Investing Update 3/2/2019

It's March. Two months of 2019 are already over and it's hard to believe. I'm making good progress with dividend investing, and I just need to maintain this strategy. My account doesn't grow as fast with dividend investing as it could with other strategies, but it's a consistent strategy and I shouldn't lose a bunch of money with it. 

We're still getting mountains of snow where I live, and it's getting pretty old. I'm pretty used to the cold at this point, but I feel bad for my vehicle, since it has to sit outside in the elements. Anyway....

Here is this week's investing update -

	1/1/2019	3/1/2019	Change since Jan 1st	Avg/Week
Robinhood Portfolio Value	$4,434.08	$4,921.74	$487.66
Money from my pocket	$4,593.98	$4,643.98	$50.00	$5.74
Dividends	$240.00	$259.05	$19.05	$2.19
Gains/Realized & Unrealized	-$399.90	$18.71	$418.61

My overall portfolio has increased $487.66 since January 1st. I have received $19.05 in dividends in 2019 and added $50.00 from my pocket. That means the other $418.61 increase came from the value of my stocks going up.

Here are the year-to-date numbers on my dividends -

Dividends Received in 2018			$19.05
# of Dividends Received in 2018			62
Average Dividend Payment Amount			$0.307

Today is the 61st day of 2019, and I've received 62 dividends. So at this point, I'm averaging one dividend per day.

I received 16 dividends this past week, for a total of $2.91!

Arrow Dow Jones Global ETF	GYLD	$0.13	9.67%
KKR & Co, Inc.	KKR	$0.13	2.30%
PowerShares Preferred Portfolio	PGX	$0.07	5.99%
PowerShares KBW High Div	KBWD	$0.31	7.98%
Principal Real Estate Income Fund	PGZ	$0.11	7.29%
S&P 500 Low Volatility	SPLV	$0.10	2.43%
Eaton Vance Tax Advantaged Dividend Income Fund	EVT	$0.15	7.77%
Multi-Asset Diversified Income ETF	MDIV	$0.13	8.56%
PowerShares S&P 500	SPHD	$0.29	4.19%
PowerShares High Yield	PEY	$0.06	4.18%
PowerShares Financial Preferred Portfolio	PGF	$0.09	5.76%
Peritus High Yield ETF	HYLD	$0.22	7.55%
YieldShares High Income ETF	YYY	$0.13	8.84%
Intel Corporation	INTC	$0.63	3.97%
Twin Cities Financial	TCF	$0.15	2.71%
ConAgra Brands	CAG	$0.21	2.72%

For the past few months now, the end of the month brings a lot of dividends. Getting 16 dividends in a week is pretty cool! I'm not getting a lot of money per dividend payment, but getting a lot of small payments adds up.

Have a good rest of your weekend! 

Signed,

Mitch