Investments

I have a goal to make at least $1,200 per month for the next 3 months of the year in dividend income + selling options. Every quarter I create a brief income plan/goal laying out plans for the next three months. Last quarter (Q4 2019) I had a plan to take $1,000/mo from the financial markets, unfortunately, it didn't work as expected. In total, I made slightly more than $3,000 during the last quarter, but not all months were even so, for example, October was the best income month so far with…

Currently, we hold 17 stock, all but one are dividend-paying stocks. I have been building this dividend income stock portfolio since 2017. We have both monthly and quarterly paying stocks in the portfolio. As we are not thinking to increase the total count of stocks to more than 20 in 2020, we do plan to increase payment from the existing stocks, and here is the plan for 2020: monthly: at least $20/mo quarterly: at least $60/quarterly* Monthly stocks At the start of 2020, we hold 6 monthly…

Welcome to the thirty-second (#32) dividend income report, covering earnings I've made from dividend-paying stocks and peer to peer lending in December 2019. Last December we spent some 10 days in Latvia, unfortunately, global warming has hit Latvia too and instead of snowy meadows and white fir trees, all we got was some gray haze and green grass. Christmas tree 2019 Every citizen is allowed to cut one fir tree from Latvian State Forests (Latvijas Valsts meži), there are rules that apply…

I'm 34 years old now and I have a goal to save one million dollars by the time I will turn 60. Just 26 years to go. I've been documenting my journey towards financial independence for the last three years already. In today's article, I will review the past year of 2019 and take a quick glimpse at the New Year of 2020. Make sure to check out previous yearly review articles here: 2018 in Review and Financial Goals for 2019 2017 in Review and Financial Goals for 2018 In 2019 I made a huge…

Welcome to the thirty-first (#31) dividend income report, covering earnings I've made from dividend-paying stocks and peer to peer lending in November 2019. Last November we spent a week in Italy and Switzerland. Traveling with a 16-month old might be complicated but we did it actually quite nice - Lake Como in Italy, Lugano in Switzerland. Quite a tranquil trip. Highly recommend. Lugano, Switzerland The last November was better than expected in terms of dividend income but was a total…

Welcome to the thirty (#30) dividend income report, covering earnings I've made from dividend-paying stocks and peer to peer lending in October 2019. Wow, thirty income reports so far, that's a quite impressive track of the record, covering more than 2 years of dividend income. Last October, just like September, we spent in Georgia, some relatives visited us and we made a nice day trip to the Kazbegi in Georgia at the start of October Gergeti church in Georgia The last October was quite …

Welcome to the twenty-ninth (#29) dividend income report, covering earnings I've made from dividend-paying stocks and peer to peer lending in September 2019. Last September we spent in Georgia, traveling around the country a bit, in September the grape harvest time (Rtveli) is celebrated in Georgia. So we headed off for a weekend to the region of Kakheti and actually for the first time I was eating grapes from the field.  Luxury stay at Akhasheni Wine Resort in Georgia It was my pleasure…

I have a plan to make at least $1,000 per month for the next 3 months of the year in dividend income + selling options. Here is the long story short - I've been investing in dividend stocks since early January 2017, fast forward to the first quarter of 2019 and I've started writing puts and calls on dividend stock I own or would mind having in our stock portfolio. Option writing has given a real boost to the monthly income There has been a tremendous growth both in earnings and knowledge…

Welcome to the twenty-eight (#28) dividend income report, covering earnings I've made from dividend-paying stocks and peer to peer lending in August 2019. Last August, I turned 34. For this years birthday celebrations, we traveled to Baku, Azerbaijan and had some really good time there.  Fairmont Baku hotel at Flame Towers (Read my review here) As I've reached the age of 34, starting the next year  I will put aside at least 54% from my yearly income. Here is the formula = my age + 20 = 54…

Withdrawing funds from Deribit platform is very easy. Keep reading to learn more. Disclosure: This article contains affiliate links to deribit.com options trading website, by clicking on links on this page and by making investment on derbit.com, I might earn affiliate income at no cost to you. I'm not a financial advisor and I don't give you any advice, I'm just sharing my own experience. Investments in stocks, funds, bonds or cryptos are risk investments and you could lose some or all of…