After 35 years of clocking in and out of work and religiously saving at least 10% annually in my 401K every year, my countdown to financial independence is in sight. Each month is a step closer and let’s look at how this past month is getting me there.
For the month of March I made $3,828.61; a decrease of -3.34% versus this time last year. The main culprit for the decrease was my BGS payment sliding out into early May versus April of last year.
In April I received 7 dividend raises from ARTNA, BHB, DFS, IBM, JNJ, PG and SO. A solid month for raises that should add an additional $131 to my annual income going forward.
On the home I haven’t had much time as for some reason work has become stressful and I’ve been mentally fatigued lately. Unfortunately, it has spilled into early May but hopefully things will lighten up soon.
Here are the charts we love to see:
| Date | Symbol | Company | Amount |
| 4/1/22 | AGR | AVANGRID | $23.91 |
| 4/1/22 | ALL | ALLSTATE CORP | $3.40 |
| 4/1/22 | BEPC | BROOKFIELD RENEWABLE CORP | $70.08 |
| 4/4/22 | GRMN | GARMIN LTD | $68.23 |
| 4/4/22 | KMB | KIMBERLY-CLARK CORP | $17.06 |
| 4/4/22 | WMT | WALMART INC | $14.75 |
| 4/5/22 | TU | TELUS CORPORATION | $57.93 |
| 4/6/22 | BLV | VANGUARD BD INDEX FDS LONG TERM BOND | $21.29 |
| 4/6/22 | IRM | IRON MOUNTAIN INC | $498.67 |
| 4/6/22 | VCLT | VANGUARD SCOTTSDALE FUNDS LONG-TERM COR | $14.96 |
| 4/7/22 | HYG | ISHARES TR IBOXX HI YD ETF | $21.20 |
| 4/7/22 | MRK | MERCK &CO. INC | $149.88 |
| 4/7/22 | PFF | ISHARES TR PFD AND INCM SEC | $48.38 |
| 4/11/22 | GSK | GLAXOSMITHKLINE ADR | $203.95 |
| 4/14/22 | AQN | ALGONQUIN PWR UTILS CORP | $307.69 |
| 4/14/22 | MPW | MEDICAL PROPERTIES TRUST INC | $192.37 |
| 4/14/22 | WPC | WP CAREY INC | $577.88 |
| 4/18/22 | CPT | CAMDEN PROPERTY TRUST | $14.42 |
| 4/18/22 | EPR | EPR PROPERTIES | $85.49 |
| 4/18/22 | KBAL | KIMBALL INTERNATIONAL | $2.45 |
| 4/18/22 | LEG | LEGGETT &PLATT INC | $269.39 |
| 4/18/22 | PKG | PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA | $4.04 |
| 4/20/22 | BCE | BCE INC | $410.73 |
| 4/20/22 | PSEC | PROSPECT CAP CORP | $155.54 |
| 4/25/22 | NUSI | NATIONWIDE RISK-MANAGED INCOME ETF | $18.28 |
| 4/26/22 | XRMI | GLOBAL X FDS S&P 500 RISK | $29.73 |
| 4/29/22 | AMNF | ARMANINO FOODS DISTINCTION INC | $42.60 |
| 4/29/22 | BNS | BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA | $29.01 |
| 4/29/22 | CM | CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE | $293.22 |
| 4/29/22 | OGE | OGE ENERGY CORP | $142.64 |
| 4/29/22 | M1 Finance | M1 DIVIDEND GROWTH ACCOUNT | $39.44 |
Simple Dividend Growth 
Sliding dividends stink sometimes. It drops one month but on the bright side brings another month up. As long as you are positive at the end of the year though all is good. Keep on adding.
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Ain’t that the truth. BTW saw your Ryder System purchase and that just popped on buyout news, nice pick-up.
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Yeah big pop then was down in after hours big time but has leveled out. I wonder if they plan to take it private or trim the dividend?
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Even at that price the P/E is still well below 10 so I don’t see the board accepting the offer but if they entertain it may attract other buyers to bid up the share price.
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wow great month and some absolute monster payments in there! enjoy that recent 6% raise from algonquin!
I hear ya on the mental front, I have felt a little mentally exhausted the last week, hope to recharge this wkend.
all the best, cheers
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Its been rough enough I haven’t even gotten out to fish yet so was a little jealous of your post LOL.
The AQN raise was sweet music when I saw it.
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