Bert's April Dividend Income Summary

Many questions remain unanswered and are fueling uncertainty.
Nevertheless, there is plenty of positive news for dividend investors.
Reminding us WHY we are dividend growth investors.
The quality of the dividend should always be more important than the yield on the investment.
Another month is in the books. From a percent increase standpoint, the stock market crushed it. However, there was much more to the story, as the market is well below its pre-pandemic highs still. There is a significant amount of unease and uncertainty in the marketplace. Will the economic relief packages work? When will the economy re-open safely? How many more companies will cut their dividend?
All of these questions remain unanswered and are fueling this uncertainty. But still, despite this, there is plenty of positive news for dividend investors. During these turbulent times, the dividends continue to roll in and provide us with an additional, passive income source. In this article, I'll perform my April dividend income summary and highlight the previous month!
Receiving dividend cuts and watching your dividend income is never fun. In fact, it can even be discouraging seeing your income head in the wrong direction. So I thought I would start this article off by reminding us WHY we are dividend growth investors.
Dividend Investing is amazing for so many reasons. Slowly, over time, we are investing every dollar we can to build a growing, tax-efficient passive income stream by investing in undervalued dividend growth stocks identified by our dividend stock screener. There are some great values in the market today. In fact, many Dividend Aristocrats are trading at stock prices we haven't seen since 2015. It is important to stick to your investing metrics and investing strategy.
For us, our investing strategy has remained consistent over the years. We established our Dividend Stock Screener when we created our website, but the reality is we were using it even before we were... Read more