Tracking My Portfolio Income
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The best thing about being a dividend growth investor is watching your dividend income grow over time. As I have written about time and time again, the power of a dividend growth portfolio is the compounded growth that an investor receives . As new dividends come into the account from the companies paying dividends, those dividends should be plowed back into more shares of the best companies. Over time your number of shares grow. Also, with the right companies the actual company dividend also grow. The net result is higher and higher dividend income into your portfolio. Nice scenario!
As a visual type of guy, I like to keep track of this data. I have a chart set up that shows my dividend income over time. It does nothing more than show me the impact dividend growth has had on my portfolio progress, however it is a powerful reminder of the power of this growth. The chart is easy to set up using any spreadsheet program. Put the date in one column, your yearly dividend income in another, select the cells, and click the graphing icon in the program. After selecting a few other options, you have a chart showing you the dividend growth. Here is what my chart looks like today:
Click to EnlargeSimple but powerful. It is certainly a motivating factor during the life of a portfolio.
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Dividend Growth Investor said:
That’s a very inspiring chart TDG. Keep up the dividend plan and you will generate enough dividend income.
December 31st, 2008 at 10:53 am -
PhdStudent said:
Wow, what happened in november and december? Did you borrow to invest in more stocks? All the american banks cut their dividends, H&R, pengrowth, etc. as well.
December 31st, 2008 at 11:01 am -
Dividend Tree said:
TDG: Is the sudden jump in last three month due to additional purchases ?
December 31st, 2008 at 1:01 pm -
the moneygardener said:
Love It! What is with the large uptick recently? Have you been doing some major buying?
December 31st, 2008 at 1:15 pm -
Mark said:
Good luck on reaching 100k in dividend income!
January 1st, 2009 at 1:14 pm -
Dave said:
“As I have written about time and time again, the power of a dividend growth portfolio is the compounded growth that an investor receives.”
This feature is not unique to “dividend growth portfolios”. Any portfolio where you don’t withdraw the gains as income has compounded growth.
January 1st, 2009 at 5:51 pm -
The Dividend Guy said:
Dividend Tree & MG – I received a whack of employee stock and my company pays a dividend. That is why the sudden jump occurred – love it!
Mark – thanks for the good luck wishes.
Dave – you are absolutely correct. You do not need a dividend portfolio to do this – however it certainly does help.
January 2nd, 2009 at 8:42 am
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