Dividend Income - December & Full Year 2018, Goals for the year 2019

December, the last month of the year has passed and it is time to report my dividend income. In December 2018 my portfolio dividend income was as follows:

Quarterly dividends received from:

Unilever N.V. (AMS:UNA) - € 30.98 ($ 35.24)

Intel Corporation (INTC) - € 105.04 ($ 120.00)

Qualcomm Incorporated (QCOM) - € 13.54 ($ 15.50)

Duke Energy Corporation (DUK) - € 28.61 ($ 32.46)

WEC Energy Group Inc. (WEC) - € 7.30 ($ 8.29)

Dominion Energy Inc. (D) - € 29.18 ($ 33.40)

Chevron Corporation (CVX) - € 59.37 ($ 67.20)

ConocoPhillips (COP) - € 8.06 ($ 9.15)

Kraft Heinz Co (KHC) - € 55.01 ($ 62.50)

Target Corporation (TGT) - € 64.99 ($ 73.60)

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) - € 47.71 ($ 54.00)

Pfizer Inc. (PFE) - € 70.07 ($ 79.90)

Gilead Sciences Inc. (GILD) - € 17.43 ($ 19.95)

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (WBA) - € 6.11 ($ 7.04)

The Coca-Cola Company (KO) - € 51.56 ($ 58.50)

McDonald's Corporation (MCD) - € 20.44 ($ 23.20)

V.F. Corporation (VFC) - € 37.95 ($ 43.35)

Flowers Foods Inc. (FLO) - € 29.45 ($ 33.30)

Triton International Limited Co (TRTN) - € 45.50 ($ 52.00)

3M Company (MMM) - € 7.18 ($ 8.16)

Emerson Electric Co. (EMR) - € 25.89 ($ 29.40)

T. Rowe Price Group Inc. (TROW) - € 33.64 ($ 38.50)

Magna International (MGA) - € 14.49 ($ 16.51)

Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM) - € 25.18 ($ 28.48)

Enbridge Inc. (ENB.TO) - € 66.90 ($ 75.70)

Fortis Inc. (FTS.TO) - € 41.87 ($ 47.38)

Canadian Utilities Limited (CU.TO) - € 39.21 ($ 44.37)

Monthly dividends received from:

Main Street Capital Corporation (MAIN) - € 53.58 ($ 63.10)

LTC Properties Inc. (LTC) - € 16.35 ($ 19.00)

Realty Income Corp  (O) - € 16.55 ($ 18.74)

Inter Pipeline Ltd. (IPL.TO) - € 30.44 ($ 34.60)

Global X SuperDividend ETF (SDIV) - € 71.09 ($ 81.12)

My Total dividends in December are € 1,170.67 ($ 1,333.64). After tax payments, my net dividend income is € 868.95 ($ 989.91). In year 2017, my net dividend income in December was € 666.06. My portfolio's net dividend income increased by 30.5% to compared the same month of last year.

This month's dividend increased my cumulative net dividend income € 62,053.82.

Dividend Income 2018

My total net dividend income for 2018 reached € 13,238.08 ($ 15,741.09), so I clearly reached my target net dividend income for 2018, which was €12,200.00. Compared to last year, my net dividend income increased by 2,059.47 euros or 18.4%. I`m looking positively forward and I try to work hard to achieve my financial independence by the end of 2020.

Goals for 2019 

My intention is to continue to invest € 1k regularly every month and reinvest the dividends in the shares I have chosen. With this plan, I should make one to two purchases per month and spend about 24 thousand euros a year.

2018 was an excellent year and I clearly reached my goal. However, there is still a way to go to the financial independence. For 2019, I will set the target of € 14,750.00 (net dividend income), which would mean average over € 1.2k per month. However, the exchange rate changes have a big effect on achieving this goal, as about 75 percent of my dividend income comes in other currencies than in the euro.

Thanks for visiting and successful investments in 2019 for everyone!

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