Income Heroes Update December 2019

It is the year 2020 – a new decade. The more you bet the more you earn! This is going to be YOUR year! Join us and become a MILLIONAIR! 20% return per week!

You will come across such slogans in 2020, again. But the approach of DividendStocks.Cash and the financial community has nothing to do with luck, gambling or empty promises. Our approach is about long-term investment based on fundamental data in order to profit from long-term capital-gains and dividend growth. With rising dividend income and growing portfolio values, the “Income Heroes” will show you that our approach works.

DivGro has the largest portfolio value of all Income Heroes amounting to approximately $ 920,000. For many of us, these figures seem to be unreachable. But it is not about the size of the portfolio at all, but about starting to invest and taking the first step towards financial security or even freedom. In fact, among the heroes of financial freedom participating here you will find many smaller portfolios. The “Dividend Portfolio´s” depot, for example, has “only” a portfolio value of around $15,000 – but is on the right track with an increase in dividends of over 40% compared to the previous year.

Increasing Dividends for Dividend Portfolio

The monthly income history of each blogger is available in detail in an interactive table including an interactive chart. The table also contains links to each blogger’s website.

Participating Income Heroes

In December, 42 of the most seasoned financial bloggers from the US, Canada, Europe and Australia documented their income. The majority is focused on dividend income, but about a fifth is also selling options.

Highlights of the month:

Dividends in December of more than 47,000 USD!

42 financial bloggers generated dividends of more than USD 47,000 in December! On average each blogger received 1,120 USD dividends.

New dividend records

Seven Income Heroes have enjoyed record dividend income in the last month. Congratulations!

The following table shows how the income is distributed among the financial bloggers of the different countries. Meanwhile, most bloggers are from Germany. Consequently, Germany takes the lead in terms of both dividends and option selling.

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Top 10 financial bloggers by monthly income

Some financial bloggers not only generate income from dividends, but also from option selling. Option selling involves a much higher level of effort and risk, but when it works, monthly income may be much higher than a pure dividend income. Here are the top 10 financial bloggers with the highest total income:

Top 10 financial bloggers by monthly income

Top 10 financial bloggers by cash flow yield

The amount of income highly depends on the market value of your portfolio. The higher its market value, the easier it is to generate high income. However, comparing income to market value allows to calculate a yield which is independent of the portfolio size. Here the 10 financial bloggers with the highest yield in the last month:

Top 10 financial bloggers by cash flow yield

Top 10 financial bloggers according to stable income growth

The yield of a single month is only a small part of the long road to financial freedom. Even more important is a stable increase in income over a longer period. For this reason, this analysis looks for the stability of income growth over the last 12 months. The size of the portfolio does not matter.

The stability of the income is expressed by a number from +1 to -1. If the income fluctuates strongly the metric’s value is close to zero. If the income fluctuates strongly or even declines, the stability is low. If the income increases – which should be anyone’s objective – the metric’s value approaches +1.

And here are the top 10 bloggers with the highest income stability:

Top 10 financial bloggers with most stable income

Since dividend income can be better planned than income from option selling, pure dividend investors have a clear advantage here.

Top 10 financial bloggers by 12-month income growth

In order to achieve financial freedom, income should not only grow steadily, but also as strongly as possible. Therefore, the income of the last 12 months is compared with the income of the previous 12 months. This comparison may be seen as the supreme discipline and can be found on many financial blogs.

And here are the financial blogs with the highest growth rates in a 12-month comparison:

Top 10 financial bloggers with the highest 12-month growth rate

It is easier for smaller portfolios to increase dividends substantially within a year. This fact is a great motivator right at the beginning. It is simply fun to see your dividends grow by percentage points that are usually not achievable with ordinary labour income.

Conclusion: All bloggers on the right track

If you take a closer look at the results, you will see that there is much to be found even beyond the top 10 positions. And finally, the placement is secondary. It is crucial that all participants take their financial future into their own hands and thus have the best prospects for a self-determined, financially secure future.

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