July 2017 Dividends Received

In July I collected a total of $967 in dividends. All of the cash received was reinvested back into the companies that paid them.

Ticker	Total	Taxable	401k
MO	$414.79	$369.66	$45.13
PM	$216.37	$170.56	$45.81
KMB	$60.63	$38.80	$21.83
MKC	$55.27	$35.72	$19.55
KO	$52.91	$52.91
O	$52.86		$52.86
ADP	$39.90	$39.90
XEL	$32.76	$32.76
ITW	$15.60	$15.60
MDT	$13.09		$13.09
SYK	$12.33	$8.50	$3.83
Interest	$1.25	$0.90	$0.35
	$967.76	$765.31	$202.45

The 1, 4, 7, 10 months are high paying months for me since I hold a lot of MO and PM in my portfolio.

Below is the plot showing my the monthly dividends I receive. The 3 month average trend is a nice growth upward. Nearly all of this growth is due to my continuous contribution. By itself the portfolio is growing income around 10% annually.

I zoomed out the chart for this month going forward since some of my plots were approaching the maximum dollar amount I previously set ($1000). I can feel that the snowball is starting to roll. Nearly $1000 in dividends in a month is an appreciable sum for me. My goal now is to my monthly moving average to cross $1000/mo.

I hope in the future my dividends alone can pay for all of my rent or mortgage if I choose to purchase a property. That would make life much easier.