October 2023 Dividend Income

 

Happy Halloween!  As October winds down, what better way to wrap things up than by seeing what treats the portfolio brought in over the last 31 days?  The quarter openers are generally my weakest month, but it should still be interesting, regardless.

Coca Cola (KO): $5.30   ($1.62 taxable/$3.68 IRA)

Paramount Global (PARA): $0.53

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO): $3.49   ($0.50 taxable/$2.99 IRA)

HP (HPQ): $0.29

iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF (DGRO): $5.07 ($0.41 taxable/$4.66 IRA)

Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Fund (VIG): $0.78

Kimberly Clark (KMB): $6.01   ($1.29 taxable/$4.72 IRA)

Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF (VOOG): $0.10

Iron Mountain (IRM): $4.16

Vanguard Utilities ETF (VPU): $0.63

AGNC: $1.48

Vanguard US REIT Fund (VNQ): $0.79

Franklin Resources (BEN): $3.46

GlobalXSuperdividend (SDIV): $0.24

Leggett & Platt (LEG): $2.47

Main Street Capital (MAIN): $0.26

Campbell's (CPB): $4.11 ($0.41 taxable/$3.70 IRA)

WisdomTree (DON): $0.03

Invesco High Dividend Low Volatility ETF (SPHD): $0.19

McCormick (MKC): $0.05

Stag Industrial (STAG): $0.13

Realty Income (O): $9.08 ($6.78 taxable/$2.30 IRA)

Best Buy (BBY): $11.77

Baird Aggregate Bond Fund: $4.61 (401K)

The taxable sub-total comes to $38.37, which isn't too bad all things considered.  The retirement accounts brought in $26.66.  All in all, the dividend total for the month comes to $65.03.  Still have a way to go before this breaks the triple digit mark, but it's not a bad number in its own right.

Interest clocked in at $4.50.

No real moves in the market this month, aside from the recurring buys.  I did shuffle some things around in the liquid capital front.  Sadly, the attempt to transfer my E-trade assets to Robinhood didn't go through.  I think it was Armanino that stopped it, but I can't be sure.  They do offer to do partial transfers, but I decided against it.  I'd still have two accounts to run and there's a transfer fee that would've rendered it more trouble than it was worth.

To even things out a bit, I did buy into Fundrise's IPO.  I was reluctant, as the minimum buy-in was a bit high and I didn't want to pull even more from my reserves, but it was only open for a narrow window of time.  I didn't want to wait another year and I figured this would be a good way to help lay the groundwork and gain some momentum for 2024.  It's not an income generator, but the price has trended upward, so here's hoping that works out.

Two months left in the year.  It's still a pretty sizable window of time to make progress, but it is moving into "crunch time" territory.  As the expression says, let's freaking go.

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