Dividend Update March 2020

Whats up fellas, welcome back to the Dividend Mascot's blog =)
Dividend income is looking extra pretty, ive hit my 1st Quarter goal of $325+. So ive been sleeping real good, btw i found a Angry Birds plush (black bomber bird) from a long time ago when cleaning out the crib so ive been sleeping extra warm and fuzzy with my little Angry Bird.

 So this market crash we are currently going through is the first stock market crash ive ever experienced as an dividend growth investor, everything is priced extra juicy, and im having a wonderful time. I know ive said this a million times already but i love RED MARKETS. As an investor i like to cuddle with the bear in the market, if you treat the bear with respect it will not bite you. Holding and buying through a crash could grant you massive returns over the years. When the market is bloody red and everyone is running around scared like the world is about to end, opportunities in the market can potentially give you 1,000%+ in capital gains plus dividend growth (with compounding dividends) over the course of 10+ years as the market recovers and enters back to another strong bull market. Just a hypothetical return based on the past stock market crashes. Ive been studying the 2000 bubble, and the famous 2008 crisis over the few years ive been investing. I also just started researching and learning about the crash of 1987. I just keep seeing this similar cycle of strong bull markets after the market pours blood all over the streets. So as always im just saying absolutely focused on my boring as hell dividend growth stocks consistently buying more shares, basically dollar cost averaging its that simple folks. Alright so lets go over the dividend income.   

Roth IRA

Total: $85.16

Taxable Account

Total: $32.05

Grand Total: $117.21
YoY: 59.25%
Q1 Total: $325.92
Purchases: 2 shares of CLX & 5 shares of VWOB


Had to stop by Walmart and buy some more Clorox bathroom cleaner, and stop by the bank on my way home to get me a few bond coupons strips lol (all of my old school investors/ retirees reading will know what im talking about 😉) . Just straight up "boring", just the way i like it. Btw RDS.B dividend payment nearly bought me a free full barrel of oil (1 share) because shares were really cheap. With everything looking soo juicy to buy its hard for me not to contribute to my Roth IRA holdings, because i need to get back on them juicy Big Macs from McDonald's again folks they now got extra sauce on them joints, currently priced at ~$174/share. I may just go back and forth between my Taxable account and my Roth IRA every month. One month im on the Taxable account and then the next month i go back to the Roth IRA and so on. 

Btw ive been seeing some of the investing youtubers saying that this crash is worst than 2008. Meanwhile im over here snoring with my Angry Bird Plush XD. Guys if this is worst than 2008? Then im litterally sleeping on this crash. (I bet Charlie Munger would be proud lol) Youtuber Jeremy from "Financial Education" said that this is the fastest 30%+ decline in the history of the stock market. Im like "if this is what it feels like investing during a stock market crash then ill be just fine for the next 35 - 40 years of investing" im in bed snoring XD.




To end off this blog update i just want to say thank you for reading all my updates, you all stay safe out there during this pandemic. Hope you all did well for the month of March with your dividend income, and ill see guys next time 😉

Dividend Update February 2020

Whats up guys, welcome back to the Dividend Mascot blog. Dividend income going strong for the start of the year. My goal of $325+ for the first Quarter of 2020 is looking really good folks. Ok so the market has taken a big hit recently resulting in a correction. I loooove it when markets go bloody red. You can make a lot of gains as the market recovers (all of my "boring" favorite stocks were on sale) and you can increase your dividend income very fast in a market correction. Capturing 52wk lows on your holdings. I told my followers on my Facebook page to stay focused and stay the course of contributing to solid dividend growth stocks. Alright guys so lets go over the dividend income ;)

Roth IRA

Total: $84.36

Taxable Account

Total: $28.79

Grand Total: $113.15 (not too shabby)

YoY: 52.74%

Purchases: 2 shares of MCD, 2 shares of KMB, 3 shares of RDS.B, 2 shares of PM, & 4 shares of VZ

Them Big Macs from McDonalds started smelling extra juicy in the kitchen, so i was able to get in on $190.59/share. Needed some tissue paper to go with my happy kids meal so i was able to pick up Kimberly-clark at a good price of $129.17/share, some pretty good entry lows for my "boring" stocks. I also want to hoard a bunch of barrels of oil from Royal Dutch Shell as it continues to bounce off its new 52wk low or break into a new 52wk low. I started contributing to my Roth IRA earlier then i planned because of this market correction. So im going to make one more purchase in my Roth, then go back into scaling my Taxable account up to $10,000 to $11,000. Once i hit these numbers, then i will officially be moving over to my Roth maxing out my contributions. (If the market goes crazy again then i will make a few quick purchases in my Roth IRA like i did for the month of February 2020)

BTW my heart goes out to all the victims of the Coronavirus. Stay safe out there guys. Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog update. Stay focused on your dividend growth investing goals, hope you all enjoyed and ill see you guys next time.  

Dividend Update January 2020

Whats up guys, hope you all did well for the month of January. This month is usually the lowest throughout the whole year. Also i just had my 25th birthday on February 6th, and now i have to push myself to be the most wise 25 year old i can possibly be. You will only be 25 years old ONCE in your entire life folks, this wise mindset was used through 21-24 years of age. Not only being wise with pushing my wealth as hard as i can in my 20s, but try to improve myself in all the different categories in life. What would my 45 year old want me to achieve this year? the answer is just 2 words..............brutal determination. Alright folks you guys ready for 2020? Without further or do lets now go over the dividends below.

Roth IRA

Total: $74.62

Taxable Account

Total: $20.93

Grand Total: $95.55

YoY: 65.45%

Purchases: 4 shares of VCLT, & 3 shares of RDS-B

Alright so im off to a good start for 2020. The Taxable account already broke $8,000+, looking forward to pushing this account into the $10,000 - $11,000 range of just 4 core holding accumulating additional shares like crazy. Once thats done then ill work on maxing out the Roth IRA for 2020. So heres my long term plan folks, I want the taxable account to spin off $1,000+ or even $1,500+ a month by my 40th birthday. Used pay for my basic monthly expense. Pretty much giving myself a really cool birthday present 15 years into the future. At 40 years old is marked semi-retired, i will recieve taxable dividends every month but still working 40 hours a week. If i have it to where my dividends are covering 90% to even over 100% of my basic expenses i could literally invest close to 75% or more of my working income on a yearly basis, causing my wealth to explode in size even faster. At 60 years old its marked fully-retired, i will be living off both the Taxable account and Roth IRA dividends in my golden years 😎. I call this my Layered Retirement plan. You will usually see me bring this up like once a year for new readers to see. I invented this plan i think at 22 years old, it was always natural for me to think of things many years ahead.

So i hope you guys enjoyed this short update, keep on stackin that sweet dividend money and ill see you guys next time 😁

Dividend Update December 2019

Whats up guys HAPPY NEW YEAR 2020!!! Welcome back to the Dividend Mascot blog, before we get started i just wanted to say thank you for following my adventure. By the look of the chart above, your probably wondering if im going to celebrate BIG on this blog (like a rave party)........and yes your correct. This one is going to be interesting folks, its 4 MONTHS OF DIVIDEND RECORDS BACK TO BACK celebration, so im going to take you guys back in time like 2010 -2011 maybe even tell a little backstory. Before we get to all that cool stuff lets get through the important information first. Usually for my December update ill add additional graphs to give you guys a better look at my overall performance and dividends throughout the year. So without further or do lets go over..........everything for the year!!!

2019's Portfolio Final Score

$18,202.28 to $34,341.71

26.42% capital gains

Roth IRA

Total: $102.17

Taxable Account

Total: $33.95

Quarterly Dividends

Yearly Dividends

Grand Total: $136.12 (pops 2 champagne bottles at the same time)

YoY: 59.01%

Purchases: 2 shares of PM, & 4 shares of VZ

2019's Total contributions: $10,600 (was totally clueless until December lol)

So VWOB & VCLT pay twice in the month of December,  which no payments from these bonds will come in for January 2020. I looked back at the dividend history and it seems these bonds always pay in December and skips the following January. On top of that i also got a special dividend from MAIN which is awesome. Guys this is just truly unbelievable look at my yearly dividends i almost doubled my yearly "earned" dividends 3 years in a row. I'll be at $10,000 a year before you know it folks XD. Quarterly look good and steady as usual, ill throw it out there and say my Q1 goal for 2020 is $325. For the first few month of 2020 ill be pushing my taxable account's value past $10,000 hopefully bringing in close to $50+ a month. Once that's accomplished then ill start eating away at my 2020 Roth IRA contributions. Also NO DIVERSIFICATION for 2020 just going to stay the course and contribute making my original holdings bigger and bigger.

Flash-Back Back story

Alright now its time for the fun stuff , so for this very special milestone of 4 dividend record month's streak im going to celebrate to a very nostalgic music video (below) from 2011 when i was a sophomore in high-school. This video literally brings me back to the classroom in my seat leaning on the wooden table, enjoying this on my old tablet during break in class. Back then I would walk as fast as i can home so i can connect with my friends on Xbox, and i even left my parents house early some days just so i can hang out with my friends before school to play more video games. This is straight history folks, that's about 3 years after the famous stock market crash of 2008, and i still had noooo clue what the heck was going on lol. I literally had a multi-million dollar opportunity right under my nose lol (Could of worked at McDonald's and invested it all in stocks). I started investing early in my life anyways but imagine if i would of started even earlier. All i knew back then was when Call of Duty: Black Ops comes out or when the IPhone 5 was going to be released lol. Oh wait there more......and a whole lot of cartoons........well i still kinda like cartoons now but you get the point XD. So this video is my special way of not only celebrating to a very special achievement but also my final goodbye to the teens of the 2010s. Very special decade for me, from age 15 (2010) to soon turning 25 (2020) in February.

My little jam to 4 months of dividend records

back to back

Original video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oH-8_-0iygE

Hope you enjoyed the creativity behind my blogs, and i hope you all did well for 2019. I try to be as motivating as i possibly can because anybody can do this folks. You can become a millionaire, you can create your own blogs, making it your own and people from all over the world will love it. Guys i literally get a flood of likes and hearts the split second i press the share button for my blog updates lol its freaking amazing. Alright folks i hope to see you all make that sweet dividend money and as always ill see you guys next time ;)

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Dividend Update November 2019

Whats up guys welcome back to the blog, for the month of November i went on my first paid vacation EVER in Las Vegas. A wonderful trip with my now FULLY RETIRED parents (they officially retired in October). It was weird not waking up super early getting ready for my usual 14 hour days i like to do every other day or back to back to push for success. I caught myself waking up early and then realizing "oh wait im on vacation" XD. When i have achieved a $10,000,000 dividend portfolio, or achieve that figure spread out across different assets like real estate properties then i can lay in bed all day. Until then its FULL THROTTLE guys, a continuation of a young man on a mission. 

Hope you all were successful in the month of November, this month marks another dividend record for the 3RD MONTH IN A ROW (punches hard through the air). So with out further or do lets go over the results 

Roth IRA

Total: $82.75

Taxable Account

Total: $23.52

Grand Total: $106.27 (Im running out of champagne)

YoY: 61.72%

Purchases: 6 shares of LTC, & 4 shares of VCLT

Alright guys straight to the point, as usual im deploying more and more capital as hard as i can to grow and compound the Taxable Account. Last 3 months were just full raw brutal determination, i dont plan on diversifying anytime soon. I like where my portfolio is at, i stick to what i 100% understand and i keep it simple. Honorable mentions if diversification comes into play again MMM, CL, & GPC.      

To celebrate this new record im going to share a special video from the past (im still jamming to that sweet dividend money just changing things up). This video is what got me into investing back in 2015 when i was 20 years old. When you watch this video i want you to have this question in the back of your mind "What if i already have a portfolio that invest $100+ a month for me before 25 years old?". I came up with that idea back then, and made it come true. (Goes ahead and makes a time portal to 2015 to give my 20 year old self a firm handshake) This video is literally the prologue to the Dividend Mascot and my crazy enthusiasm XD

Blast from the past

(watch the entire video before reading the section below)

I be like "but Dave what if i already have a portfolio investing $100+ a month for me before 25, wouldn't that automatically make me a millionaire by 65". Very high chance my theory is correct based on compound interest and hypothetical market returns overtime. Imagine a fantasy where you wake up everyday knowing your going to be millionaire when you retire. So now it becomes a video game, so if i can hit like $1.5 million by 65 by doing nothing, now lets see how i can leverage using my youth and long time horizon by going for $10 million. I want this all to be motivation for all who is reading.  

Thats it for this one folks, i try to give my audience "straight to the point" type content, thats why my blogs always seemed short. I also want to say thank you for all the love from Facebook. I had NO IDEA that i would get all the likes and comments for running this blog the way i do (expressing my imagination and creativity). So i hope you all enjoyed Dave Ramsey yelling at you XD, keep stackin that sweet dividend money and ill see you guys next time =D     

Dividend Update October 2019

Whats up guys, welcome back to the blog =) I have hit yet another NEW DIVIDEND RECORD 2 month streak. Everything with dividend income and the fast growth in value in assets is going extra smooth. I know i say this like every month but im giving this all i got guys. Here's a short story i want to share with you guys, a few days ago i went to Costco to order 4 new tires for my car. The bill was around $905, and even though i had enough in savings to pay for everything. (i always have these thoughts like) i would want my 40 year old self in the future to just swipe his debit not even thinking about savings, because every month he has 4 figures of dividend income just piling up in his checking account while hes still works 40 hours a week. Absolutely no financial stress, just a little something extra to add so you guys can better understand my strong ambition. Alright guys without further or do lets go over the dividend income =)

Roth IRA

 Total: $80.72

Taxable Account

 Total: $24.91

Grand total: $105.63 (warm and fuzzy)

YoY: 76.07%

Purchases: 8 shares of LTC & 5 shares of VWOB

LTC holding looking nice and fat, just how i wanted it. Roth IRA will be maxed out with the upcoming payday this friday. So ill be moving back over to the taxable account, to get my 4 holdings in that account extra fat. Cant get enough of that sweet compound interest, it will get to the point to where its just a numbers game. I would like to bring my 4 holdings (VCLT, VZ, PM, RDS.B) to around $3,000 each in a value. Less holdings + Heavier weight = Faster portfolio growth overall ;)


I truly enjoy what i do guys, with this blog and my Facebook page. Its probably one of the most unique blog/ FB page will ever come across with in the dividend investing community. With this music video i have below to celebrate another dividend record, starting a 2 month streak will show you guys the crazy level of enthusiasm i have when it comes to building wealth in the stock market. Alright folks i guess its another jam to a new dividend record back to back =D 

My little jam to another

New Record!!!

(Papa Roach - Getting away with murder)

Funny story behind this video, i actually saw this on Mtv back in 2009 before i started my walk to high-school one morning. Had NO CLUE what was going on, (Stock market crash) back in those days i was just a freshman kid that only cared about the next new call of duty video game XD. Anyway guys hope guys enjoyed my little update, keep on stacking sweet dividends, and ill see you guys next time =D

Dividend Update September 2019

Whats up fellas, welcome back to the Dividend Mascot blog =) We have now finished Q3 (3rd Quarter) of 2019, and as you can see by the graph above i have hit a new dividend record of $100+ in a month. So this will average me around $1,200+/year in dividend income.

One of the reason's why i have soo much enthusiasm for DGI (Dividend Growth Investing) is because, lets say i only invest $1,200 in 2020 with $1,200 yearly dividend income re-invested. How much would i have actually invested? If you answered $2,400 then your correct, but only $1,200 came out of pocket. Its like i created my own 401k match, pretty cool right? So along the way the re-invested dividends will start to help by giving you a boost in hitting your milestones. Alright guys, without further or do lets go over the sweet dividend money 🤑

Roth IRA

Total: $77.31

Taxable Account

Total: $24.62

Grand total: $101.93 (pops several bottles of champagne)

YoY: 81.98%

3rd Quarter results: $290.30

Purchases: 2 shares of KMB, 2 shares CLX, 12 shares of LTC, & 5 shares of VWOB 

Well unfortunately i did not achieve my Q3 goal of $300+, but its all good i got myself a Benjamin Franklin in 1 month so its cool 🤣 My next goal for the 4th Quarter will be $325+. I currently have $1,100 left on the Roth IRA contributions so LTC is now at a healthy weighting earning me 1 free share a year. So the rest of this change will be invested into VWOB. My long term goal for VWOB and VCLT is to earn me 1 free share a month.

Doing this will better my odds of acheiving my vision of my 40+ year old self  in the future recieving a fat $1,000 check from VCLT into his checking account. Im all about recieving that sweet dividend check so all my bills paid for. So guess what time it is, its time to celebrate my first $100+ month. 

My little jam to $100 a month 🤑

(Jaden Smith - Ghost)

What makes this music video perfect is that for a split second you see the number 100 in red at the beginning ;). Mark my words, im possibly the only dividend investor in the world that jams to that sweet dividend money XD. 

In all seriousness guys i want you to work hard, push your portfolio's hard, and create your own dividend monopoly (reference to the music video). So you can show off your dividends to me, and make me proud.

Work hard so you can impress ya boy, alright guys thats it for this blog update. I hope you all had a great month with your dividends, and ill see you guys next time 😎