Dividends to Date

I have been wanting to start compiling a list of all the dividend payments I have received to date. That way I can just add to the list to keep track of increasing dividend payments over time. And since there is no time like the present, without further ado, here are all the dividend payments I have received since I became an investor in January of this year:

Roth IRA Dividends:

• 2/21/07: Money Market Dividend ($0.47)

• 3/21/07: Money Market Dividend ($0.53)

• 3/29/07: IWM Dividend ($0.64)

• 4/23/07: Money Market Dividend ($0.64)

• 4/30/07: SPY Dividend ($1.27)

• 4/30/07: PEY Dividend ($1.11)

Taxable Account / Emergency Fund Dividends:

• 2/21/07: Money Market Dividend ($0.35)

• 3/19/07: AAV Dividend ($0.87)

• 3/21/07: Money Market Dividend ($1.55)

• 4/18/07: AAV Dividend ($0.91)

• 4/23/07: Money Market Dividend ($3.25)

Even though I have only been at this since January, I am seeing a noticeable difference in the size of the dividends/distributions I am receiving. I suppose, having been a math major at one point, that the power of compounding should not surprise me quite as much as it does. I don't think I will ever stop getting a kick out of watching the dividend payments come rolling in for absolutely no extra work on my part. Definitely the neatest thing since sliced bread.