December Dividend Income

After 33 years of clocking in and out of work and religiously saving 10% annually in my 401K every year, in good times and bad, I have decided to share my monthly dividend income to show what regular saving and investing can accomplish.

For the month of December I made $4,324.88; an increase of +39.93% versus this time last year. I was hoping to hit my very first $4K month and was shocked when I blew by it by $300.

My buying in large quantities has slowed down quite a bit since November as valuations rose significantly across the board. I’ll continue buying in small lots and going into January here are the stocks on my watch list; AbbVie (ABBV), Allete (ALE), BCE Inc (BCE), J.M. Smucker (SJM), Lockheed Martin (LMT), 3M (MMM), Unilever (UL), Verizon (VZ) and Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA).

Date	Symbol	Company	Amount
12/1/20	ALE	ALLETE INC	$123.50
12/1/20	PFE	PFIZER INC	$214.90
12/1/20	PSX	PHILLIPS 66	$25.30
12/3/20	CMI	CUMMINS INC	$37.67
12/3/20	DFS	DISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICES	$11.34
12/3/20	UPS	UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC	$225.60
12/7/20	SO	SOUTHERN CO	$60.16
12/8/20	JNJ	JOHNSON &JOHNSON	$174.10
12/9/20	VLO	VALERO ENERGY CORP	$35.28
12/10/20	CVX	CHEVRON CORP	$21.77
12/10/20	IBM	INTERNATIONAL BUS MACH CORP	$142.13
12/10/20	MSFT	MICROSOFT CORP	$61.03
12/11/20	WBA	WALGREENS BOOTS ALLIANCE INC	$42.67
12/14/20	MMM	3M CO	$48.75
12/15/20	AVA	AVISTA CORP	$122.28
12/15/20	CMP	COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL INC	$137.52
12/15/20	FAF	FIRST AMERICAN FINANCIAL CORP	$143.84
12/15/20	NWL	NEWELL BRANDS INC	$25.56
12/16/20	DUK	DUKE ENERGY CORP	$57.90
12/17/20	PRU	PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC	$444.45
12/17/20	QCOM	QUALCOMM INC	$153.82
12/18/20	BHB	BAR HARBOR BANKSHARES	$41.10
12/18/20	BP	BP PLC SPONSORED ADR	$8.13
12/18/20	KHC	KRAFT HEINZ CO	$9.20
12/18/20	R	RYDER SYSTEM INC	$51.93
12/18/20	WM	WASTE MANAGEMENT INC	$39.34
12/22/20	FAST	FASTENAL	$16.22
12/23/20	HYG	ISHARES TR IBOXX HI YD ETF	$42.20
12/23/20	PFF	ISHARES TR PFD AND INCM SEC	$70.32
12/24/20	PSEC	PROSPECT CAP CORP	$155.54
12/29/20	BLV	VANGUARD BD INDEX FDS LONG TERM BOND	$187.70
12/29/20	VCLT	VANGUARD SCOTTSDALE FUNDS LONG-TERM CORP BD	$30.63
12/30/20	ARCC	ARES CAPITAL CORP	$460.48
12/30/20	NEWT	NEWTEK BUSINESS SVCS CORP	$364.74
12/30/20	TROW	PRICE T ROWE GROUPS	$13.70
12/31/20	BEP	BROOKFIELD RENEWABLE PARTNERS PARTNERSHIP	$253.70
12/31/20	BEPC	BROOKFIELD RENEWABLE CORP	$63.36
12/31/20	BPYU	BROOKFIELD PPTY REIT INC	$49.77
12/31/20	GATX	GATX CORP	$51.02
12/31/20	GRMN	GARMIN LTD	$61.81
12/31/20	WEYS	WEYCO GROUP INC	$18.87
12/31/20	M1 Finance	M1 DIVIDEND GROWTH ACCOUNT	$25.55