Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (VIG): $2
General Mills (GIS): $7 (Roth)
GlobalXSuperdividend ETF (SDIV): $2
Kellogg (K): $7 (Roth)
Hormel (HRL): $2
Clorox (CLX): $7 (Roth)
Paychex (PAYX): $2
Colgate (CL): $7 (Roth)
VF Corp (VFC): $2
Northrop Grumman (NOC): $7 (Roth)
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Another month rolls on by, which means that it's time to look back and log the dividends. February is a shorter month, but the mid-quarter is the heavy hitter for me (barring December) so there's still a lot to cover. As such, let's dive right in.
Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF (QYLD): $0.20 (+$0.01 from last month, +$0.02 QoQ)
Publix: $32.39 ($20.70 taxable, $11.69 401K)
AT&T (T): $4.08 (+$0.07 QoQ, +$1.16 YoY)
Verizon (VZ): $7.28 ($0.75 taxable/$6.53 IRA) (+$0.01 QoQ)
AGNC: $1.35 (+$0.01 MoM, +$0.05 QoQ, +$1.06 YoY)
J.P. Morgan ETF (JEPI): $3.55 (IRA)
Lowe's (LOW): $3.15 (IRA)
General Dynamics (GD): $0.28
Clorox (CLX): $0.07 (IRA)
GlobalXSuperdividend ETF (SDIV): $0.13
Colgate (CL): $0.05 (IRA)
Hormel (HRL): $4.09 ($1.34 taxable/$2.75 IRA) (+$0.23 QoQ, +$3.33 YoY)
Kinder Morgan (KMI): $2.87 (+$0.32 QoQ, +$1.46 YoY)
Omega Healthcare Investors (OHI): $5.03 (+$0.11 QoQ, +$1.97 YoY)
Proctor & Gamble (PG): $4.91 ($2.17 taxable, $2.74 IRA)
Realty Income (O): $4.91 ($2.67 taxable, $2.24 IRA) (+$1.17 MoM, +$1.31 QoQ, $3.89 YoY)
Tanger Outlet (SKT): $1.17
Stag Industrial (STAG): $0.13
Main Street Capital (MAIN): $0.24
Apple (AAPL): $0.02
Papa John’s (PZZA): $0.15
Westrock (WRK): $1.76
Paychex (PAYX): $1.99
Invesco High Dividend Low Volatility ETF (SPHD): $0.15
Starbucks (SBUX): $0.33
Wisdom Tree (DON): $0.01
Baird Aggregate Bond Fund: $2.87 (401K)
Taxable sub-total: $47.52
Retirement sub-total: $35.64
Grand total comes to $83.16. This is down a bit from last quarter, but with no Sprague Resources, I knew that was coming. I'll recoup the loss in time, and it is still a pretty good number, overall. It's more than double from last year's, so I really can't complain about that.
Interest clocked in at $2.61
There were 4 rounds of Robinhood buys, which you can read about here, here, here, and here. Beyond that, it was just the things that I had already talked about at the beginning of the year. I added four more shares of Realty Income via the weekly purchase and the daily VTI/crypto/gold and silver buys keep chugging along. The Best Buy purchase did finally go through, it just took a few days for some weird reason. The same thing happened again this month, but that'll count as March's purchase. I am glad I started doing that, though. It's good to see the position start growing in earnest.
There were a lot of dividend increases announced this month. I need to get back in the habit of tracking those, but suffice it to say, it was nuts. There were some dividend cuts too. Intel cut theirs, as did VF Corp. The latter is especially vexing. Not only is it the larger position, but it was a dividend king. It sucks to see such a streak end. On the plus side, if they only cut their dividend once in the past 50 years, it'll be quite a while before the next potential one, right?
2023 keeps chugging along. It's weird that we're already on the cusp of Q2, but time does have a tendency to fly.
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Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (VIG): $2
General Mills (GIS): $7
GlobalXSuperdividend ETF (SDIV): $2
Kellogg (K): $7
Kroger (KR): $2
Clorox (CLX): $7
VF Corp (VFC): $2
Colgate (CL): $7
PepsiCo (PEP): $2
Northrop Grumman (NOC): $7
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Love those dividends
Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (VIG): $4
General Mills (GIS): $7 (Roth)
VF Corp (VFC): $4
Kellogg (K): $7 (Roth)
GlobalXSuperdividend ETF (SDIV): $4
Clorox (CLX): $7 (Roth)
Kraft Heinz (KHC): $4
Colgate (CL): $7 (Roth)
Unilever (UL): $4
Northrop Grumman (NOC): $7 (Roth)
Normally, I pick a dollar number and just go down the row with it, but I figured there was no sense in just having that Roth money sit there. I can go to my (self-imposed) limit and still have the money go in faster than it's going out (this split thing is actually working pretty well while we're on that topic,) I don't have to worry about automated recurring buys, and I get closer to those full shares faster. Not a bad setup.
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It's a beautiful day to boost our forward income. Let's have some fun.
Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (VIG): $3
General Mills (GIS): $3 (Roth)
Exxon Mobil (XOM): $3
Kellogg (K): $3 (Roth)
HP (HPQ): $3
Clorox (CLX): $3 (Roth)
GlobalXSuperdividend ETF (SDIV): $3
Colgate (CL): $3 (Roth)
NextEra Energy (NEE): $3
Northrop Grumman (NOC): $3 (Roth)
Exxon and HP broke the full share threshold, which is always fun. SDIV is interesting as it was a full share, but then they did a reverse split, so the share count dropped back down. It's a cheap one, though, so it won't take that long to regain it, but it's still a little annoying.
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Hard as it may be to believe, we are already 1/12 of the way through the year. January has come and gone, and as such, we take a moment to look back at the dividends that came in. This won't total won't come anywhere close to last month's humdinger, but we'll see how things went regardless.
Paramount Global (PARA): $2.45 (+$0.74 QoQ, +$1.72 YoY)
HP (HPQ): $0.19 (+$0.08 QoQ)
Kimberly Clark: $5.87 ($1.23/$4.64 IRA) (+$4.65 QoQ, +$4.70 YoY)
Iron Mountain (IRM): $3.82 (+$0.04 QoQ, +$0.18 YoY)
JP Morgan Exchange Traded Fund (JEPI): $4.58 (+$0.73 QoQ) (IRA)
Best Buy (BBY): $6.71 (+$0.09 QoQ, +$1.59 YoY)
PepsiCo (PEP): $5.27 ($1.82/$3.45 IRA) (+$0.04 QoQ, +$3.84 YoY)
McCormick (MKC): $0.05
Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF (QYLD): $0.19 (+$0.07 YoY)
GlobalXSuperDividend (SDIV): $0.13 (+$0.01 QoQ and YoY)
AGNC: $1.34 (+$0.06 QoQ, +$0.84 YoY)
Main Street Capital (MAIN): $0.19 (+$0.05 QoQ, +$0.16 YoY)
Realty Income (O): $3.74 ($1.50/$2.24 IRA) (+$0.14 QoQ, +$2.52 YoY)
Franklin Resources (BEN): $3.06 (+$0.14 QoQ, +$0.51 YoY)
Leggett & Platt (LEG): $1.84 (+$0.46 QoQ, +$1.40 YoY)
Stag Industrial (STAG): $0.13 (+$0.09 YoY)
Armanino Foods of Distinction (AMNF): $0.60 (+$0.30 YoY)
Invesco High Dividend Low Volatility ETF (SPHD): $0.15 (+$0.03 QoQ)
Campbell's (CPB): $4.10 ($0.40/$3.70 IRA)
Baird Aggregate Bond Fund: $2.21 (401K)
That brings the taxable sub-total to $26.25. That's up $8.80 from last year. It is down a bit from last quarter, but it's only a few cents and that's because a couple of stocks and ETF's paid last month instead. I'm good with it.
Retirement accounts brought in $20.82. Almost an even split.
Grand total comes to $47.07. Still short of that $50, but it'll get there.
Interest clocked in at $2.36.
In addition to the Robinhood buys (which you can read about here, here, here, and here) I also began my plan to buy 1 share of Realty Income every week. I nabbed 5 shares this month, so that's off to a good start. My daily VTI/Crypto/gold and silver buys are also chugging along pretty nicely. Best Buy debited my account for its monthly transaction, but the purchase hasn't gone through quite yet. I'm guessing that'll constitute a February buy. I kind of figured that was going to happen, but I'm still hyped to see it start growing.
Still need to update the portfolio. I'll get around to it at some point this month.
Don't want to jinx it, but so far 2023 seems to be off to a decent start. There's still a lot of year left, though, so we'll see how things play out going forward.
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