It’s interesting looking back and realize I only really began investing about a year and a half ago. I made some pretty boneheaded moves at the time, of course, but eventually came into my own and really found a method to investing that suited my style. Since then I’ve been slowly building up my dividend income, despite my commitment to paying off debts first (I hate debt, always have and always will!) and my need to save for other things like retirement and a house, my brokerage account has continued to grow in small amounts.
With this in mind I thought it would be a fun exercise to take a look at my statement and breakdown the dividends and see how I did for 2007. I hardly expect it to be groundbreaking, but we all have to start somewhere, right? Here we go:
- Conoco Phillips: $8.26
- Apollo Investments: $28.62
- Unilever: $6.08
- Brokerage Money Market: $3.24
I’ve been slowly and methodically adding in new money and positions, so I think 2008 will be a bit more active and profitable. Regardless it makes for a good start. I purposely left out interest from other accounts like Prosper, which warrants a post of it’s own, or income from emergency savings and other money market accounts, as they are more for capital preservation purposes.
Tags: Dividend Investing, dividends, making money with dividends
My name's Frank and I'm a life long seeker of passive income and dividends. I work in Financial Services and invite you to join me in my search for the holy grail of finance: passive income. My methods tend to be unorthodox but effective. Whether it's through investing or other means, I believe in creating many sources of income to give me the flexibility to live the life I want, when I want it.
