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Lordy

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4-digit Dividend
« on: July 16, 2018, 03:04:33 PM »
Just wanted to share a small success: My first 4-digit dividend rolled in today.

To be precise, it's exactly 1256 EUR.

It feels great to finally see my money's work produce some results.

Kind regards,
  Lordy

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Re: 4-digit Dividend
« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2018, 03:37:17 PM »
Congrats Lordy!  That is so awesome!

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Re: 4-digit Dividend
« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2018, 07:18:20 PM »
Congrats!

And it's just a mid-year dividend!   The Christmas season should be even bigger! ;)

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Re: 4-digit Dividend
« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2018, 08:27:10 PM »
Congrats! That's epic!

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Re: 4-digit Dividend
« Reply #4 on: July 17, 2018, 12:40:54 PM »
Well done.

Not wishing to piss on your corn flakes, but I have a 5 digit dividend paid next week.

EUR 11500

Quarterly payment, global dividend ETF.


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Re: 4-digit Dividend
« Reply #5 on: July 17, 2018, 03:13:32 PM »
Just wanted to share a small success: My first 4-digit dividend rolled in today.

To be precise, it's exactly 1256 EUR.

It feels great to finally see my money's work produce some results.

Kind regards,
  Lordy


cool !! do you mind sharing with us the asset that paid that dividend and the amount you have invested in it ???

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Re: 4-digit Dividend
« Reply #6 on: July 18, 2018, 04:11:03 AM »
Nice job!

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Re: 4-digit Dividend
« Reply #7 on: July 18, 2018, 07:03:00 AM »
Well done.

Not wishing to piss on your corn flakes, but I have a 5 digit dividend paid next week.

EUR 11500

Quarterly payment, global dividend ETF.

No worries, that's my goal.
We might actually be investing in the same exact ETF :-D

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Re: 4-digit Dividend
« Reply #8 on: July 18, 2018, 07:09:41 AM »
cool !! do you mind sharing with us the asset that paid that dividend and the amount you have invested in it ???

This is coming from DE000A0F5UH1, iShares STOXX Global Select Dividend 100 UCITS ETF (DE).

I have picked this ETF for multiple reasons (in no specific order):
- registered in Germany (my country of residence), so no tax headaches
- quarterly dividend payments
- diversification across companies (100)
- diversification across continents (~30% N.America, ~30% Europe, ~20% Asia, 12% Australia)

I currently have around 80K EUR invested.

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Re: 4-digit Dividend
« Reply #9 on: July 18, 2018, 11:52:42 PM »
Yes, the same ETF as I have.

23500 units.

Can I ask you, what % are you paying in tax, because I am hit for 56%, being a higher rate taxpayer.


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Re: 4-digit Dividend
« Reply #10 on: July 19, 2018, 07:44:50 AM »
Can I ask you, what % are you paying in tax, because I am hit for 56%, being a higher rate taxpayer.

The capital gains tax here in Germany is 25%.
The solidarity surcharge of 5,5% is added to that.

So if I receive 1000 EUR in dividends, I pay 250 EUR capital gains tax and 13.75 EUR solidarity surcharge, bringing my total tax rate to 26.375%.


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Re: 4-digit Dividend
« Reply #11 on: July 19, 2018, 09:34:13 AM »
I just got my first three-digit div. One day I'll be at 5-digits like y'all...

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Re: 4-digit Dividend
« Reply #12 on: July 21, 2018, 06:19:38 AM »
I've got a fever, and the only prescription is, more dividends

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Re: 4-digit Dividend
« Reply #13 on: July 21, 2018, 02:30:02 PM »
Don't obsess about dividends. It's total return that matters.  The dividends are more like a forced sale of capital.

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Re: 4-digit Dividend
« Reply #14 on: July 21, 2018, 02:48:13 PM »
What percent dividend are you getting annually compared to your holdings?

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Re: 4-digit Dividend
« Reply #15 on: July 23, 2018, 02:15:02 AM »
What percent dividend are you getting annually compared to your holdings?

I just ran the numbers for 2017.
The average price per unit was around 27,50 EUR.
The total dividends paid were 1,55 EUR per unit.

That would make around 5,6%, if I am not mistaken.

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Re: 4-digit Dividend
« Reply #16 on: July 23, 2018, 12:09:53 PM »
It will be a lot lower this year. The Q1 dividend was paid out to German tax authority as a once off settlement.
It went XD, but shareholders got nothing - not good.

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Re: 4-digit Dividend
« Reply #17 on: August 10, 2018, 09:42:56 PM »
Don't obsess about dividends. It's total return that matters.  The dividends are more like a forced sale of capital.


That's what I was thinking, unless you want the dividends for living expenses.

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Re: 4-digit Dividend
« Reply #18 on: August 11, 2018, 08:43:28 PM »
Nice! I'd be FIRE on that number, so long as it's monthly you're talking.  :)

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Re: 4-digit Dividend
« Reply #19 on: August 11, 2018, 10:05:13 PM »
Congrats on the savings!

0.46% management fee though...?

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Re: 4-digit Dividend
« Reply #20 on: August 12, 2018, 02:54:27 AM »
Don't obsess about dividends. It's total return that matters.  The dividends are more like a forced sale of capital.


That's what I was thinking, unless you want the dividends for living expenses.

While I don't invest for dividends, I like to watch my dividends grow.  It is another way for me to "keep score" with my investment accounts.  The larger the dividend the more money I've invested.