My future Payout Machine

[EricL]

Nothing to be ashamed of, you trade in similar number of shares as I do. 

Keep building that machine!

[jdiv]

January summary:

Portfolio total value down a lot, due to a lot of my US stocks decreasing in value.
On the plus-side, January was my all time high dividend payout month so far (6.2% more than previous record month nov 2017).

[jdiv]

Bought 3 shares of Dominion Energy (D) @ 74.80 today. My first stock from the Utilities sector in my portfolio.

[jdiv]

March summary:

- Bought 5 shares of AT&T (T) @ $36.34
- Received a total of $28.80 in dividends, another record breaking month

[crimsonghost747]

ahh, the joys of breaking your own records all the time.
I think T was a pretty decent buy, even at that price. I added a bit myself from $1 lower, even if I wasn't planning on it.

[rayray]

If I was starting out today as a new DGIer, I'd pick several core stocks that I want to build a portfolio from the ground up. Why several, because, some will be and some will not be in that buy range. How many would I pick, not quite sure, maybe, 15 to 25 individual companies. Out of due diligence, say out of the 15 to 25 companies only 5 companies are in that buy range, I'd just keep pummeling money into those 5 with all the others kept on the sideline in that watch/wish list. I would only pick core/foundational type investments, the forever holds to build upon. After the foundation is built, then I'd branch out.

The things I look at

p/e

fp/e

peg

beta

divi

payout ratio

ffo

affo



and trading costs....my trades are 4.95......every trade cost bothers me, it just does, so the fewer trades the better.

[jdiv]

Bought 12 additional shares of NWH-UN.TO @ 11.32 today.

Also, a few days ago reached a total of $100 received in dividends so far in 2018 - keep 'em coming!

[ChadR]

Congrats on already hitting triple digits in dividends and the year isn't even half over. Keep it up, you're doing great.

[EricL]

(05-18-2018, 03:28 PM)jdiv Wrote: Also, a few days ago reached a total of $100 received in dividends so far in 2018 - keep 'em coming!

That's awesome, I love hitting new milestones.

Nice work!

[jdiv]

(12-14-2017, 02:46 PM)jdiv Wrote: my goal for 2018 is $250 in total dividends payed out in 2018, and increase my yearly estimated dividends to $350. 

Status update: 

Haven't added as much funds as I would have wanted due to other costs/priorities, but baby steps forward anyway!  

Total dividends 2018 jan-aug: $167
Yearly estimated dividends: $260

I've not taken any new positions the last months, but added some to existing T and MAIN.

[fenders53]

(08-31-2018, 12:03 PM)jdiv Wrote:

(12-14-2017, 02:46 PM)jdiv Wrote: my goal for 2018 is $250 in total dividends payed out in 2018, and increase my yearly estimated dividends to $350. 

Status update: 

Haven't added as much funds as I would have wanted due to other costs/priorities, but baby steps forward anyway!  

Total dividends 2018 jan-aug: $167
Yearly estimated dividends: $260

I've not taken any new positions the last months, but added some to existing T and MAIN.

[fenders53]

Life gets in the way but that sounds like a more than a good start. Keep feeding the port when you can!