No really, 2019 was the hottest year on record! We have never been this hot (and dry) and we loved every minute of it 🙂 I mean, it was HOT! Happy, Opportunity rich & Time rich. Who does not want[…]
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Category: Dividend Portfolio
Dividend yield vs dividend growth
Dividend yield vs dividend growth, which one provides you with the biggest return? How did some example stocks do over the last decades and what are typical numbers? A short analyses today! A lot and a lot more Most dividend[…]
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The perfect dividend portfolio
The perfect dividend portfolio (if such a thing exists), what would that look like? It depends on what you define as perfect. In this case I want to look at a portfolio that “perfectly” reflects the expenses it needs to[…]
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2018 Dividend Update
We just received the final dividend payments in our bank account for December. 2018 was a good year on the dividend side. Now that the portfolio is streamlined and in better shape, I’m very much looking forward to 2019. Without[…]
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November 2018 Dividend Update
The November 2018 Dividend Update is hopefully the last one with a (yet another!) YOY decrease! The effects of the dividend stock sale in 2017 are finally behind us. I’m very much looking forward to December, to be honest… November 2018[…]
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October 2018 Dividend Update
More boring stuff in this October 2018 Dividend Update. Yet again som more DRIP’s happened. However, we also bought some more dividend…….ETF’s? October 2018 Dividend Update No sale of shares this month, but we did buy some! Well not shares,[…]
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September 2018 Dividend Update
Same as the August 2018 Dividend Update, the September 2018 Dividend Update is rather boring (boring = good!). More DRIP’s happened, but the value of the portfolio declined somewhat. All in all, could be worse! September 2018 Dividend Update We[…]
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August 2018 Dividend Update
This August 2018 Dividend Update is rather boring (boring = good!). More money came into the account, more DRIP’s happened and the value of the portfolio kept on growing. A solid month indeed. August 2018 Dividend Update We had no[…]
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My Investment Mistakes
We are not perfect, will Mrs. CF is of course (yup, I’m in need of brownie points), but I’m certainly not. Ignoring (many) mistakes on a personal level, which mostly don’t involve financial issues, financial mistakes were definitely made too.[…]
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July 2018 Dividend Update
Dividends, those little paychecks that companies send you just for owning their shares. Lovely isn’t it? Here is the update of all those little paychecks for July. Here is the July 2018 Dividend Update. July 2018 Dividend Update In an[…]
Read moreJune 2018 Dividend Update
What I like about dividend investing is that once you have selected a few good companies, the rest is relatively easy. Yes, you need to keep an eye on your investments, and check how the companies are doing. But the[…]
Read moreMarch 2018 Dividend Update
The March 2018 Dividend Update is not as exciting as the one from February. We are getting close to being done with reshuffling the portfolio. From here on, there should only be a few small corrections. In the far future[…]
Read moreFebruary 2018 Dividend Update
February was an eventful month, lots of price swings and volatility. We decided to use some of this to rebalance the portfolio a bit more in an attempt to get more dividend growth shares. Here is what we did: the February 2018 Dividend[…]
Read moreJanuary 2018 Dividend Update
A lot happed in the month of January. As noted in last months update, we decided to rebalance the dividend portfolio and remove shares that no longer fitter the portfolio and the dividend growth strategy. Here is the January 2018 Dividend[…]
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