Here is the dividend income report for April, 2021.
The monthly dividend income came out to $259.95. The yearly income total for 2021 through the end of the month was $2339.11.
The income for April, 2020 was $200.13, and the yearly income for 2020 through the end of April was $2271.57.
This was another slow month. I did get a payment from Gladstone Land. I have not had time to listen to conference calls for other REITs. Or to learn more Org Mode.
The bond funds paid a bit more, but that was because they had capital gains distributions. They last distributed capital gains in December, 2020. At the time of this writing, the distributions pages have records going back to November of 2019, and December, 2020 and April, 2021 are the only two months with capital gains. I will have to read the prospectus to see if it gives more insight into when and why capital gains would be distributed.
I have been doing DGI since 2010. I need my income to be about 4 times what it is. Granted, it has quadrupled in ten years. I wonder if that will happen again. If I was using this income right now, I would have about $700/month after tax. Which I guess is fine if I can abstain from eating while in total darkness.
Here is a table with the year-to-date amounts, the monthly amounts, and the three- and twelve-month moving averages for each April from 2011 through 2021:
| Month | YTD | Amount | 3MMA | 12MMA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-04 | $2339.11 | $259.95 | $750.24 | $884.09 |
| 2020-04 | $2271.57 | $200.13 | $753.19 | $907.51 |
| 2019-04 | $1855.76 | $483.26 | $588.35 | $629.22 |
| 2018-04 | $1276.89 | $50.88 | $405.77 | $583.24 |
| 2017-04 | $1814.94 | $324.66 | $532.02 | $522.40 |
| 2016-04 | $1622.67 | $270.38 | $461.86 | $471.14 |
| 2015-04 | $1441.12 | $261.30 | $409.21 | $395.68 |
| 2014-04 | $1130.58 | $196.43 | $323.64 | $303.18 |
| 2013-04 | $898.59 | $179.23 | $262.82 | $289.40 |
| 2012-04 | $1010.82 | $218.56 | $274.05 | $271.21 |
| 2011-04 | $848.29 | $203.10 | $216.30 | $179.46 |
Here are the securities and the income amounts for April, 2021:
- Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF: $191.02
- Vanguard Total International Bond ETF: $9.03
- Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF: $37.40
- Gladstone Land: $22.50
Big Jim is still waiting for the big payouts.
“Procession” (1859) by Eugenio Lucas Velázquez (9 February 1817 – 11 September 1870), image from Wikimedia, assumed allowed under Fair Use.
