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Dividend Growth Investing

Posted on 3/13/24 at 8:29 am
Posted by ThatsAFactJack
East Coast
Member since Sep 2012
1556 posts
Posted on 3/13/24 at 8:29 am
New to this form of investing. I have a brokerage account that I dump money into regularly all going into FXAIX which is at about 100 shares right now. Will continue this investing.

Opened another brokerage account to only focus on dividend growth investing. Hoping to build that up so that the dividends eventually pay my expenses, everything is set to DRIP for the next 20 years.

Here is my current portfolio:
ABR 33.002 $429.69 Cost Basis 14.04
MO 7.777 $334.80 COst Basis 43.00
OMF 6.006 $292.31 COst Basis 39.26
KMI 8.125 $145.76 Cost Basis 16.76
WU 5.667 $78.26 Cost Basis 11.95

Current Yield 9.97%
Yield on Cost 10.3%
Total Portfolio: 1280.80
Estimated Dividends next 12 months $127.69

Will be building up MO for now as it is at a good price range, wish I bought more OMF at my cost basis.

Will add O, XOM and MAIN

Give me your thoughts!
This post was edited on 3/13/24 at 8:31 am
Posted by TDsngumbo
Alpha Silverfox
Member since Oct 2011
41920 posts
Posted on 3/13/24 at 9:09 am to
I’ve looked into this a few times. The idea is great but given what I’d have to invest each month in order for just the dividends to pay my expenses one day, it’s not feasible for me personally. I’m in the “have to rely on growth instead of dividends” camp.
Posted by slinger1317
Northshore
Member since Sep 2005
5939 posts
Posted on 3/13/24 at 9:33 am to
As for as individual stocks for dividends, I recently added ABBV to my portfolio

DGRO and VEIPX are good steady funds for long term dividends. I have had them both in my ROTH for many years
Posted by Thundercles
Mars
Member since Sep 2010
5227 posts
Posted on 3/13/24 at 9:50 am to
I like the idea. I am of a similar mindset, then you realize it's going to take probably 15-20 years to get to a point where you're making a meaningful income off dividends. Like around 2 million.

Not saying it's not a strategy worth pursuing. I've got a solid dividend & growth section of my portfolio but I stopped thinking about the actual dividend return and will continue to do so until I'm at least north of a million in there.
Posted by SaintTiger80
Member since Feb 2020
457 posts
Posted on 3/13/24 at 10:19 am to
I focused on dividend investing for a while.. advice I would give:

1) you are still buying pieces of a company. Make sure you believe in the value and growth potential for that company even if your focus is dividends. Companies that have good/great dividends but whose business model is dying will potentially have to cut dividends or go bankrupt.

2) to avoid been burned by an individual company you can invest in ETFs that focus on dividend growth. I like SCHD.
Posted by jizzle6609
Houston
Member since Jul 2009
4576 posts
Posted on 3/13/24 at 10:36 am to
MO is a dividend king

Make sure to time your buys right with this one. There will be turmoil ahead for sure.

Posted by DaBeerz
Member since Sep 2004
17070 posts
Posted on 3/13/24 at 11:05 am to
Look into jepq if you want dividends as well. I do about 250$ a month into it. Approx 10% dividend that’s divided monthly
Posted by agdoctor
Louisiana
Member since Dec 2004
3147 posts
Posted on 3/13/24 at 1:40 pm to
I’m 64 and I did it through mutual funds and not stocks. At the moment I’m about 50/50 taxable not taxable and about 52/48 stocks/ bonds. I just figured it out yesterday at my full retirement age of 67 with my social security the wife’s teachers pension and the income generated in taxable accounts my gross will match what we were earning in salaries which is plenty. I wouldn’t have to touch any of the principal n taxable or no taxable accounts.
Posted by TorchtheFlyingTiger
1st coast
Member since Jan 2008
2182 posts
Posted on 3/13/24 at 2:52 pm to
Im no fan of dividend investing, rather choose when to realize my gains. That said, you may be better off holding dividend stocks in a tax advantaged account instead of taxable brokerage. Otherwise, you're going to pay tax on every dividend and drag down your total return.
Posted by SquatchDawg
Cohutta Wilderness
Member since Sep 2012
14352 posts
Posted on 3/13/24 at 6:54 pm to
I worked up a spreadsheet on this once wondering if compounding and reinvesting dividends would grow into a substantial income.

Which it does if you have a significant amount of time and start with enough money.
Posted by SouthMSReb
Member since Dec 2013
4427 posts
Posted on 3/22/24 at 1:37 pm to
Dividend Growth Investing is what got me started in the stock market. I'd definitely suggest watching some PPC Ian videos on youtube. He's super nerdy, but shows you what can happen if you stick with it.

I started investing in 2017 and my annualized dividend income (including 401k and personal accounts) is projected to be right under $9,000 right now.

Be VERY careful with the companies you select. I learned my lesson quite a few times (MPW, Intel, GM, Ford) and no longer chase high yield companies as often. I focus more on dividend growth itself. My largest holdings are:
Visa
Microsoft
Costco
VICI
JPM
NextEra Energy
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