Today is a special day. It is my Blogiversary! One year ago, I officially started My Dividend Dynasty! It all started right here with this post. Hard to believe one year has passed. I have to say, one of the greatest experiences has been becoming part of the DGI community and following so many fellow members on their journey. The DGI community is just amazing. Thank you all for your support! To add to the specialness of the day, is that I am also posting my recent buys. I decided that I would build up on my positions this time around. Last week I made two purchases: AT&T (T) and General Mills (GIS).
Last week, I bought 62 shares of AT&T at $32.30 per share. This purchase added $124.00 to my forward annual dividend income. Altogether, I now have 338 shares of T which equates to an annual dividend income of $676.00. In addition, I also purchased 45 shares of General Mills (GIS) at $44.27 per share. This purchase added $88.20 to my forward annual dividend income. All in all, I now have 102 shares of GIS which equates to a yearly dividend income of $199.92. So, with these two purchases, the grand total adds up to $212.20 in dividends added to my forward yearly dividend income.
That is a nice chunk of dividend income after spending $4000 on these new purchases. But it gets a bit more interesting. Last year, at just about the same time, I purchased GIS for the first time. In fact, two days after I started My Dividend Dynasty my purchase of GIS ended up being my second blog post! Funny, how it happened to work out like that. There has been quite a lot of anniversaries for me over the past three weeks. It was the one-year anniversary since I moved into my new home in late June, it was my birthday last week, and today is my Blogiversary. The year just zipped right by.
As of this post, my portfolio, the Dividend Empire, has officially crossed the $150K mark in value for the first time. While that is pretty darn exciting, the greater excitement is coming from the dividends generated by my portfolio. Back in 2017 I had stopped making purchases for the first 6 months of the year, so I could save up for my new home purchase. I remember thinking for the longest time; “gosh, will I ever break the $8,000 mark in dividend income…” When I first started this website one year ago, my forward yearly dividend income was at $7,823.38. Now my portfolio stands to generate, OH, …
IT’S OVER 9000!!!! Sorry I had to do that, lol. But yes, my portfolio now stands to generate $9,025.70 in forward dividend income over the next 12 months! I am very exited about that! Breaking the $9K mark is an enormous milestone that can only be surpassed by the next one: breaking the $10K mark. Having a 5-figure dividend income is in reach now and is something I could achieve in 2019 at my current rate. I will do my best the remainder of the year to work toward my goals and build up a solid dividend base as a springboard to break the $10K mark in 2019.
So, isn’t this exciting? I am looking forward to the remainder of the year. How about the rest of you guys? Make any good buys lately? Do you have a Blogiversary coming up? 🙂
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