Retired electronics engineer now managing my dividend growth portfolio, using those dividends for living expenses, and navigating my financial independence.

California, USA
August #dividends in my Portfolio totaled $1,937.02 on 15.12% YoY growth. Three Aug. dividend raises added nearly $60 to my fwd dividend income. Progress in growing my div Portfolio over the past decade has been terrific. Check out all the details here... engineeringdividends.com/202…
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Here are my Portfolio #dividends for July... $1,681.23 on 5.21% YoY growth. 22 companies paid me a div. Only one div less than $27.50 4 div raises, but 1 big div elimination... oh no! Fwd div income went down by $264.70... ouch! All the details are here... engineeringdividends.com/202…
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June #dividend total in my Portfolio... $2,606.93, despite -1.47% YoY growth (due to shifted div payment). 27 div payers with the largest being $213.36 from $AFL. 5 div raises added over $94 to fwd div income. Check out all the details here... engineeringdividends.com/202…
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Solid May #dividends for my Portfolio... I tallied $1,893.43 on 33.37% YoY growth (elevated due to shifting div payment). 3 div raises added $51 to my fwd div inc, while a pair of Portfolio transactions added $57.40 more, for a total of $108.40. Details... engineeringdividends.com/202…
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It was a banner month of #dividends for my Portfolio. My 2nd best div total ever. I collected $2,569.52 from 26 div payers in March on ~6.7% YoY growth. Only 3 div raises though, each with small incr. $71 in add'l fwd div inc. Details found here... engineeringdividends.com/202…
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Feb. totals have been tallied in my dividend Portfolio. 18 stocks/funds provided $1,899.12 in divs with 8.28% YoY growth - avg more than $100 each. 6 div raises added $106.51 in fwd div inc. Purged FDX & CRM... added NVDA... lost $13.02 in fwd div inc. engineeringdividends.com/202…
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My #Dividend total for January is in the books. Nearly $1,840 on 14.2% YoY growth. Five div raises added better than $145 in fwd div income. The new year has my Portfolio off to a good start. Check out all the details in this post... engineeringdividends.com/202…
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Here's my #dividend raise summary for my Portfolio holdings in 2025. Overall, raises seems a bit less generous in 2025. Still, over 60 total raises added $1,168.95 to my fwd dividend income. Check out this post for all the details... engineeringdividends.com/202…
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Nov. saw my Portfolio collect $1,831.12 in #dividends on 15.34% YoY growth. Divs from 18 companies, with 7 triple-digit payments. Nearly all divs were reinvested. I had 8 div raises with 3 being 10%+. Add'l fwd div income was $266.15. Details are here... engineeringdividends.com/202…
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October #dividends have been tallied in my Portfolio. $1,629.47 on 12.59% YoY growth. Dividends were reinvested, 5 dividend raises, 2 stock buys. Added $226.13 of Fwd Div Inc, with most coming from the div raises. Check out all the details here... engineeringdividends.com/202…
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Sept. was a good month for #dividends in my Portfolio. 2nd-best month ever... $2,437.13 on better than 20.7% YoY growth. 6 dividend raises, 4 buys/sells, plenty of reinvested divs provide $185 in additional fwd div income. All the details found here... engineeringdividends.com/202…
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Income for July in my #Dividend Portfolio was $1,597.93 on 13.35% YoY growth. 26 dividend payers, 4 dividend raises, 11 Portfolio transactions. Added $191.67 in fwd. div. income in July. The progress continues! Get all the details in this report... engineeringdividends.com/202…
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June brought record #dividend income for my Portfolio. I raked in $2,645.91 from 26 payers, showing YoY growth of 32.15%. Only 4 div. raises though. Fwd div. inc. was a very healthy $632.22, primarily due to a new purchase - $PCN. Details found here... engineeringdividends.com/202…
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Another month of Portfolio #dividends is in the books. May results were a bit lower than expected due to a shifting dividend payment, but it's all good. $1,419.65 in dividends, but -7.21% YoY growth. 4 div. raises. Added $108.38 in add'l fwd div income. engineeringdividends.com/202…
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Feb. portfolio #dividends totaled $1,753.90 on just over 10% YoY div growth. Most divs were reinvested. There were 6 div raises (2 were 10%), 7 transactions, and added nearly $285 in fwd div income. Two months in an my totals for 2025 are looking good. engineeringdividends.com/202…
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#Dividends for Jan. are in. I tallied nearly $1,611 on 10.25% YoY growth. 7 div raises, reinvested divs and new investment added $391.31 in fwd div income. 2025 is off to a terrific start in my dividend Portfolio. All the details are in my latest post... engineeringdividends.com/202…
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It was a strong finish to 2024 in my #dividend Portfolio. I collected almost $1,945 in divs on 7.5% YoY growth. There were 8 div raises, and fwd div income increased by nearly $679. Annual totals for Actual and Fwd div inc continued to climb nicely. engineeringdividends.com/202…
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I've got my 2024 dividend raise summary to share for my Portfolio. I had a total of 61 raises from 55 companies, which added $1,270.46 to my fwd dividend income. There were also 4 companies that couldn't muster a raise. Find the details in this post... engineeringdividends.com/202…
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