Time to update my dividend income, the final time of the year. Not a great month by my standards, but I don't own a lot of stocks that pay in December:
Realty Income (O) - $10.16
Duke Energy - (DUK) - $21.25
Wells Fargo Advantage Utilities (ERH) - $42.38
Then, in my Roth IRA:
Armour Residential REIT - (ARR) - $122.10
Total for the month = $195.89
Then, my total for the year = $16016.10
Not bad! If all of my holdings maintain there distributions at current levels, the shares that I own currently project to pay around 18K in dividends for 2012. As I said in a previous post, my goal is to get that number up to 20K.
Hope everyone has a great and safe time tonight and throughout 2012,
Big J
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Monday, December 26, 2011
Revisiting Goal #5
Yesterday, I posted my goals for 2012. I started thinking more about goal #5, which is to generate an additional $2000 per year in dividend income. Just doing some simple back of the envelope calculations, this is what I find:
Assume:
8% dividend yield (I know this is high, but I have some stocks in mind that will average this)
(0.08) x $2000 (my dividend goal) = $25,000 total to invest to reach my goal
Sounds like a lot! But it can be done, here's how:
-I make almost 3k a year in my taxable account in dividends. All of this money will go towards it.
-I make about 13.5k a year in my bank stock dividends. Lets say I take 3 of the 4 quarterly checks and put them towards this. Thats $10,000, leaving me about $12K short.
-For the rest of the 12K, I'll need to invest around 1k a month. I could almost do that now since my car and tv are paid off, and I can easily do it if I get a new job and downsize the apartment.
So there you go. The goal is ambitious, but doable. And boy would it be nice to have that extra money coming in next year!
Assume:
8% dividend yield (I know this is high, but I have some stocks in mind that will average this)
(0.08) x $2000 (my dividend goal) = $25,000 total to invest to reach my goal
Sounds like a lot! But it can be done, here's how:
-I make almost 3k a year in my taxable account in dividends. All of this money will go towards it.
-I make about 13.5k a year in my bank stock dividends. Lets say I take 3 of the 4 quarterly checks and put them towards this. Thats $10,000, leaving me about $12K short.
-For the rest of the 12K, I'll need to invest around 1k a month. I could almost do that now since my car and tv are paid off, and I can easily do it if I get a new job and downsize the apartment.
So there you go. The goal is ambitious, but doable. And boy would it be nice to have that extra money coming in next year!
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Goals for 2012
Merry Christmas to all!
2011 was a tough year for me. I went through a pretty rough patch in the spring/summer which I'm still paying for both emotionally and financially, but things are calming down now. Then, a few months later, I took a pay cut at work, making life even more difficult. Because of these things, its been easy to look forward to 2012 and try to figure out what I want to do so that I'm much better off in 12 months time. Without further ado, my personal financial goals for 2012:
1. Get a new job. Fingers crossed, I think I'm pretty close to fixing this one, but nothing is set in stone. I had a great onsite interview on December 19th that I'm waiting to hear back on, and I have another onsite interview at a different company some time in early January. I think either of these jobs would be a better fit for me than my current one, and the compensation will be better than my current one as well. Hopefully I'll have a more clear idea of what is going on by the end of January.
2. Move into a less expensive apartment. I'm hoping this one won't be too hard either. My lease is up at the end of March, and the apartment I'm currently in is one of the last artifacts of my failed engagement. Its way too big for just one person, so I'm looking forward to downsizing some, and its also pretty far from where I work, so a move closer to work would be nice too.
3. Start maxing out my 401k. This one is sort of related to goal 1, as I should be able to do this as soon as I get a new job. Doing this makes it easier to contribute to a roth IRA, as contributions to 401ks dont count towards one's MAGI. Speaking of roth IRA's:
4. Contribute as much as possible to my roth IRA. If I get a new job it might be really tough to contribute to this anymore, so I at least need to make sure that I contribute all I can for 2011. I'll probably have to wait to do my 2012 taxes to contribute again, just to see where I'm at income wise.
5. Increase my dividend income by $2000 next year. I currently make around $18k a year in dividends. I think 20k a year is a doable goal, especially if goals 1 and 2 get accomplished (and if I can't do #4).
Well there it is. It will be fun to look back on this list throughout the year to see how I'm doing. What are some of your goals? What do you think of these? Too aggressive/not aggressive enough?
2011 was a tough year for me. I went through a pretty rough patch in the spring/summer which I'm still paying for both emotionally and financially, but things are calming down now. Then, a few months later, I took a pay cut at work, making life even more difficult. Because of these things, its been easy to look forward to 2012 and try to figure out what I want to do so that I'm much better off in 12 months time. Without further ado, my personal financial goals for 2012:
1. Get a new job. Fingers crossed, I think I'm pretty close to fixing this one, but nothing is set in stone. I had a great onsite interview on December 19th that I'm waiting to hear back on, and I have another onsite interview at a different company some time in early January. I think either of these jobs would be a better fit for me than my current one, and the compensation will be better than my current one as well. Hopefully I'll have a more clear idea of what is going on by the end of January.
2. Move into a less expensive apartment. I'm hoping this one won't be too hard either. My lease is up at the end of March, and the apartment I'm currently in is one of the last artifacts of my failed engagement. Its way too big for just one person, so I'm looking forward to downsizing some, and its also pretty far from where I work, so a move closer to work would be nice too.
3. Start maxing out my 401k. This one is sort of related to goal 1, as I should be able to do this as soon as I get a new job. Doing this makes it easier to contribute to a roth IRA, as contributions to 401ks dont count towards one's MAGI. Speaking of roth IRA's:
4. Contribute as much as possible to my roth IRA. If I get a new job it might be really tough to contribute to this anymore, so I at least need to make sure that I contribute all I can for 2011. I'll probably have to wait to do my 2012 taxes to contribute again, just to see where I'm at income wise.
5. Increase my dividend income by $2000 next year. I currently make around $18k a year in dividends. I think 20k a year is a doable goal, especially if goals 1 and 2 get accomplished (and if I can't do #4).
Well there it is. It will be fun to look back on this list throughout the year to see how I'm doing. What are some of your goals? What do you think of these? Too aggressive/not aggressive enough?
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Some Good News
Sorry for the lack of posts recently. Things are going ok here; still doing online surveys (since the end of september I've made over 100 bucks), and still dragging myself to work every day. Since I last posted, I have two very good pieces of news.
First, the bank stock that I owned announced a major dividend increase, from 34 to 40 cents a share. This represents a quarterly increase for me of over $400! The dividend will pay around the 15th of January. Great news for me, considering the recent news I posted that I took a pay cut at work. And on that matter:
I have an interview with a large biotech company on monday. I'm pretty excited about this, if I got the job, I think it would definitely be a pay increase, and also be doing things that I want to do. Wish me luck!
Big J
First, the bank stock that I owned announced a major dividend increase, from 34 to 40 cents a share. This represents a quarterly increase for me of over $400! The dividend will pay around the 15th of January. Great news for me, considering the recent news I posted that I took a pay cut at work. And on that matter:
I have an interview with a large biotech company on monday. I'm pretty excited about this, if I got the job, I think it would definitely be a pay increase, and also be doing things that I want to do. Wish me luck!
Big J
Saturday, December 3, 2011
November Dividend Update
Well, its been a pretty rocky month for me personally. I took a paycut at work, and there's really no telling how much longer I'll be employed period. I knew this was a possibility, which is one of the reasons I really wanted to focus on saving and investing for cash flow. The whole situation has forced me to take a long hard look at how much I'm making in dividends currently to see if I could live off of them currently. I think it would be close, but I'd be much better off waiting longer. However, I just got the news this morning that my bank stock dividend is going up 5 cents a share quarterly, which represents over a 300 dollar a quarter increase, which is great for me! Anyway, on to the November dividend update:
CLMT - $279
LINE - $414
O - $10.16
ERH - $42.38
TOTAL = $745.54
Not bad! I'll be happy when the Feb-May-Aug-Nov dividend totals are over $1000, but 'm getting close to it!
In other news, I'm thinking of getting rid of one of my savings accounts and just taking the money and buying up shares of a very conservative dividend stock (think PG, JNJ, etc.). Thoughts?
CLMT - $279
LINE - $414
O - $10.16
ERH - $42.38
TOTAL = $745.54
Not bad! I'll be happy when the Feb-May-Aug-Nov dividend totals are over $1000, but 'm getting close to it!
In other news, I'm thinking of getting rid of one of my savings accounts and just taking the money and buying up shares of a very conservative dividend stock (think PG, JNJ, etc.). Thoughts?
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