One of the most anticipated recurring events across the Dividend Growth Investing (DGI) community is when everyone posts their monthly dividend income report. However, I have noticed that there are rarely any updates about the overall performance of the portfolio inclusive of any unrealized capital gains or losses. This may be due, in part, to …
Employer pension plans, or defined benefit plans as they are sometimes called, were once the standard means of providing retirement income for many people. With the introduction of the 401(k), many companies began to slowly transition away from the pension plan to the point where today they tend to be the exception rather than the …
The last two months have been rather busy with deploying new capital into my dividend portfolio, and as kids head back to school across the country I thought it would be a good time to sharpen my pencil and share a few of the stocks I will be watching in the month of September. In …
Imagine the odd looks and blank stares that I receive when answering people about my hobbies with the following one-word reply… Spreadsheets. I’ll admit that I am a bit of a spreadsheet nut, and despite great tools such as Mint.com and Personal Capital, I continue to track our family finances with spreadsheets. We have spreadsheets …
In the most recent dividend income report, I mentioned that I had adjusted my automated deposit that was originally setup to purchase the Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund (VTSAX) to now be directed towards additional purchases of the Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (VYM). The impetus for this change was primarily because my overall …