I love tracking my increasing stream of passive income from dividend stocks on a regular basis. Over the years, my dividend snowball has flourished. Even when stock prices are down (a lot), my quality dividend stocks have experienced dividend increases, boosting my passive income. I'm excited to share why tracking dividends is so motivating, and why I believe dividends can be a great strategy to consider for the everyday investor.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:08 I'm filming at Disney's Polynesian Resort at Disney World, Orlando, FL.
0:18 TRACKING: I believe what we can track can only improve! I track dividend income.
0:39 KEY: I like to track passive income from dividends over time.
0:52 Passive income from dividends can increase in many ways: deploy more capital, dividend reinvestment, dividend increases.
1:20 I don't track my aggregate portfolio value too closely. I cannot pay bills (easily) with portfolio value.
1:35 I do track passive income from dividends regularly.
1:44 Check out the pinned comment for my Patreon.
2:00 Analogy: Fitness and dividend stock investing.
2:38 KEY: Zoom out and look at trends over longer periods of time.
4:12 DIVIDENDS Are For Everyone (For The People)
4:25 investors tend to worry about stocks and ETFs losing value!
4:54 Portfolio value can go down, even when income is going up.
5:38 I believe the S&P 500 has a lot more risk than the average person realizes.
5:40 The top 10 stocks of S&P 500 make up 32.15%.
6:02 Dividends are for the people.
6:20 STORY: I did not have the money to visit Florida in my early days. I did not have money to lose. I had almost no risk tolerance.
7:45 In my early days of investing, I did not have money to lose. But, I did have money to buy predictable dividend stocks like JNJ and PEP. I could see the income increasing over time.
8:35 IMPORTANT: Don't forget your early days. I don't want to take unnecessary bets. The strategy works.
9:43 The snowball is building! We have now come to FL two years in a row.
10:11 KEY: Don't give up! We Will all face setbacks.
10:45 Sometimes, I don't have money to invest. I just have to wait it out.
11:35 Sometimes, we have to stop and restart our dividend journey.
12:06 Track the steps of progress.
13:10 DISCLOSURE AND DISCLAIMER

DISCLOSURE: I am long Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), and PepsiCo (PEP). I own these stocks in my personal dividend stock portfolio. My kids are long Disney (DIS).

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