I like to review the progress at least once a month to determine where I am with respect to meeting/achieving my goals.
These are the goals for 2014:
- Invest at least $30,000
- With new investments of $2,729.40 (UN and Regular Sharebuilder purchases) in October, I have invested $28,074.75 so far in 2014 until end of October.
- With the weekly sharebuilder purchases planned, I should be able to hit this goal in December.
- Receive at least $1,500 in dividends
- With an extra $204.97 in October dividends, the total for the year has hit $1,285.97 which represents 85.68% of my goal.
- With the projections, it looks like I will be hitting this goal in December.
- Achieve at least $2,200 in projected annual dividends
- With the new purchases in the recent months and dividend increases announced, my current projected annual dividends stand at $2,128.70.
- This goal is going to be really close. I might hit this goal early December with the weekly purchases, but I am still not sure how ARCP will play out. ARCP currently contributes $125.00 towards my annual projections. So if ARCP cuts the dividend, I might end up being short on this goal.
The goals page has been updated to reflect the progress until this month.
Dividend Growth Journey 
It’s looking great! 30k invested in a year is awesome, so keep it up! I’m sure you will pass the remaining goals within December at your rate of investing. I look forward to seeing your 2015 goals.
Thanks Agent. I hope to pass the remaining goals by late this month or next month.
Trying to put together 2015 goals. Will be sharing them soon.
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Man, you’ve had a hell of a year… $30k invested, $1,500 of dividends received, and pretty close to $2,200 of forward 12-month dividends. All around, you’ve set yourself up to have a pretty rewarding 2015 by building a really solid foundation for future growth.
Thanks W2R. Need to come up with even higher goals for 2015 and hopefully able to meet them.
But before that, need to make sure that I meet all the 2014 goals.
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Thanks for sharing your investment and dividend income goals with us. Seems like your are very much on track to have a successful 2014. ARCP is the big question mark in many dividend growth portfolios. I have seen a few of the bloggers already sell out of their positions. Look forward to your next update.
I have not sold my ARCP position yet. Just waiting it out to see what is going to happen. They haven’t cut the dividend yet and the stock seems to have stabilized “for now”.
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