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How Much Dividend Income Did We Earn in May 2018?

The path to financial independence (FI) for my family is dependent on several different factors. First … we need to continually work on lowering our expenses. Our current yearly spending (for a family of 5) is just slightly under $60,000 per year. That spending includes our normal day to day living expenses like food and […]

How Much Dividend Income Did We Earn in April 2018?

Financial independence for my family will be achieved through several different sources of income and asset classes. For example, my employer will eventually pay me a pension after I leave my job, which should help supplement many of our expenses. There will be other sources of income too … like from dividend paying stocks. This […]

How Much Dividend Income Did We Earn in March 2018?

One of my favorite activities here on The Money Sprout is reporting out our dividend income from the past month. It gives me a chance to document our journey of building a sustainable dividend income stream. I discuss how much dividend income we earn, what new stocks we are purchasing, our dividend reinvestment shares, company […]

How to Build a Sustainable Income Stream from Compounding Dividends

How to Build Sustainable Income through Compounding Dividends

The very first dividend stock that my wife and I purchased was 25 shares of Consolidated Edison (ED) back in 2008. At the time, we didn’t even realize these 25 shares were to be the start of our dividend income portfolio. In just a few months from now, we will have owned these shares for […]

How Much Dividend Income Did We Earn in February 2018?

I say this at the beginning of every new month … but dang this year is flying by. The good news is that this means I can report last months dividend income totals. And this past month did not disappoint. My wife and I have a goal to eventually replace a portion of our W2 […]

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