June Dividend Income

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 June I made $5,789.87; an increase of 26.38% versus this time last year.  Biggest payout I have had this year, if only the first two months of a quarter were this nice.

In June I received 3 dividend raises from GIS, ODC and WPC.  These raises will add an additional $32.70 to my annual income going forward. June is a tough month for raises so I’ll take anything that comes.

Taking a mid-year look at my annual income growth goal of 12.5%, my income is currently exceeding that goal by 3% and the bulk of that is due to the massive 49% dividend raise from United Parcel Service (UPS) back in February. Since UPS is my largest position it made a significant dent, without that I would have been closer to my goal.

On the home front I am finally caught up on maintaining properties for two homes (mine & my father-in-law’s) and I can finally start enjoying summer.   Last year we started our backyard movie nights and cannot wait to get that started again, best part is we could not get a screen last year because of supply chain issues but I was able to get a 120” screen and cannot wait to try it out.  My daughter caught Covid and had a side effect of something called “Covid Eye”, long story short her eye is as swollen as Rocky Balboa’s except she didn’t say cut me Mick.

On another note, fellow blogger Northern Lights Investment is back from a very dangerous surgery and is blogging again but still in need of much recovery and far from out of the woods.  Also, another callout to fellow blogger Dividend Portfolio as he battles cancer and faces a tough road ahead.  Try to keep both in your prayers as they can use all the help they can get.  

Here are the charts we love to see:

Date	Symbol	Company	Amount
6/1/22	ALE	ALLETE INC	$138.76
6/1/22	DIVO	AMPLIFY ETF TR CWP ENHANCED DIV	$107.69
6/1/22	PNW	PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORP	$207.96
6/1/22	PSX	PHILLIPS 66	$28.87
6/1/22	SJM	SMUCKER J M CO	$18.93
6/2/22	CMI	CUMMINS INC	$41.04
6/2/22	UPS	UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC	$345.18
6/3/22	ENB	ENBRIDGE INC	$254.72
6/6/22	SO	SOUTHERN CO	$70.24
6/7/22	JNJ	JOHNSON &JOHNSON	$199.02
6/7/22	VLO	VALERO ENERGY CORP	$35.28
6/8/22	AMGN	AMGEN INC	$11.76
6/9/22	DFS	DISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICES	$15.61
6/9/22	MSFT	MICROSOFT CORP	$67.84
6/10/22	CVX	CHEVRON CORP	$23.96
6/10/22	IBM	INTERNATIONAL BUS MACH CORP	$155.03
6/10/22	PFE	PFIZER INC	$239.15
6/10/22	SNA	SNAP-ON INC	$33.96
6/10/22	WBA	WALGREENS BOOTS ALLIANCE INC	$70.07
6/13/22	MMM	3M CO	$63.12
6/15/22	AVA	AVISTA CORP	$147.84
6/15/22	EPR	EPR PROPERTIES	$85.49
6/15/22	FAF	FIRST AMERICAN FINANCIAL CORP	$163.33
6/15/22	NWL	NEWELL BRANDS INC	$25.56
6/16/22	DUK	DUKE ENERGY CORP	$67.39
6/16/22	OGN	ORGANON &CO	$5.71
6/16/22	PRU	PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC	$520.12
6/17/22	BHB	BAR HARBOR BANKSHARES	$54.07
6/17/22	R	RYDER SYSTEM INC	$54.57
6/17/22	WM	WASTE MANAGEMENT INC	$46.92
6/21/22	CMP	COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL INC	$28.65
6/21/22	PSEC	PROSPECT CAP CORP	$98.13
6/21/22	UL	UNILEVER PLC	$58.55
6/23/22	QCOM	QUALCOMM INC	$177.49
6/24/22	BP	BP PLC	$8.59
6/24/22	KHC	KRAFT HEINZ CO	$9.70
6/24/22	LMT	LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP	$25.80
6/27/22	SCHD	SCHWAB US DIVIDEND EQUITY ETF	$33.46
6/28/22	NUSI	ETF SER SOLUTIONS NATIONWIDE NASDQ	$15.93
6/29/22	TROW	PRICE T ROWE GROUPS	$25.14
6/29/22	XRMI	GLOBAL X FDS S&P 500 RISK	$50.36
6/29/22	XYLD	GLOBAL X FDS S&P 500 COVERED	$146.02
6/30/22	ARCC	ARES CAPITAL CORP	$551.61
6/30/22	AVGO	BROADCOM INC	$8.43
6/30/22	BEP	BROOKFIELD RENEWABLE PARTNERS	$280.60
6/30/22	BEPC	BROOKFIELD RENEWABLE CORP	$70.08
6/30/22	CTO	CTO RLTY GROWTH INC	$64.97
6/30/22	GATX	GATX CORP	$55.27
6/30/22	NEWT	NEWTEK BUSINESS SVCS CORP	$620.19
6/30/22	PEP	PEPSICO INC	$60.72
6/30/22	WEYS	WEYCO GROUP INC	$26.16
6/30/22	M1 Finance	M1 DIVIDEND GROWTH ACCOUNT	$74.83