It’s time for a look back on my first full year of dividend growth investing and also my recent reentry into the world of trading using new tools to trade fx on VT markets in the UK and other coutries.
I have a lot to catch up on since I had to take some time off from posting. My last update post was way back in August so here I’ll give some details on my activities from September – December 2016. I will also summarize how I did for the entire year in all of my portfolios.
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Hi Dividend Empire!
Congrats to the great results! Completing 4 out of 5 Goals is really impressive!
Looking forward to follow you during 2016!
/Dividend Producer
Thanks DP! It was a good year overall. Really looking forward to repeating (or improving) in the new year.
Ken
Ken, welcome back! I was wondering what you had been up to!
Nice work with the all the extra income (dividend, option & swing trading) for the year! Just to be clear, did you exceed $7,600 for 2016? Well done! I didn’t see total – but I think I did that math right
Glad you’re back!
Blake
Thanks Blake – it’s great to be back!
You are correct on the $7600 but that is combining my taxable accounts with my 401k (Dividend Retirement portfolio). I like to keep these two categories separate since I can’t really touch the gains from the 401k except to reinvest them.
In my taxable accounts I made just over $4400 from dividends, options and swing trading. I was only doing the option trading for about 8 months out of the year yet it was my biggest income producer. Hopefully I will see even bigger gains next year with a full year of options and improved swing trading skills.
Take care,
Ken
Congrats on the completion of 80% of your goals! you also did an amazing job with that dividend growth! I can’t wait to be sitting in the same position in the near future. I look forward to following your continued growth.
Thanks DD! Looks like you are well on your way.
Take care,
Ken