Lanny's June Dividend Income Summary

Six months in. Wow, the year is officially half over. However, is there another way to look at it? What about - we have half of the year left to make an impact? I like the sound of that better. I hope everyone had a great 4th of July weekend and that everyone has enjoyed their time with friends, family and, well, updating their portfolios! I am excited to share my June dividend income results, as it happened to be my best month, ever.
Dividend Income
As the intro stated, June has been the best month ever, with a total of $1,498.60. I was only $1.40 short of the $1,500 mark, but I am fairly confident that by September, that should be crossed! This has quite a bit to do with my investments with my 401(k) at work, as well as my Health Savings Account (HSA), which continually has over $1,700 going in as contributions per month (as I am maxing those accounts throughout the year). See the dividend income results below:

Quite a few names popping up in there, eh? I had to remove the bottom row just to fit them all! Not a bad problem to have at all. Further, National Grid (NYSE: NGG), a utility player, had a reverse stock split and paid out a special dividend, which further increased the record month here. Sadly, one thing to mention is Mattel's (Nasdaq: MAT) dividend going forward will be brutally less than this on a going forward basis, as it had slashed its dividend (gutted, in my mind) from $0.38 per quarter down to $0.16. The amount in September should be around $13... Read more