Sorry it’s been a while since I have posted, between all sorts of seasonal events with friends and family, I’ve been pretty heads down working on the project I am almost ready to formally announce. In the meantime, here is my year end 2016 wrap up that I wrote on Seeking Alpha (link).
Some of the excerpts:
2016: $3901 in dividends received
December: $756 in dividends and a personal monthly record
2017: Targeting $5,000 in dividends received and $5,800 in forward looking income. Here’s the math behind it.
| Starting Income | $5,000 |
| 5% Organic Dividend Growth | $250 |
| Maxing 401k New Money | $540 |
| End of 2017 Income | $5,790 |
I also made a few trades during the month, I went on a mini-Santa spree and bought some shares on December 22nd. Here’s a summary of those transactions.
| Ticker | Date | Shares | Price | Buy/Sell |
| ABT | 12/6/2016 | 75 | 38.42 | Buy |
| MDT | 12/22/2016 | 15 | 71.5 | Buy |
| O | 12/22/2016 | 30 | 56 | Buy |
| NKE | 12/22/2016 | 20 | 52.36 | Buy |
| VFC | 12/22/2016 | 40 | 54.15 | Buy |
| ABT | 12/22/2016 | 30 | 38.14 | Buy |
Sorry to be brief but more will become clear in due time.
