Dividend Income Update December 2017

The start of every month is exciting for all dividend income investors as we look back at the previous month and see how much passive dividend income our portfolios generated. December was exciting as ever as my year-over-year numbers continue to highlight the trifecta magic of dividend investing which includes, adding fresh capital, dividend raises and basic compounding to create an ever-increasing passive income stream. Even if I stopped adding fresh capital today and every dividend stock I owned kept all distributions flat without a single raise, my passive income stream would continue to grow.

With that being said, let's take a look back at my December 2017 dividend income.

Dividend income from my taxable account totaled $746.07 up from $541.46, an increase of 37.8% from December of last year.

Dividend income from my ROTH account totaled $167.17 up from $110.34, an increase of 51.5% from this time last year.

Dividend income from my IRA account totaled $1.97 down from $35.39 from this time last year, a decrease of -94.4%. (Nothing wrong here. VTR used to pay in December last year which explains the year-over-year decrease).

Grand total for the month of December: $915.21, an increase of 33.2% from December 2016.

Grand total for 2017 dividends: $7,512.35, an increase of 23.6% from 2016. You just have to love the very real results of dividend growth investing.

Brokerage Account

Year to date dividends: $4,931.09

Date	Description	Symbol	Amount
12/01/2017	DIVIDEND:GWW	GWW	$18.89
12/01/2017	DIVIDEND:BMS	BMS	$10.87
12/01/2017	DIVIDEND:WFC	WFC	$16.38
12/01/2017	DIVIDEND:AFL	AFL	$80.81
12/01/2017	DIVIDEND:PFE	PFE	$15.68
12/06/2017	DIVIDEND:SO	SO	$64.07
12/07/2017	DIVIDEND:ADM	ADM	$58.71
12/08/2017	DIVIDEND:YUM	YUM	$17.98
12/08/2017	DIVIDEND:AMGN	AMGN	$2.31
12/11/2017	DIVIDEND:EMR	EMR	$39.48
12/12/2017	DIVIDEND:MMM	MMM	$29.24
12/12/2017	DIVIDEND:JNJ	JNJ	$37.65
12/12/2017	DIVIDEND:TEVA	TEVA	$8.36
12/13/2017	DIVIDEND:UL	UL	$8.63
12/15/2017	DIVIDEND:KHC	KHC	$36.49
12/15/2017	DIVIDEND:ED	ED	$51.32
12/15/2017	DIVIDEND:DOV	DOV	$21.85
12/15/2017	DIVIDEND:MCD	MCD	$29.03
12/15/2017	DIVIDEND:KO	KO	$46.41
12/18/2017	DIVIDEND:VFC	VFC	$25.96
12/20/2017	DIVIDEND:D	D	$53.13
12/21/2017	DIVIDEND:YUMC	YUMC	$5.87
12/28/2017	DIVIDEND:TROW	TROW	$2.94
12/28/2017	DIVIDEND:GILD	GILD	$2.62
12/29/2017	DIVIDEND:BCR	BCR	$1.05
12/29/2017	DIVIDEND:BDX	BDX	$15.70
12/29/2017	DIVIDEND:ALLE	ALLE	$4.54
12/29/2017	DIVIDEND:IR	IR	$40.10
			Total: $746.07

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ROTH Account

Year to date dividends: $1,932.19

Date	Description	Symbol	Amount
12/01/2017	DIVIDEND:SBUX	SBUX	$2.11
12/01/2017	DIVIDEND:PFE	PFE	$2.91
12/08/2017	DIVIDEND:YUM	YUM	$5.24
12/11/2017	DIVIDEND:EMR	EMR	$27.60
12/12/2017	DIVIDEND:MMM	MMM	$11.60
12/12/2017	DIVIDEND:JNJ	JNJ	$7.53
12/13/2017	DIVIDEND:UL	UL	$43.85
12/15/2017	DIVIDEND:KHC	KHC	$22.45
12/15/2017	DIVIDEND:MCD	MCD	$11.49
12/15/2017	DIVIDEND:KO	KO	$11.55
12/18/2017	DIVIDEND:VFC	VFC	$19.13
12/21/2017	DIVIDEND:YUMC	YUMC	$1.71
			Total: $167.17

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IRA Account

Year to date dividends: $649.07

Date	Description	Symbol	Amount
12/29/2017	DIVIDEND:LTC	LTC	$1.97
			Total: $1.97

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I hope everyone had a great 2017 with a renewed sense of what can be accomplished with patience, not panicking, common sense and general investing consistency and discipline. These traits enable consistent dividend income results you see above as well as the knowledge that with high, moderate or even low income levels passive income growth can be achieved. Are any of these dividend stocks in your portfolio too? How was your December dividend income? Please let me know below.

Disclosure: Long all above