Wow. Another year is already in the record books. For myself, this year has had a lot of bad times but I look forward to the future and everything that comes with it.
I’m proud to say that I have received my highest monthly dividend payout EVER! I set all the stocks to DRIP, of course, and that means all the money just went back into the stocks.
No new buys or anything—but once my emergency fund is back to being fully funded, I plan on hitting the dividend portfolio hard again.
On to the update!
Summary
- $565.64 in dividends for the month of December.
- I added $24.45 to my annual income.
Beginning Balance: $115,827.31
End Balance: $118,981.85
Change: +2.7%
Account Deposits
No deposits for the month of December. All stock purchases were done through DRIPs.
Total: +0.00
Dividend Payouts
| ARCC | $42.00 |
| GILD | $12.60 |
| TROW | $19.76 |
| ARCC | $2.10 |
| CLDT | $17.05 |
| MAIN | $13.99 |
| DUK | $29.30 |
| KO | $24.80 |
| O | $13.20 |
| MMM | $36.00 |
| WBA | $9.15 |
| MDP | $20.13 |
| IBM | $37.26 |
| MAIN | $11.95 |
| SDIV | $13.08 |
| JNJ | $26.60 |
| XOM | $24.36 |
| CVX | $7.14 |
| TGT | $29.70 |
| SO | $27.28 |
| V | $3.00 |
| WRK | $33.02 |
| PFE | $5.76 |
| F | $49.65 |
| PSX | $14.40 |
| SBUX | $17.63 |
| CLDT | $17.05 |
| WSM | $7.68 |
| Total: | $565.64 |
My passive dividend portfolio added +$565.64 to my account. I’m pretty sure this is the highest month ever in the history of the DividendNoob blog.
Purchases
None.
DRIPS
A solo month of nothing but DRIP’s and I couldn’t be happier. Here’s a quick rundown of them all.
- Bought 2.252 ARCC @ 18.6463
This adds ~$3.60 to my annual income. - Bought 0.195 GILD @ 64.6184
This adds ~$0.49 to my annual income. - Bought 0.163 TROW @ 121.4638
This adds ~$0.49 to my annual income. - Bought 0.113 ARCC @ 18.5719
This adds ~$0.18 to my annual income. - Bought 0.932 CLDT @ 18.2848
This adds ~$1.23 to my annual income. - Bought 0.323 MAIN @ 43.375
This adds ~$0.79 to my annual income. - Bought 0.323 DUK @ 90.5819
This adds ~$1.22 to my annual income. - Bought 0.456 KO @ 54.4017
This adds ~$0.72 to my annual income. - Bought 0.183 O @ 72.3204
This adds ~$0.49 to my annual income. - Bought 0.213 MMM @ 169.1845
This adds ~$1.22 to my annual income. - Bought 0.157 WBA @ 58.1971
This adds ~$0.28 to my annual income. - Bought 0.276 IBM @ 135.1593
This adds ~$1.78 to my annual income. - Bought 0.276 MAIN @ 43.2981
This adds ~$0.67 to my annual income. - Bought 0.188 JNJ @ 141.3734
This adds ~$0.71 to my annual income. - Bought 0.351 XOM @ 69.3741
This adds ~$1.22 to my annual income. - Bought 0.061 CVX @ 117.0151
This adds ~$0.29 to my annual income. - Bought 0.237 TGT @ 125.417
This adds ~$0.62 to my annual income. - Bought 0.44 SO @ 61.9862
This adds ~$1.09 to my annual income. - Bought 0.017 V @ 181.4419
This adds ~$0.02 to my annual income. - Bought 0.823 WRK @ 40.1125
This adds ~$1.53 to my annual income. - Bought 0.152 PFE @ 38.0192
This adds ~$0.23 to my annual income. - Bought 5.596 F @ 8.8728
This adds ~$3.35 to my annual income. - Bought 0.127 PSX @ 112.9495
This adds ~$0.45 to my annual income. - Bought 0.209 SBUX @ 84.4259
This adds ~$0.34 to my annual income. - Bought 0.936 CLDT @ 18.214
This adds ~$1.23 to my annual income. - Bought 0.111 WSM @ 69.1845
This adds ~$0.21 to my annual income.
Total = +$24.45 added to my annual income!
Sells
None.
Summary
Just seeing the DRIP section of my update fills me with so much joy. As of today, I have every stock in my portfolio DRIPing. Hopefully, everything gets back to normal for me financially and I can continue to add more funds to my dividend growth portfolio. Until then, my dividend growth portfolio is doing exactly what’s designed to do—grow with or without me.
Thanks for reading everybody! If you have any questions, please feel free to leave them in the comment section below.