September 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 September I made $5719.32; an increase of 10.15% versus this time last year.  This is below my target of 12.5% but expected as NEWT cut back its dividend after the PPP loans were done. While it was a good month for dividends, my portfolio value severely dropped and was at the lowest point year to date as I am down -15.4%.   

In August I received 5 dividend raises from LMT, MSFT, OGE, VZ & WPC.  Together this will add an additional $55.36 to my annual income going forward. Thankfully the dog days of a dividend raise summer are over and raises begin to pick up in September.

On the family front my middle daughter came down with COVID.  She has since recovered but was kind enough to share as I now have COVID as I write this update. Not really feeling up to writing much more so here are the charts:

Date	Symbol	Company	Amount
9/1/22	ALE	ALLETE INC	162.97
9/1/22	CMI	CUMMINS INC	44.75
9/1/22	DIVO	AMPLIFY ETF TR CWP ENHANCED DIV	111.61
9/1/22	PNW	PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORP	210.21
9/1/22	PSX	PHILLIPS 66	29.15
9/1/22	SJM	SMUCKER J M CO	19.66
9/1/22	UPS	UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC	351.10
9/1/22	VLO	VALERO ENERGY CORP	35.28
9/6/22	ENB	ENBRIDGE INC	248.25
9/6/22	JNJ	JOHNSON &JOHNSON	200.28
9/6/22	PFE	PFIZER INC	240.92
9/6/22	SO	SOUTHERN CO	70.88
9/6/22	UL	UNILEVER PLC SPON ADR	56.40
9/6/22	WMT	WALMART INC	14.75
9/8/22	AMGN	AMGEN INC	11.85
9/8/22	DFS	DISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICES	15.69
9/8/22	MSFT	MICROSOFT CORP	68.00
9/9/22	SNA	SNAP-ON INC	34.17
9/9/22	WBA	WALGREENS BOOTS ALLIANCE INC	71.22
9/12/22	CVX	CHEVRON CORP	23.96
9/12/22	IBM	INTERNATIONAL BUS MACH CORP	156.84
9/12/22	MMM	3M CO	63.12
9/15/22	AVA	AVISTA CORP	149.38
9/15/22	EPR	EPR PROPERTIES	85.49
9/15/22	FAF	FIRST AMERICAN FINANCIAL CORP	168.11
9/15/22	GM	GENERAL MTRS CO	13.55
9/15/22	NWL	NEWELL BRANDS INC	25.56
9/15/22	OGN	ORGANON & CO	5.75
9/15/22	PRU	PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC	526.71
9/16/22	BHB	BAR HARBOR BANKSHARES	55.72
9/16/22	DUK	DUKE ENERGY CORP	69.43
9/16/22	R	RYDER SYSTEM INC	58.77
9/20/22	CMP	COMPASS MINERALS INTERNATIONAL INC	28.65
9/21/22	PSEC	PROSPECT CAP CORP	98.13
9/22/22	QCOM	QUALCOMM INC	177.49
9/23/22	BP	BP PLC SPONSORED ADR	9.45
9/23/22	KHC	KRAFT HEINZ CO	9.80
9/23/22	LMT	LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP	25.97
9/23/22	WM	WASTE MANAGEMENT INC	46.92
9/26/22	NUSI	ETF SER SOLUTIONS NATIONWIDE NASDQ	16.22
9/26/22	SCHD	SCHWAB US DIVIDEND EQUITY ETF	46.12
9/27/22	XRMI	GLOBAL X FDS S&P 500 RISK	27.09
9/27/22	XYLD	GLOBAL X FDS S&P 500 COVERED	69.86
9/29/22	BEP	BROOKFIELD RENEWABLE PARTNERS	280.59
9/29/22	BEPC	BROOKFIELD RENEWABLE CORP	70.08
9/29/22	TROW	PRICE T ROWE GROUPS	25.40
9/30/22	ARCC	ARES CAPITAL CORP	563.87
9/30/22	AVGO	BROADCOM INC	8.50
9/30/22	CTO	CTO RLTY GROWTH INC	67.32
9/30/22	GATX	GATX CORP	55.27
9/30/22	NEWT	NEWTEK BUSINESS SVCS CORP	537.50
9/30/22	PEP	PEPSICO INC	61.14
9/30/22	WEYS	WEYCO GROUP INC	26.41
9/30/22	M1 Finance	M1 DIVIDEND GROWTH ACCOUNT	68.07