Cummins (CMI) | $14.57 | -- |
| Target (TGT) | $43.75 | 0.693 |
| Aflac (AFL) | $16.98 | 0.255 |
| Lorillard (LO) | $27.86 | -- |
| BP (BP) | $23.09 | -- |
| Microsoft (MSFT) | $11.36 | 0.294 |
| Chevron (CVX) | $30.25 | 0.249 |
| ExxonMobil (XOM) | $22.84 | 0.242 |
| Realty Income (O) | $9.90 | 0.266 |
| IBM (IBM) | $19.95 | 0.113 |
| Visa (V) | $3.60 | 0.018 |
| Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) | $9.90 | 0.106 |
| American Realty Capital Properties (ARCP) | $7.83 | 0.609 |
| Centerpoint Energy (CNP) | $20.32 | 0.874 |
| December Total | $535.16 | |
| 2013 Total | $2,546.79 |
| Company | Dividend Amount | DRIP Shares |
|---|---|---|
| Wells Fargo (WFC) | $7.87 | 0.177 |
| Norfolk Southern (NSC) | $27.15 | 0.308 |
| December Total | $35.02 | |
| 2013 Total | $205.40 |
I've updated my Dividend Income page to reflect December's changes.
How did your dividends do in December? Did you meet any dividend goals for 2013? What kind of growth and targets do you expect in 2014?
Solid Month of dividend income. I like the chart of each year. It is defiantly heading in the right direction.
ReplyDeleteWhy aren't you DRIP into BP?
FF,
DeleteIt was a great month and my best month ever. I like the comparison from that chart too as it makes it easy to see the changes month by month.
If I remember correctly it cost me $1 of my dividend to DRIP BP or I can receive the full amount as cash. I opted for the full amount and I'll look to invest capital back into BP in the future.
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A 70% increase in dividends since last year?! Now thats progress!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the achievement, PIP. Fantastic year for you, nonetheless.
Best wishes
R2R
R2R,
DeleteI wish I could have a repeat but that won't be coming unless I get a huge pay raise. We can dream can't we? It was a great year and I'm hoping for even better things in 2014. With fairly conservative 5% DG and assuming no reinvestment and no purchases except for the put option on O, I should get up to somewhere around $3,800 for 2014. So I'm happy about that because there will be more capital invested this year.
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Wow, really rocking it PIP. A 70% YOY increase is definitely not a small feat, congratulations are in order!
ReplyDeleteDividend Dream,
DeleteI loved seeing that 70% increase. I'm ready to see how 2014 goes, hopefully with a bit more value chances in the markets.
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PIP,
ReplyDeleteNice results this year. $300/per month without doing any work, I like that plan. Should be a great year ahead and maybe you'll be able to throw a rental property in there.
-RBD
RBD,
Delete$300 per month with just quarterly checkups on the holdings? That's fine by me. Now to get another zero at the end. I've looked at some properties and have some lined up that I'm serious about purchasing. Just hope they're still on the market when I get a chance to be home and make a walk-through. Best of luck in 2014!
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Nice progress PIP. I'm in the same boat as you IRA vs pre retirement portfolio. My IRA is not getting funded anymore and its slowing down so I can work on retiring early.
ReplyDeletePMU,
DeleteIt's a shame about the IRA because I'd love to contribute to the Roth but it just doesn't really make any sense. If I didn't have some rollover IRA then I'd do the conversion but I know our tax rate won't stay at the 28% level so there will be better times to convert in the future. Best wishes for 2014!
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$535 dividend income in one month is absolutely great!
ReplyDeleteAnd $2,500 for the total year - wonderful.
I received only 772 EUR for 2013 as dividend income.
And in 2014 I think I can go up to 1,000 EUR.
Hard work to get the freedom... :-)
Keep going, PIP! :-)
D-S
D-S,
DeleteI wish I was averaging that but I'll take $500+ once a quarter. The big difference as of now for 2014 dividends vs 2013 dividends is that I'l be receiving a lot more on the non March, June, September, December schedules. It wasn't really planned that way but it worked out pretty nicely.
772 EUR is still a solid total. I think between dividend increases and more investment you should be able to get there. Assuming 5% DG average and a 3% starting yield you'd need to contribute $6300. I know as a European investor the yields are typically higher so I think you'll be able to get there.
It sure is hard work to get to where you don't have to work!
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I don't care if you're coming off a fairly low base PIP....you are making great strides. I also am juggling Roth and taxable investments. I consider it a tax diversification strategy. Even if someone doesn't retire early.....who know's when the politicians will end the Roth IRA tax benefits. I have been thrilled with my DRIP investments over the last 5 years. The markets got elevated enough that I started taking most of the dividends as checks though, about a year ago.
ReplyDelete-Bryan
-Bryan
Bryan,
DeleteIt wasn't the smallest of bases, but it still wasn't a huge level either. I'm still happy with the progress and I'm looking forward to 2014. Should bring a lot of changes and hopefully some solid progress. The rentals I'm looking at can cash flow between $200-300 per month so I'm anxious to get one of those purchased and rented out. I'm using my 401k as my tax hedge and hopefully just a safety net/bonus/legacy. The Roth is a great thing if you can contribute, of course that's assuming the current version of the Roth stays in place. Who knows what those crazy politicians will think up next.
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I received £4031 ($6,450) in dividends in 2013, and if the companies I own increase their dividends by an average of 4% in 2014, then I will exceed £5,000 ($8,000). The increase being much higher than the 4% is due to the re-investment of 2013 dividends, and I sold a lower paying company and invested in a higher paying company towards the end of 2014.
ReplyDeleteI believe that I have now reached the point where the dividend snowball is starting to gather momentum, and that my annual increase in dividends will start to be several hundred pounds each year.
One other milestone I should reach next year is my forecast of dividends in August 2014 is over £1,000 ($1,600), the first time I have achieved this in a single month.
I hope your dividend snowball also accumulates nicely in 2014 and beyond.
Financial Independence UK
FI UK,
DeleteAlmost $6,500 is awesome. I'd be around 1/3 of the way towards FI at that point. The dividend snowball is great as you reach the point where you are making 1/4 position, the half position, then full position purchases with just dividends alone.
That's amazing that you're forecasting to receive $1,600 in August. Great work and great progress. You present and future self should be thanking the younger you.
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Wow you killed it in December. I can see why many investors have big months at the end of the quarter with so many fine dividend stocks in those months. Keep up the great work.
ReplyDeleteCaptain,
DeleteThe March, June, September, December schedule is loaded with lots of the high quality dividend payers. I'm still working on getting the income spread out a bit more throughout the months, but the main focus is to invest in quality companies at fair to value prices.
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Wow, great progress! Just shows how powerful dividends can be as you keep re-investing them.
ReplyDeleteFirst Million,
DeleteReinvesting the dividends is the key to the "double compounding" by getting dividend growth plus the growth due to added shares.
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Pursuit,
ReplyDeleteAnother fantastic month. 70% increase YOY is huge! That's awesome. :)
We had a very similar dividend total. I hope for even bigger and better dividend tallies in 2014!
Keep it up.
Best regards.
DM,
Delete2013 was great for so many of us and it seemed like all the time I was seeing a new blog pop up about someone starting their journey. 2014 should really start to show the fruits of our collective labors as the DG continues to be off larger bases. Best wishes for 2014! It should be a great year!
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Incredible growth, YOY. I always like seeing different approaches to FI, and dividend stock investing is a really interesting one. Seems like you're well on your way!
ReplyDeleteDone by Forty,
DeleteThat growth was great and assuming conservative estimates for 2014 and no investment I should see somewhere around a 48% increase for 2014 vs 2013. The investments will be a bit lower but I'm looking at a rental property purchase that can cash flow much better than the DG stocks. I still like DG as a strategy to receive reliable and growing income but there's nothing wrong with diversifying the income sources further.
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Congrats on a great year. I think my US portfolio run rate should now be somewhere around the $3.5k annual mark. I'm hoping I can get this up above $4k next year.
ReplyDeleteIntegrator,
DeleteThat's awesome that you'll be around the $3.5k level with the US portfolio, especially with your sizeable AUS portfolio. You sure are raking in the dividends over there. $4k would be nice. I'm hoping to push my up to around the $4.6-8k mark and add in some rental property income as well. 2014 should be a fun year.
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Nice work on your jump in Dividend pay outs.
ReplyDeleteI’m a newbie to dividend investing (about 3 years) and have tried a couple of different ways to track my portfolio (seeking alpha, CNN money, Yahoo finance, etc.). I am currently using a Google Spreadsheet with different codes I have acquired from looking at others. Still not too happy with it. Do you have any suggestions for a great dividend portfolio tracker?
Last Year made $1300
This year, I'm aiming for $2000
David,
DeleteThat'll be a nice bump to go from $1300 to $2000. About a 50% increase. And I'm glad you're going for DGI. I think for the average Joe investor DGI is one of the most basic, easy to understand concepts for investing. Once you can switch your mindset to focus on the dividends rather than the stock prices it's much easier to stay invested in declining markets. Too often the average investor gets scared out of the markets at the wrong time and then get back in at the wrong time. That's not a good formula for successful investing.
I've only really used the Google Finance tracker but it was a lot of work. You had to go and put every dividend payment in there and I honestly just forgot to keep updating it. I use my own Excel sheet and the Google Spreadsheet on my portfolio page. Whenever I find something else I want to track for my portfolio I just add stuff in. If you want I can send you my Google spreadsheet so you can see what it's like.
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