Here is the dividend income report for October, 2023.
The monthly dividend income came out to $563.02. The yearly income total for 2023 through the end of the month was $9,505.59.
The income for October, 2022 was $467.39, and the yearly income for 2022 through the end of October was $8,762.43.
I do not have a whole lot to say for this month. I was busy with things, including going through lists of artists for this site. I would like to make it easier to find art every month so it is not a scramble, but going through the lists is taking longer than I thought. I did read some interesting articles that I will comment on in the report for the next month. But I wanted to get something out because we are almost into the next month.
There was a lot that happened in the past month: SBF was convicted, and Binance pled guilty to money laundering charges. David Gerard, Amy Castor and Molly White have excellent coverage of these events. Molly White also put some live streams on Youtube about the recent events in addition to her articles.
Things are still up in the air at work. I have been on “the bench” for a while, and I think my time is running out. I asked if I could take a leave of absence for a few months, since I do not have a enough vacation time to last long enough for things to turn around. Things always get slow this time of year. If the House Republicans do not drive things off a cliff, I think things will get better starting mid-January. There is an internal report that someone gave me access to for our division. There are 20 people on the bench, and one open position right now. I applied for one I think I would have been a great match for, but when I contacted the hiring manager he told me the client pushed it back to next year.
Here is a table with the year-to-date amounts, the monthly amounts, and the three- and twelve-month moving averages for each October from the beginning of my records through 2023:
| Month | YTD | Amount | 3MMA | 12MMA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-10 | $9,505.59 | $563.02 | $1,075.13 | $1,077.41 |
| 2022-10 | $8,762.43 | $467.39 | $948.63 | $1,028.09 |
| 2021-10 | $7,376.87 | $465.25 | $838.41 | $922.01 |
| 2020-10 | $6,854.28 | $195.26 | $745.73 | $879.26 |
| 2019-10 | $6,777.52 | $291.83 | $822.53 | $761.86 |
| 2018-10 | $4,606.91 | $1,130.39 | $561.66 | $583.77 |
| 2017-10 | $5,138.63 | $341.83 | $566.34 | $556.11 |
| 2016-10 | $4,541.79 | $281.09 | $508.05 | $496.43 |
| 2015-10 | $4,056.72 | $312.23 | $459.42 | $438.15 |
| 2014-10 | $3,236.89 | $243.87 | $368.19 | $340.32 |
| 2013-10 | $2,558.86 | $184.81 | $295.19 | $291.08 |
| 2012-10 | $2,650.92 | $225.14 | $285.46 | $284.35 |
| 2011-10 | $2,330.68 | $208.90 | $258.17 | $238.44 |
Here are the securities and the income amounts for October, 2023:
- Vanguard Utilities ETF: $289.26
- Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF: $203.46
- Vanguard Total International Bond ETF: $18.43
- Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF: $51.87
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Painting “Oath of the Horatii” by Jacques-Louis David (1748 – 1825); image from Wikimedia; image assumed to be under public domain.