September Dividend Income

After 34 years of clocking in and out of work and religiously saving at least 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 September I made $5,192.28; an increase of 38.31% versus this time last year. This marks the first time I have ever crossed the $5K so an awesome month on this front for sure.

In September I received four dividend raise announcements from Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), Artesian Resources (ARTNA), Lockheed Martin (LMT), and OGE Energy (OGE).  Of the four only the OGE raise was unexpected as I had forecasted a 3% raise, but they issued a 1.7% raise which was disappointing but a raise none the less.

On the home front my expenses have remained the same which means my savings rate has stayed steady at 24.9%.  I have no pics or adventures for the month. September is tough month as we sadly say goodbye to summer and its warm days, the swimming pool gets covered and winterized and of course the day becomes that much shorter as the sun sets so quickly.  The trees around my house are mostly green with a touch yellow, orange, or red on their edges, a sign that peak autumn foliage is just a few weeks away.

Enough of me droning on about the passing of another summer let’s see the things we all love to see…charts and dividend payouts:

Date	Symbol	Company	Amount
9/1/21	ALE	ALLETE INC	$128.41
9/1/21	PSX	PHILLIPS 66	$25.84
9/1/21	SJM	SMUCKER J M CO	$10.45
9/2/21	CMI	CUMMINS INC	$40.46
9/2/21	DFS	DISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICES	$12.95
9/2/21	VLO	VALERO ENERGY CORP	$35.28
9/3/21	ENB	ENBRIDGE INC	$236.19
9/7/21	BLV	VANGUARD BD INDEX FDS LONG TERM BOND	$14.47
9/7/21	JNJ	JOHNSON &JOHNSON	$184.18
9/7/21	PFE	PFIZER INC	$227.64
9/7/21	SO	SOUTHERN CO	$66.14
9/7/21	VCLT	VANGUARD SCOTTSDALE FUNDS LONG-TERM COR	$15.63
9/7/21	WMT	WALMART INC	$14.48
9/8/21	HYG	ISHARES TR IBOXX HI YD ETF	$17.07
9/8/21	PFF	ISHARES TR PFD AND INCM SEC	$52.60
9/9/21	MSFT	MICROSOFT CORP	$61.03
9/9/21	UPS	UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC	$227.87
9/10/21	CVX	CHEVRON CORP	$22.61
9/10/21	IBM	INTERNATIONAL BUS MACH CORP	$148.35
9/10/21	UL	UNILEVER PLC	$14.84
9/10/21	WBA	WALGREENS BOOTS ALLIANCE INC	$58.88
9/13/21	MMM	3M	$57.77
9/13/21	OGN	ORGANON &CO	$5.60
9/15/21	AVA	AVISTA CORP	$135.62
9/15/21	EPR	EPR PROPERTIES	$77.71
9/15/21	FAF	FIRST AMERICAN FINANCIAL CORP	$163.33
9/15/21	NWL	NEWELL BRANDS INC	$25.56
9/16/21	DUK	DUKE ENERGY CORP NEW COM NEW ISIN #US26	$65.51
9/16/21	PRU	PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC	$482.40
9/16/21	VTRS	VIATRIS INC	$7.75
9/17/21	BHB	BAR HARBOR BANKSHARES	$48.64
9/17/21	R	RYDER SYSTEM INC	$54.57
9/17/21	WM	WASTE MANAGEMENT INC	$41.50
9/20/21	CMP	COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL INC	$137.52
9/23/21	PSEC	PROSPECT CAP CORP	$155.54
9/23/21	QCOM	QUALCOMM INC	$160.93
9/24/21	BP	BP PLC	$8.59
9/24/21	KHC	KRAFT HEINZ CO	$9.39
9/24/21	LMT	LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP	$18.27
9/27/21	NUSI	ETF SER SOLUTIONS NATIONWIDE RSK	$12.77
9/29/21	BEP	BROOKFIELD RENEWABLE PARTNERS	$266.34
9/29/21	BEPC	BROOKFIELD RENEWABLE CORP	$66.52
9/29/21	TROW	PRICE T ROWE GROUPS	$16.88
9/30/21	ARCC	ARES CAPITAL CORP	$502.58
9/30/21	AVGO	BROADCOM INC	$7.25
9/30/21	CTO	CTO RLTY GROWTH INC	$55.10
9/30/21	GATX	GATX CORP	$53.15
9/30/21	GRMN	GARMIN	$67.89
9/30/21	NEWT	NEWTEK BUSINESS SVCS CORP	$744.23
9/30/21	PEP	PEPSICO INC	$55.66
9/30/21	WEYS	WEYCO GROUP INC	$25.38
9/30/21	M1 Finance	M1 DIVIDEND GROWTH ACCOUNT	$46.96