Welcome to the fifty-fourth (#54) dividend income report, covering earnings I've made from dividend-paying stocks in October 2021.
Last October, just like the September we spent both in Georgia and Latvia, there were some circumstances that required us to return. Nevertheless, we still managed to make a few nice road trips, visited some nice restaurants, and so on.
From the perspective of dividend income - Last October was very low, but as I'm rebuilding the portfolio from the scratch - it's picking up. Slowly but steady.
In total, I took $9.49 in dividend income last month. Which is quite awesome, for doing nothing, just holding stakes at great companies (y).
Back in July, I decided to start it over and build a dividend-paying stock portfolio from scratch, I sold all existing positions, kept some cash, and started selling credit spreads to generate income, which is used to buy these stocks.
An additional $686 was made from options trading
As options trading is not a passive form of making money while you are sleeping it wouldn't be fair to include them in dividend income reports.
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Dividend income in October 2021
From the dividend stocks I got the following income last month:
| MPW | $1.19 |
| NRZ | $5.31 |
| AWP | $2.96 |
Total: $9.46
I agree this is nothing much, but still every bit counts
Three dividend stocks paid us dividends last month. All, but AWP are quarterly paying dividend stocks, during the Q1 (January) we are looking to double monthly dividend income.
Monthly dividend income
2021 is not our best year for dividend income, but I'm really looking to return back to normal in 2022/2023
Stock Buys
Last month I bought 2 AAPL, 10 ARCC, 17 AWP, 3 BAC, 100 DOW, 4 INTC, 25 MPW, 8 PFE, 108 UWMC, 30 WBA and 4 WMB. These buys will greatly contribute to future dividend income growth.
Trailing twelve months value
At the end of October 2021, my projected trailing twelve-month dividend value stood at $46.21. It translates to about $554.49 annual dividend income or $1.51 daily dividend income.
The average monthly old-age pension in Latvia is EUR 365 ($422.40). At the end of September, my average monthly dividend income stood at a 10.93 % level from the average old-age pension in Latvia.
Goals for October 2022
When looking at October 2022, I will be quite optimistic and say USD 75 is what I'm looking at.
