Dividends in the 6th Year of Investing (September 2026)
Hello. We are a dual-income couple in our 30s aiming for FIRE at 55.
Currently, our main investment strategy is dollar-cost averaging into mutual funds, but when we first started investing, we focused primarily on high-dividend stocks.
We still hold high-dividend stocks and high-dividend ETFs, and we receive dividends every month.
So, this time, I will write about “Dividends in the 6th Year of Investing (September 2026)”.
I would be happy if you read until the end. Thank you for your support.
Overview of Dividends (September 2026)
The dividends (after tax) for September 2026 are as follows.
The result for September dividends was 16,337 yen.
Basically, June and December are months when Japanese stock dividends tend to concentrate, while March, June, September, and December are months when US stock dividends tend to concentrate.
I plan to reinvest these dividends.
Dividends from Japanese stocks
Now, I will introduce the dividends from Japanese stocks.
There were no dividends from Japanese stocks in September. Since I am currently only making additional investments in mutual funds, there will basically be no increase in dividends going forward.
Dividends from US stocks
Now, I will introduce the dividends from US stocks.
In September, I received dividends from 4 stocks. The stocks and dividend amounts are as follows.
MAIN is an investment company that invests in and lends to small and medium-sized enterprises. It is also known as a high-dividend stock.
HDV is composed of approximately 80 stocks with high dividend yields among financially sound US companies.
*HDV has changed from quarterly distributions to monthly distributions. As a result, although I can now receive dividends every month, it is no longer possible to purchase it within the growth investment quota of the new NISA.
SPYD is an ETF composed of approximately 80 stocks with high dividend yields among the S&P 500 constituents. Therefore, it is one of the options if you want to receive a lot of dividends from US ETFs.
VYM is an ETF composed of approximately 400 stocks with high dividend yields in the US stock market. Although its dividend yield is lower than SPYD’s, it has features such as a high dividend growth rate and stable dividends.
Since these stocks bring me valuable dividends, I basically have no plans to sell them in the future.
Since I am mainly focused on index investing now, the occasional dividend is a moment when I can feel the profits of my investment.
There are some stocks I sold to secure investment funds, but I am not considering any further sales at this time. I would like to continue holding them carefully in the future.
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