Dividend Income Update – March 2017

Total dividends: $63.83

Dividend breakdown

Total Stock Market Index Fund	$35.57
Total International Stock Index Fund	$14.47
High Dividend Yield Index Fund	$13.79

Overall I am very happy with my progress. Since I am invested in mutual funds my dividends are on quarterly basis. I will be writing a detailed post comparing my Q-O-Q performance.

My portfolio

My dividend history

My forward dividend is now $320.57. My goal is $500.

VF Corp dividend : 03/20/2017

I got my first dividend from VFCorp (NYSE:VFC). My dividend was $19.67. VFC was an accidental buy. I don't do individual stocks any more. Hence, I will not be reporting this dividend in my regular income stream. My cost basis is $56.96. Effective yield is about 0.71% for Q1. I am not sure if I would still have it for Q2. I am hoping to get rid of it in the next month. Nevertheless, I am happy to get dividends :-)

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Capital One 360 – $200 Money Market Bonus ==> Update

I had written a post (click) about $200 bonus for opening Capital One 360 Money Market account. I am happy to inform that I was able to get the bonus. 200$ is much more than my Q1 dividends :-)

Expected quarterly income dividends in March 2017

Declaration date: March 20, 2017

Vanguard fund or ETF	Share class(es)	Estimated per-share dividend rate	Yield
Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund	Investor	$0.18600	0.599%
Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund	Investor	$0.22200	0.375%

Declaration date: March 22, 2017

Vanguard fund or ETF	Share class(es)	Estimated per-share dividend rate	Yield
Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund	Investor	$0.04400	0.169%

The only dividends I have gotten till now is from my bond fund. I am hoping the above dividends will kick start 2017 season :-). For other funds vanguard