Dividend Income Progress Update: May 2011
Published Jun 12, 2011 on Seeking Alpha

Once again it is time for a goals/progress update. I am pleased to report that annualized dividend income increased in May, extending the streak to 11 consecutive months of increases after June 2010's decline. Since I began publicly tracking annualized dividend income in November 2007, it has increased in 40 of the last 42 months. My goals were defined in this December 1, 2007 Investing Goals post and updated in my 2011 Investing Goals post. Below is an updated version of the table found in the original post. Description Dividend Income Annualized Yield on Cost 2027 Goal 110,000 10.00% 2017 Goal 30,000 5.80% 2011 Goal 15,500 4.70% December/2010 11,407 4.55% Purchases YTD 2,398 -0.15% Div. Changes YTD 359 0.04% Sales YTD (777) 0.02% May/2011 13,387 4.46% Purchases 298 -0.04% Div. Changes 112 0.04% Sales - 0.00% April/2011 12,977 4.46% The above information covers the current month and year-to-date through the... Read more