{"id":157568,"date":"2010-01-09T06:30:30","date_gmt":"2010-01-09T11:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dividendsvalue.com\/?p=5431"},"modified":"2010-01-09T06:30:30","modified_gmt":"2010-01-09T11:30:30","slug":"progress-update-%e2%80%93-december-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/157568","title":{"rendered":"Progress Update \u2013 December 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Once again it is time for a goals\/progress update. I am pleased to report that annualized dividend income rose in December, extending the streak to 10<\/strong> months after February 2009’s decline<\/strong><\/a>. Since I began publicly tracking annualized dividend income in November 2007, it has increased in 24<\/span> of the last 25<\/strong> months.<\/p>\n

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My goals were defined in this December 1, 2007 Investing Goals<\/strong><\/a> post and updated in my 2009 Investing Goals<\/strong><\/a> post. Below is an updated version of the table found in the original post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Description<\/strong><\/td>\nDividend
\nIncome
\nAnnualized<\/strong><\/td>\n		Yield
\non Cost<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2027 Goal<\/td>\n110,000<\/td>\n20.00%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2017 Goal<\/td>\n30,000<\/td>\n10.00%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009 Goal<\/td>\n8,000<\/td>\n5.00%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
December\/2008<\/td>\n5,636<\/td>\n5.28%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Purchases YTD<\/td>\n4,113<\/td>\n-0.33%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Div. Changes YTD<\/td>\n(483)<\/td>\n-0.43%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sales YTD<\/td>\n(1,992)<\/td>\n0.32%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
December\/2009<\/td>\n7,274<\/td>\n4.84%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Purchases<\/td>\n252<\/td>\n-0.02%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Div. Changes<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n-0.01%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sales<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n0.00%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
November\/2009<\/td>\n7,017<\/td>\n4.87%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The above information covers the current month and year-to-date through the current month.<\/p>\n

Click here for a Detailed Historical Progress Table.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

For the month, annualized dividend income increased $257<\/span>, and Yield on Cost<\/a> (YOC) decreased (0.03%)<\/span>. This month’s changes were a net of new purchases and dividend changes (no sales). Let’s examine each of the these categories:<\/p>\n

Purchases:<\/span><\/span><\/strong> The $252<\/span> increase in annual dividend income and (0.02%)<\/span> decrease in YOC related to the following purchases (yield at the time of purchase):<\/p>\n