August’s dividend income and dividend growth were incredible! On the other hand, net worth moved with the market.
August Dividend Income
This month I received $2,599.54 in dividend income! On average, I was paid $47.26 from 55 different companies! This month’s dividend income is a CRAZY 32.67% increase over August 2021. That’s $640.13 more dividend income than last August.
Dividend Income - August 2022
Here is a chart of my passive dividend income progress over the last 5 years.
The dividend portfolio has been updated.
Here are the dividend stock purchases I’ve made between August 2021 and 2022 that helped fuel this month’s dividend income growth.
August’s dividend income covers most living expenses for the month.
August Dividend Growth (Dividend Increases)
Below are the realized dividend increases I received this August. Dividend growth is an extremely important metric and one of my favorite to report!
This August I received 10 dividend increases. Four of the dividend increases were over 10%!
Dividend Increases - August 2022
August’s dividend increase adds $290.16 in annual dividend income! On top of that, August’s dividend increases are the equivalent of investing an extra $8,290.29 of new money at 3.5% yield (thanks LOW)! BOOM!
Net Worth
Net worth resumed its descent!
Let’s do the numbers…
Cash
Cash declined this month as I’ve been putting more money in the market. I’ll keep that up as much as possible.
Real Estate
In August, our electricity bill stayed exactly the same at $218 (weird) for the month and our gas bill remained about the same at $36. That totals to $254 again. August wasn’t crazy hot, not sure where the electricity went this month.
Our new rent rate kicked in and we are still way under market. The good news is rent came in on time, and no service calls.
Wrap-up
August was a surprising month of some huge dividend income and dividend growth. I am extremely pleased with the outcome. Hopefully, next month will be even better (I already know it will)! 🙂
I will continue to invest every month, and will work to put extra money to work if the market drops substantially.
2 Comments
Great job Blake! Thanks for sharing this, I need to find some good Dividend Payers for the month of August, as it is one of my lowest paying months. This is a good list to follow.
Thanks Jim! Oh yeah, quite a few good ones 😉