How Much My Dividend Portfolio Paid Me in May! ($174,000 Account)

In this video, we go over exactly how much dividend income I made in the month of May. Let me know your thoughts in the comments below!

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[TortoiseInvesting]

You'll be at $200k before too long! Awesome seeing your portfolio grow over time

[LiveFreeInvesting]

There is a fallacy in dividend growth thesis is the assumption of no dividend cut and the company continues to grow exponentially and that is improbable. I would do a 60/40 as in 60% high yield dividend amd 40% dividend growth. Another strategy is high dividend growth and use the dividend to index

[jakebasara]

I think sometimes you forget to mention that the divided stocks with low yields and high growth will not continue that high growth rate forever. They will eventually taper off and become high yielding stocks themselves. So to me the benefit of low yielding high growth stocks is not the divided, it is the capital appreciation (actual growth).

[MrGameMeister]

Are capital gains taxes factored into your final earnings? I understand that you are reinvesting your gains, but it’s pointless to show your cost of living comparison as without withdrawals you never be able to use the money. Possibly another chart that shows the withdrawal and use of funds after a certain point. That way you you can visualize how rapidly your portfolio is depleted.

[polishgarnek]

I sold my entire portfolio to day-trade buy X3 Leveraged Nvidia and I already tripled my money

So I'm slowly gonna start buying back, should I just buy or wait for dips?
I can wait since I get around 6%/year for holding cash

[paulb]

Won’t high growth dividend stocks eventually catch up and become high yield whereby they’ll flatline as well?

[MrGameMeister]

At what point will you dump a stock from your portfolio? I’ve noticed MMM has been negative growth for a while. As the rest of the portfolio is up, why hold onto it?

[fantasy]

Huh, I had about the same dividend with a 22k portfolio this month - true, this was my high month while it was your low. AND it was caused mostly by BTI. But I don't quite subscribe to your dividend growth approach - I'd rather invest in high-yield stocks first and then reinvest the dividends into dividend growth stocks and ETFs.

[michaelbrand]

Here is a question I’ve pondered for some time. The stocks with significant capital appreciation, do you sell those and buy a higher dividend yielding stock to utilize that appreciated capital? The math added up you’ll get more dividends. Does the strategy make sense or just hold the stocks and let them ride and buy more in the positions you have? Just a thought too.

[amigi]

Value 174k, cost around 150k?. I really do Not get it why people waste their time with stocks?!
Please answer…

[BossPookie]

Put your cash in SGOV or something paying 5%ish ... or not. SNSXX or SWVXX other options, monthly pay and liquid.

[filb]

I agree with you. I'm a dividend growth investor too. The moment one of my companies can't grow their dividends above inflation, it's out.

The only time I may hold is if a company increases it for 1 to 3%, then I may be patient to wait a year and see if the following they will increase it more...if I still see it grows again 1 to 3% the following year again, then it's gone. I do not accept a company paying on par or slightly below inflation 2 years in a row.

Of course, if they freeze their dividend or cut it altogether, it's an automatic sell unless there's an exceptional reason for it (Covid is a good example where I could forgive a company).

[christopherhamilton]

Reduce positions. 30 is too high. However, nice work nonetheless. Wish I had known the power of dividend stocks when I was much younger.
Great info in here and very well done presentation. Pacing was fast but consistent and you covered a lot of info. 👏👏👏

[TheGoldnDog]

So what i think i hear you saying is you prefer dividend growth stock over high yield ones? Keep going. Im almost 200k myself

[nathanfranck]

I've averaged my growth of my stocks and crypto over 3 years, not optimizing for dividends, and I'm averaging $350 a month on a 27k account. Maybe we're in a bubble, but taking the foam off of any stock or asset manually seems like a better play than dividends.

[TammyWhite-glsh]

I'm new to dividend investing (55 yo; DH 62 yo), currently have small positions from my Roth IRA ($2800-$5K) in MO, TGT, QQQY, QYLD, O, CIBR, BUG, JPEQ, SOXX, SVOL, IWMY, IYW. I have another 20K to invest and looking for best options. I'm looking for income in retirement (probably 2-5 years for my DH) to supplement his pension (to hold off on taking SS as long as possible). I'm not sure if I'm on the right path in my current investments. Still learning but so much contradictory information (or accurately - advice) out there.

[chels]

Do you also have a "regular" etf portfolio besides this dividends one? Do you recommend that, and should they be in the same portfolio or separated?

[acidbracelet]

I'm new to investing. I have one question; why not invest in the high yeid dividend until the high growth dividend stick surpasses it and then switch

[garretthowell]

Question, once you start living off the dividend payments, they won’t be reinvested, so would the payments stay the same or go down over time since they aren’t being reinvested?

[TheMicsaund]

Where are the spreadsheets you show? I only see a paywall.