I will be making some changes to the monthly reports starting from today.  From now on, I will only be sharing the dividends I receive and my savings rate on the monthly reports.  I will share the market values on my taxable brokerage account, Roth IRA accounts, and 401(k) account every quarter.  My brokerage only sends me statements quarterly for my Roth IRA accounts so it takes me a lot of time to compile the information.  From a cost benefit analysis, it makes more sense for me to just post the numbers quarterly instead of having to compute all the amounts for every stoc ..read more

Life has been really busy for me the past few months, but I will try to catch up on my posts to keep everyone aware of my dividends I've been receiving, my portfolio, my stock purchases, and my savings rates. Below are my stock purchases for January: I purchased 20 shares of HCP, Inc. (HCP) at $25.5799 per share in my taxable brokerage account.  This is a dividend yield of 5.79%, adding $29.60 to my taxable dividend income. I purchased 10 shares of Welltower Inc. (WELL) at $60.75 per share in my taxable brokerage account.  This is a dividend ..read more

On my 9/8/2015 post, I had written that the point I can retire is when my passive income I receive exceeds my expenses.  And that amount is $3,000 per month in passive income.  Therefore, my goal at that time of the post was to receive $36,000 in dividends by 2041.  I had also posted a breakdown of target dividend income goals for each year from 2015 to 2041, which can be found here. Now that 2017 has passed, it's time to reflect on how I did.  My 2017 dividend goal was $6,000 as of 5/3/2017.  The actual amount of dividends I received was $7,346.95.  I ..read more

As another year has passed by, I'm one more year closer to financial independence and retirement.  It feels like time just keeps flying by faster and faster... and I feel it especially so because I can see my children growing up.  I still remember bringing my firstborn back from the hospital and now he's talking with his own personality.  Looking back at his baby pictures and looking at him now just reminds me of how fast time flew by. I mention financial independence and retirement as if they are two different things, and to me, they are.  Financial independence is the po ..read more

I post an update every month on the taxable dividend income I receive in my brokerage accounts, the non-taxable dividends I receive from my Roth IRA accounts, the market value of my taxable brokerage accounts, the market value of my Roth IRA accounts, the market value of my 401(k) account, and my savings rate. Below is the monthly report as of December 31, 2017: Taxable Dividend Income (Total: $793.70) 3M Company (MMM) - $5.98 Bank of America Corporation (BAC) - $15.65 (Increased 61.34% YOY) Chevron Corporation (CVX) - $12.23 (Increased 0.91% YOY) The Coca-Cola Company (KO) - $20.87 (Incr ..read more

I post an update every month on the taxable dividend income I receive in my brokerage accounts, the non-taxable dividends I receive from my Roth IRA accounts, the market value of my taxable brokerage accounts, the market value of my Roth IRA accounts, the market value of my 401(k) account, and my savings rate. Below is the monthly report as of November 30, 2017: Taxable Dividend Income (Total: $98.02) Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (APD) - $4.81 AT&T Inc. (T) - $9.86 The Clorox Company (CLX) - $8.56 Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL) - $13.35 General Mills, Inc. (GIS) - $14.74 HCP ..read more

I post an update every month on the taxable dividend income I receive in my brokerage accounts, the non-taxable dividends I receive from my Roth IRA accounts, the market value of my taxable brokerage accounts, the market value of my Roth IRA accounts, the market value of my 401(k) account, and my savings rate. Below is the monthly report as of October 31, 2017: Taxable Dividend Income (Total: $61.45) Cardinal Health, Inc. (CAH) - $2.31 The Coca-Cola Company (KO) - $20.70 (Increased 6.43% YOY) Genuine Parts Company (GPC) - $14.31 Kimberly-Clark Corporation (KMB) - $9.85 (Increase ..read more

Happy New Year everyone!  With 2017 behind us, it's time to reflect on our new year's resolutions, our goals, our achievements, and our areas for improvement.  I make it a habit to set new year's resolutions every year and aim to achieve as many of them as possible.  Looking back over this past year, I have achieved a majority of my new year's resolutions so I'm very happy about that.  With the start of the new year, I'm optimistic that 2018 will be just as good, if not better, than 2017. It's been a while since I've posted, but I plan to post my monthly reports for Octobe ..read more

I post an update every month on the taxable dividend income I receive in my brokerage accounts, the non-taxable dividends I receive from my Roth IRA accounts, the market value of my taxable brokerage accounts, the market value of my Roth IRA accounts, the market value of my 401(k) account, and my savings rate. Below is the monthly report as of September 30, 2017: Taxable Dividend Income (Total: $713.88) 3M Company (MMM) - $5.94 Bank of America Corporation (BAC) - $15.58 (Increased 61.45% YOY) Chevron Corporation (CVX) - $12.12 (Increased 2.02% YOY) Consolidated Edison, Inc. (ED) - $1 ..read more

I post an update every month on the taxable dividend income I receive in my brokerage accounts, the non-taxable dividends I receive from my Roth IRA accounts, the market value of my taxable brokerage accounts, the market value of my Roth IRA accounts, the market value of my 401(k) account, and my savings rate. Below is the monthly report as of August 31, 2017: Taxable Dividend Income (Total: $68.00) Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (APD) - $4.78 AT&T Inc. (T) - $4.90 The Clorox Company (CLX) - $8.50 Colgate-Palmolive Company (CL) - $13.27 General Mills, Inc. (GIS) - $4.90 Kinder ..read more