My Dividend Portfolio: 2013 Year In Review

I started 2013 with the objective of attaining $27,000 in dividends for the year. I was also very focused on expanding my US portfolio given my significant concentration of Australian stocks. I managed to just achieve my dividend target for 2013 and finished the year with $27,304 in dividends.
Strategy
In addition to generating more of my dividend income from US stocks, one of my 2013 objectives was to add some cornerstone positions in some high quality, large cap dividend performers. I also wanted to increase my exposure to the healthcare and consumer staples sectors, in which I've been underweight. Most importantly, I wanted to do all of this while paying a fair price for any new positions that I accumulated. 2013 Highlights I managed to attain an annual run rate of $3.5k in USD dividends in 2013, which I'm hoping to build upon in 2014. I added a... Read more