2017 YTD Dividend Summary Jan - Jul

As you've likely noted, this is a new blog I've decided to create to track my passive income which as of this writing is nearly 100% derived from dividend paying corporations.

Below is a screen shot of my dividend income for each month for the months of January - July 2017, starting with the most recent month first.

2017 August Dividend Summary

Below is summary of dividends I received in August 2017.  This summary includes a consolidation all accounts: brokerage accounts, 401K, and IRAs.

August dividends amounted to $245.55, an increase or more than twelve fold, or 1112.0%. This is largely attributed to an increase in the number of shares purchased during the past year - better referred to as a favorable volume increase (whether a new positions or an increase in an existing position).  As noted above, there was a net 6% YoY rate increase resulting from dividend increases from the two companies I held during this same time last year: ABT and AXP. I consider this a decent rate increase.

Happy investing!