Recent Buy - Goldman Sachs (GS) and 3M Inc (MMM)

Recent buys this month include include one purchases that added a new position to the portfolio, namely, Goldman Sachs.  See below for details on each of the recent purchases.

2019 September Dividend Summary

The end of the year is quickly approaching and the local weather seems to be changing just as fast.  The rate at which the weather declined from the low 90s just a few weeks ago to now averaging highs from mid 50s to low 60s this week is a bit of surprise (with the lows dropping to near freezing during the nights).  Thankfully the decline in the temps has no bearing on my portfolio value or dividend income. For the first 9 months of the year, the PIV portfolio has experienced a nearly 25% dividend income increase compared to the same period in the prior and I anticipate the portfolio will end the year at about the same rate.  Below is the monthly dividend summary for September 2019.

2019 August Dividend Summary

Here is August's dividend summary.  Life has been busy as of late and time seems to be flying by a little bit faster in recent weeks than it typically does - no matter - dividends keep rolling in.  At the start of the year I thought I just may hit the 5 digit mark for dividend this year - $10,000+, however, it doesn't look like that will happen.  The anticipated dividend growth alone would not be sufficient to meet that mark and I knew a decent amount of capital would be needed to get close, but purchases this year have much few and far between compared to previous years.  Without further ado, the August dividend summary is presented below which reflects a favorable YoY dividend income change of +28.2%.