The DDI Top 5 Dividend Picks for 2012 2011 is drawing to a close and it’s been a great year for the Daily Dividend Investor portfolio. My goal for the portfolio this year, was to grow it to the point where it would generate $500/month in totally passive income. Even though the DDI portfolio falls [...]
Dividend Increases for Tuesday December 6, 2011 Five companies announced dividend increases today including a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) that increased it’s dividend by 150%! While none of the yields of any of these companies breaks the 2% range, the fact that so many companies continued to increase their dividend this year is a [...]
Monthly Income Update: September 2011 When I look back over each month to calculate the total income, I am always amazed that so many “small” deposits (most less than $15) can add up so quickly. September was no different, with 47 total deposits the DDI portfolio generated passive income of $567.67. That works out be [...]
Looking for niche plays In continuing to “top off” many of my existing positions I went ahead and added 75 shares of Investors Real Estate Trust (ticker: IRET) to the DDI portfolio today. Investors Real Estate Trust is probably one REIT you’ve never heard of because it focuses on a very small niche, owning properties [...]
Monthly Income Update: June 2011 As I had anticipated, June was a very good month for the DDI portfolio bringing in $556.14 in passive income for the month. It was the first (and only) month in the 2nd Quarter in which the portfolio reached it’s goal of $500.00/month in passive cash flow. While the income [...]


