Monthly Report: January 2018

I will be making some changes to the monthly reports starting from today.  From now on, I will only be sharing the dividends I receive and my savings rate on the monthly reports.  I will share the market values on my taxable brokerage account, Roth IRA accounts, and 401(k) account every quarter.  My brokerage only sends me statements quarterly for my Roth IRA accounts so it takes me a lot of time to compile the information.  From a cost benefit analysis, it makes more sense for me to just post the numbers quarterly instead of having to compute all the amounts for every stock.

Without further ado, below is the monthly report as of January 31, 2018:

January Stock Purchases: HCP, PG, SO, WELL

Life has been really busy for me the past few months, but I will try to catch up on my posts to keep everyone aware of my dividends I've been receiving, my portfolio, my stock purchases, and my savings rates.

Below are my stock purchases for January:

• I purchased 20 shares of HCP, Inc. (HCP) at $25.5799 per share in my taxable brokerage account.  This is a dividend yield of 5.79%, adding $29.60 to my taxable dividend income.
• I purchased 10 shares of Welltower Inc. (WELL) at $60.75 per share in my taxable brokerage account.  This is a dividend yield of 5.73%, adding $34.80 to my taxable dividend income.
• I purchased 24 shares of The Southern Company (SO) at $46.75 per share in my Roth IRA account.  This is a dividend yield of 4.96%, adding $55.68 to my non-taxable dividend income.
• I purchased 13 shares of The Procter & Gamble Company (PG) at $86.50 per share in my Roth IRA account.  This is a dividend yield of 3.32%, adding $37.31 to my non-taxable dividend income.

After these purchases, my taxable dividend income will increase by $64.40, and my non-taxable dividend income will increase by $92.99.

What do you think of my January purchases?  Do you own any of the same companies?

2017 Goals Progress

On my 9/8/2015 post, I had written that the point I can retire is when my passive income I receive exceeds my expenses.  And that amount is $3,000 per month in passive income.  Therefore, my goal at that time of the post was to receive $36,000 in dividends by 2041.  I had also posted a breakdown of target dividend income goals for each year from 2015 to 2041, which can be found here.