Dividend Update March 2018

 Whats up guys, welcome back to another dividend update =). Dividend income still looking good as always, if i can get it up to the $60-$70 range by the end of the year then ill be satisfied. I also got some great news, looks like we just passed the 1 year anniversary for this blog, and my Facebook page. So since we reached this milestone i have something really cool to share with you guys. Below is a video i saw when i was 19 years old, this video has literally made me a muti-millionaire (possibly a deca-millionaire). Before i said that i felt extremely lucky to start investing in dividend stocks at 20 years old. Its like every-time i mention my age people comment saying they wished they did the same thing. So heres a old Dave Ramsey video i saw back in 2015 that changed my life forever =)

I love the part where Dave says "Thats a really nice chart if i was 19" and the funny part was i was actually 19 at the time XD. After that i was watching tons and tons of videos of Dave Ramsey and investing. Then later came across Kevin O'leary from the TV show shark tank, that is when my obsession with dividends started and the rest is history. Me and Kevin are like twins lol both our mindsets are exactly the same when it comes to money, we both love to make investments so later we can just sit back and receive a check =)





Without further or do lets get to business =)

Total: $38.98 (250% YoY)
Purchase: 5 shares of T and 4 shares of GIS 
(gives T a fist bump, thats my boy 💓💓💓)


So i saw that T and GIS were at a decline so i decided to purchase both of them, T at 5.7% yield and GIS at 4.3% yield. I love capturing higher yields on dividend stocks that we know that will be around for a very long time. Like lets say KO had a 20% decline (i wish lol) and now its yielding 5%, i would go buy some shares capturing that 5% yield getting a dividend boost before it bounces back to its average price. The one thing you should NEVER EVER do is just search for high yields, your going down a dangerous path if you do that my friend. When the opportunity occurs thats when i strike. Until the next opportunity comes up, i just dollar cost average on all my purchases.

My next buy could be IBM, i need to show my other dividend stocks some love. I had a lot of nostalgia searching for that Dave Ramsey video, when i was 19 i didn't think i would be this passionate about dividends. Anyway guys i hope you enjoyed this update, keep on cashing them dividends and ill see you guys next time =)   

Dividend Update February 2018

Whats up fellas, im back with another dividend update. I be hittin the dab looking at that chart, i almost hit a new dividend record already. I went hard for the month of February hitting a new contribution record within a month. I have a video of a character showing my determination for February. Getting back into my groove again, after 2 month of rest im getting back into my 14 hour days again, but i do have some news which ill get into later on in this post.

$1,000 in contributions on $10/hr in 1 month 

(character with dark black eyes resembles my determination when im my good old groove)

Probably the highest i can go for right now, as of right now my limit is $1,000 in a month when im in my groove...........but i want to go ever higher ;) which is why i some news to discuss once i go over the dividend income. btw i just got a raise going from $9.47/hr to $10/hr, i will also talk about my job along with the news. Ill be honest when i started this account in November of 2015, i never thought i would ever invest $1,000 in a month but overtime i just pushed harder and harder little by little. Now a days its 2nd nature, when i started my budget was $100 a month, because of a Dave Ramsey video i saw when i was 19 years old. I wonder how Dave Ramsey would react to this lol he probably be like "Good lord kid?!?" i would respond saying "sorry Mr. Ramsey but i cant help it lol", alright enough chit chat lets go over the dividends =)

 Without further or do, lets get to business :)

Total: $43.19
NEW PAYDAY RECORD: $29.03 on Feb 15th (hits the dab)
Purchase: 11 shares of OHI, 3 shares of CVX, and 5 shares of WPC


Alright so i started off funding my 3 big boys early on in the year, to get that compound interest rolling early. My yearly strategy is to get the dividend momentum going super early in the year with my highest yielding stocks. The year over year for February 2018 is 412.94% increase which is awesome, but January 2018 was even more insane having a YoY of 3440.24% =D. My next purchase will most likely be CSCO for March update.

Big news and changes 

So i said that the highest i could possibly go as of right now without hurting myself is $1,000 of contributions with in a month, and i said i want to go even higher. The only way that can happen is that my pay has to go up. Which is why im announcing that i will be going to trade school to become an aircraft mechanic. Hope to working for a big Airline like American Airlines, what my job is currently is that i work for an airline called American Eagle. I work outside loading your bags on to the plane, ive pushed planes out the gate, pulled in planes into the gate, and even marshaled in a planes with bright orange sticks,  ive done it all. Ivw worked in the airline industry for around 3 years. I worked for Spirit Airlines for 2 years, and now im currently at American Eagle about to hit my 1 year on March 22nd. I plan on getting my A&P Technician license in a little under 2 years, i can have a job set for me right out the gate at American Eagle starting at $17/hr for the first 6 months then i get a $3 raise making $20/hr. Shout out to any aircraft mechanics reading this ;)

You guys saw what i was able to do on $9-$10/hr just imagine if i was making like lets say $30/hr........i dont even want to image what kind of numbers i can do with my Roth IRA with that kind of income. Just thinking about it give me goosebumps lol so that means i will not be able to get into my groove again for a while :( sorry guys. To spoil the big surprise i was planning on maxing out my contributions with in the first 6 months of the year, that would of been a great show, but the sacrifice must be made. Ill still be buying dividend stocks but it will be like $350 a month in contributions. Even at that im still at more than 3 times the recommended amount to invest a month to be a millionaire by 65 if your starting at the age of 25.


Well guys thats it for this months update, i hope you guys enjoyed keep on earning them sweet dividends and ill see you guys in the next update =D 

Dividend Update January 2018

Whats up guys welcome back to my monthly update, and after looking at this chart.........you know what give me sec............(takes a sip of some champagne) i had to take a little sip after seeing that year over year lol and guess what i upgraded to 23 years old on 2/6/18 =). We ONLY 1 MONTH in and im already making 2017 look like a bag of peanuts XD. This is going to be a sweet and short update =)


Heres a little bonus for you guys, i forgot to share this in the last update. Isnt that just beautiful, maxing out your $5,500 limit in your Roth IRA is a wonderful feeling =) (every-time i see this i just want to do the Michael Jackson moon walk)

So without further or do lets get to business =)

Total: $29.03 (not bad for start of the year)
Purchase: 5 shares of O

I am more than satisfied with January, and you know what i dont need to hit $100 a month in 2018 to be happy with my portfolio. As long as im making 2017 looking funny im all good, but next month is going to be lit though.........thats all im going to say (wink, wink). Anyways this is just a little short update, like i said im really happy with this month. Hope you guys enjoyed, keep on cashing in them sweet lovely dividends and ill see you guys next time =)

Dividend Update December 2017

Hello everyone =) man does it feel good to be back, took a little vacation from investing through December and January. Happy New year guys we are now in 2018 wow, 2017 went by fast guys. Check out that lovely chart above, isn't that just beautiful. A nice set of beautiful stairs going from like $8 in dividends made in a month to almost $45 in dividends made in a month that is just amazing, thats how you end the year baby =D. So that alone shows that i can surpass $100 in dividend income a month this year, so bring it on. I didn't expect to get into the $40 range until early 2018, so this chart is a symbol of just 100% hard work and pure dedication, and im going to hit $100 a month whether the math likes it or not. So what i like to do at the end of the year is go over all the yearly stats, i got alot of questions from my November update asking how much of my own money did i actually invest in 2017. Im going to do the best i can to show you guys as much detailed stats as i can going over pretty much everything. Reason why the update came soo late was because i just been really busy lately.


Dividend Income review

alright fellas lets get to business =)

Total: $44.49 (NEW RECORD x3, punches hard through the air)
Purchase: 6 shares of MAIN


Like i said before this is the perfect way to end 2017, hitting a new dividend record 3 TIMES in a row back to back, lets go baby. If you found 2017 entertaining well you might want to strap on your seat belts and get ready for 2018. 2017 was me winning the battle, but i haven't won the war. So as you can see i got paid by VWOB twice, and i think sometimes at the end of the year i get early dividend payments that were supposed to pay me the following year but for some reason i get paid early. So VWOB will not be included in my next update. Surprisingly i did actually invest some money in December, i had like $300 just sitting in my balance in my Vanguard account and so i was like might at well put that money to work =). Bought some more of MAIN on 12/28/17 making it my first 4 figure holding, so lets give an applause for good old MAIN :3.



Total Dividends Year over Year

So as you can see i destroyed 2016 lol like there is no comparison. What will be really interesting is to see how my 2018 performance will compare to 2017, if i can hit like $750 for 2018 that would be awesome =).Here is some more data on the yearly dividends. The portion that is in the red box are ETF's i sold at the beginning of 2017.

1st place goes to MAIN with $42.65, 2nd place goes to O with $27.03, and 3rd place goes to CVX with $24.06 =) (this is just based on the stocks not ETF's)

So if you made it this far here is your reward =) the one question that was asked from my November update was how much did i actually invest throughout 2017 (drum roll please)..............$7605.........there is no excuse guys, go out there work hard and max out your $5,500 contribution. So lets do some math, $7605 plus $2,201.44 is $9806.44, so thats before we add in dividends and capital gains which is not bad 2017 was an awesome year. Btw the portfolio did a 6.7% performance for the year which is just fine, but hear this 2016 was over 14% =)

So i hope you guys enjoyed all of this extra data i shared on this update, and its crazy to think that im starting my third year in dividend investing like time sure flies by, which is why im making the sacrifices NOW while my older self can go out and enjoy life without the worry about money or bills. I want him to be really wealthy like im talking in the high 7 figures range, and if im lucky i can achieve a 8 figure retirement living on just the dividends leaving the principle alone "dont spend the principle, only the interest" Kevin O'leary quote =). I always talk about my super long term goals, and im so glad that i take this stuff so seriously at 22 years old. Like i feel very lucky to have this kind of mindset at my age, and ive seen people even younger than me thinking the same way which is beautiful.

So lets talk about shorter term goals, which i rarely talk about. So my goal is to earn a little over $1,000 a month by 30 years old so that gives me 7 to 8 years which is very realistic. Just imagine that, ill be 30 years old and im making close to what someone makes off of social security on average, and theres a good chance ill be making alot more than $1,000 a month by then. I can just imagine my high-school friends giving me a confused look saying "how the heck you do that?" XD Btw a fellow investor (named John) commented on my November post challenging me to see whos portfolio will be bigger by the end of the year, since both our portfolios are similar size and we are basically the same age. Well challenge accepted, i gave you a 1 month head start lol. Looks like ill be getting back to my good old groove alot earlier than i thought. That means your going to see intense months like the November 2017 and September 2017 updates more often, because i can never let go of my goal of hitting $100 a month in dividends in 2018. Well thats it folks hope you guys enjoyed, keep earning them sweet dividends and ill see you guys next time ;)


You guys didn't actually think i was going to end this update without having a rave party did you? I just achieved a new monthly record 3 TIMES IN A ROW.........so lets get this party STARTED =D

Press play to start rave party =)

Dividend Update November 2017

THE FINAL PUSH FOR $10,000..........ON $9.47 AN HOUR

If this video or character doesn't describe how brutal my determination was in November, from the 1st to the 22nd.......than i dont know what will.

Congratulations you just witness someone surpassing $10,000............on $9.47 an hour going from $2,200 to over $10,000 in less than a year and you didnt even realize it. (I was brutal in November) The moment Gohan punched through the final boss, was how it felt to surpass $10,000 on $9.47 an hour. Doing a bunch of 14 hour days through out November, but it got even more intense when i did nothing but 14 hours back to back the week of Thanksgiving, i said to myself that i was going to hit that number before i sat at the dinner table with my family, and i hit that number on the 22nd. Whats the whole point of sharing this video, whats the meaning behind it? well let me tell you a few things about my Father. If it wasn't for my Father being soo hard on me throughout all there years, i would not have became what i am today.........someone that doesn't make any excuses. I just take action and ask questions later, my Father (who is an Air-force vet of  30+ years of service) always told me when i was a kid that "No one is going to hold your hand, No one is going to spoon feed you" he did not want me to grow up weak and think everything should be handed to me.........no i should work for it. So don't thank me for this unique investing story, thank my Father. Which is why this video is perfect because of the father and son moment. Isnt it soo funny how i can connect something as awesome as DBZ to real life, its a really unique way of describing my determination and telling my story. Like i said before, you will never unlock your true potential until you filter out all excuses, like for example Gohan is just a kid, but he pushed his body soo hard that he surpassed his Father for a few mins and then passed out, because he didn't make any excuses.I will admit, my body felt just like how he did at the end of the video when i got the plane to fly out of town for Thanksgiving lol. Btw i hope you the readers had an awesome Thanksgiving :D


Alright enough of the serious stuff, lets get to the fun stuff :D

November Dividend Income

Now thats what the heck im about baby (punches hard through the air) alright lets go over the details.

Total: $38.05..........(passes out falling out off the couch)
Purchases: 6 shares of T, and 10 shares of QCOM
NEW PAYDAY RECORD: $25.98 11/15/17 (passes out again)


So, what are the my plans for the upcoming months..........well im going to take it easy for the next few months. That means no more of the near $1,000 contributed months for a while :-(  its was bad-ass doing it on a wage people would think would be impossible, but ill get back into my groove again sometime in 2018 don't worry. Maybe when April hits, i might just let the dividends run on its own for the first 3 months of the year. Christmas is coming and plus i don't really push as hard at the beginning of the year. I usually take it easy at the beginning of the year and than as we get closer and closer to the end of the year, the harder i push. Im not sure what ill be buying in December yet but we will find out on the next update :)


Funny story from Thanksgiving week

So i said that doing all the crazy hours i did in November sorta backfired on my body, the reason why i pushed soo hard was because i was going to be off for the next 3 days. When Mom and I arrived at my sisters house from the airport on the 22nd (my dad flew in on Thanksgiving day because of work). I quickly found out that we have to go shopping for more supplies for the Thanksgiving party, as we were going through hours of shopping my body was slumped over the basket as i was following my mom and sister lol  whole body was mildly sore, nothing serious XD but my body was mostly back to normal on Thanksgiving day :-). My sister thought it was funny................until i revealed to her my $10,000 portfolio when we went out to eat lol thought her eyes were going to pop out XD i was i like "Shhh dont tell anyone ok, only a select few should know about this", my mom was having a good time seeing the reactions lol her reaction was funny too when i showed her it at the airport, she was like "oh my goodness" XD. I even talked my sister's co-worker who works at Chase bank that is looking into starting an Roth IRA, we had a really good long discussion.......especially about Dave Ramsey.

Well i think I've done enough talking as it is because i think just by looking through the numbers, you probably realized that not only did i surpass $10,000, but i also hit a new monthly record, PLUS hitting a new payday record for the month of November. 3 records broken in a single month...............i think you guys know whats next. Its time to PARTY people, i feel i should do something special this month because its super rare to hit 3 records at once.

Press play to start party

For hitting ($10,000), hitting a new monthly record TWICE in a row, and hitting a new payday record
 (starts headbanging)

I swear when im 45 years old, and i come across these 20+ year old blog post tears are gonna come out. Like i said before, my vision is that he's going to be rolling in a silver 2 door Maserati (i actually saw the exact model on my way to work recently) and his phone going to vibrate saying that he received $7,500 worth a dividends for a day. With how my determination is its definitely possible, and im going to stick to that vision, the one thing that messes up the math on the retirement calculators every single time.........is my determination. Anyway guys thats it for it for this, hope you enjoyed keep stacking them sweet dividends and see you guys next time :-D

Dividend Update October 2017

Whats up my fellow dividend lovers, welcome to my Halloween special dividend blog. You know what time it is...........Its time to PARTY!!!!!! just hit a NEW RECORD for my dividends so without further or do press that play button to let the celebration song begin woohoo =)

PRESS PLAY TO START RAVE PARTY

You know its sooo funny how like every video ive shared soo far has some kind of meaning behind it. like this video for an example, you will never know your full potential or you'll never find out what your really capable of until you filter out every single drop of excuses, once you achieve that then your true potential is unlocked "like taking those corners at incredible speed". Because the very moment you even have a thought of making an excuse...........you already lost. My determination is very difficult to explain but that's just touching the surface of it, it took me a really long time to come up with that explanation. Did i plan to invest almost $1,000 in a single month last month.....heck no it just happen, thats how it works i just do it without hesitation.


So that was fun, without further or do lets gets to business =)

Total is $32.50............excuse me for a moment while ill hit the dab XD

Purchases:

6 shares of PG

6 shares of T

So i did another buy on a dip, this time it was AT&T. Alot of people were freaking out over (T) having a huge drop.........mean while im just laid back on my comfy couch having a nice glass of champagne with a big oh smile, i sleep like a sweet lil baby because i diversify like crazy. The entire portfolios value drop by $40.......oh no its the end of the world XD. Reason why im sleeping like a baby, is because i captured that lovely 5.84% dividend which puts me to bed feelin warm and fuzzy, i believe T will bounce back just got to be patient. Thats how you play the game, the "Stock Market Game" you ride the roller coaster and enjoy the thrill of the ride. If you jump off........well then you dead XD buy low & hold high baby!!!

Me: Hey bro welcome back (Gives T a gangsta handshake that turns into a hug)
AT&T: Glad to be back homie
Me: Just bought a few shares and can you tell your friend Verizon i said hi
AT&T: Sure thing bro
Me:Alright man, you take care see ya later
AT&T: you too man
(i having waaay too much fun with this XD)


Future Plans

So here are the future plans, on my Facebook page i mentioned that there's a very high possibility that ill be starting a new position in QCOM. The company thats behind the processing chips inside the iPhones, when i found this out i was like this is interesting so i just kept on reading more and more on this company. Its sorta of a no-brainier because there technology is inside the iPhone which is HUGE...........but i hope the relationship between QCOM and AAPL get better, been seeing alot of lawsuits and owed royalties to QCOM. And you wanna know what else is huge, that lovely 4% dividend yield hhhmmmm.......warm and fuzzy :3. Anyway guys thats pretty much what i have planned for November, i still have to figure out what im buying in December.

Halloween Special Bonus
(take it away fellas)

Cant end this special blog post without some good old Halloween spirit Bwahahahaha, this was soo fun putting together. November is going to another all out battle, doesn't matter what has to be done im going to hit 5 figures this month..........bring it on (go grab a soda and some popcorn and get ready) lol. Well hope you guys enjoyed this blog keep earning them sweet lovely dividends, oh and to the guy that comments "keep chopping wood" can you hand me that chain-saw over there........thanks (starts revving the chain-saw) time to get back to work. Hope you guys have wonderful day and ill see you guys next time =)   

Dividend Update September 2017

Hello my fellow dividend lovers, September has to be the craziest month. It was an all out battle, pushing myself harder to hit a new contribution record of $945 in a single month, pushing everything to the limits.When i said that i was going to push harder to hit $100 a month in dividends, i actually mean im actually going to give it my all. Whether its 60 hours, 70 hours, or even 80 hours, you can through anything at me and there will be no hesitation. The video below was basically September, like no joke i was not playing around last month.You might want to get comfy with your family and loved ones, grab a large soda and some popcorn because its going to get really good up in here, for the last quarter of 2017.

all of these different anime videos/ anime characters i share on here
 is used to describe my determination. In case you didn't know, the one 
with the white cape is the symbol of my determination for September.

That final punch he makes against the boss was how it felt to hit $945

 in a single month, it was bad-ass

You know i never would have thought that this would happen.......to where im creating this entertaining investing story for people to follow. All of this happened by accident, people on the dividend investing group were loving my updates on the facebook group, and someone suggested i host a blog and show my journey from there. But i will say this, your not going to find another investing blog like this one, like everyone has there own unique style for investing blogs which is awesome. I just like thats this is soo different from the norm and thats what i love about my blog,  im proud of what ive created. Alright guys thats enough chit-chat lets get to the good stuff.

Alright fellas, without further or do lets get to business

Total: 

$27.97.........not too shabby

Purchase:

 19 shares of CSCO

 5 shares of GIS

I received dividends every single week of this month =) so as i said last month, my next purchase was going to be CSCO it pays a good dividend and has great dividend growth. As a bonus i also bought some more GIS, i saw the opportunity to buy when i saw news on Seeking Alpha that General Mills has dropped over 5% and as i was waiting in the bushes with my sniper rifle locked and loaded on RDS-B, another target popped up on the corner of my eye, it happened to be GIS. So i turned my sights over to GIS and took the shot for the kill, it was a successful shot.  Thats what i call a stock market sniper kill XD everyone talks about buying on the dip and this was my first dip purchase.


So my next buy should be PG, every now and then i want to scale up on the stocks i already own. KO, QCOM, KMB, and HCN are the stocks that are cycling through my head right now. Btw Im loving the support for my Facebook page, ever since i started being more active on the page ive been getting likes every week so thank you. My Facebook page should be located on the top right of this page above the archives, that page is just straight up backstage action, whats happening between these monthly updates. Any seeking-Alpha post that caught my eye, investing YouTube videos that caught my interest, stock market news of my holdings and etc. Looking forward for the next 3 months, i have a very good feeling that ill be feeling warm and fuzzy during next months update (hint)


Alright guys, i hope you guys are enjoying the show. I will continue to keep pushing for $100 as always, or keep chopping wood as some folks say when they comment on the Facebook post XD. But in my case i have a chain-saw and im going all out my friends lol alright guys i hope you guys enjoyed this months update keep cashing them sweet dividends and ill see you guys next time =D