December Dividend Report - The 2026 Refinement 🚨

$3,271 in December. $43,144 in total for 2025. I’m closing out the year by cutting the 'dead weight' and fueling the growth engine for 2026.

December was the grand finale of 2025, and it did not disappoint. My portfolio generated $3,271 in dividend income to close out the year.

This brings my total dividend income for 2025 to $43,144. This was actually higher than Yieldly’s estimate.

That is over $43,000 of completely passive income. I did not clock in for it. I did not sell a product for it. I simply deployed capital, and the market paid me rent. This is just one pillar of income. I want you all to create your own stream of passive income with dividends.

I spent December aggressively refining the system by selling off poor quality positions that were bleeding capital and reallocating that money into high-conviction growth plays. My goal for 2026 is simple: Build an income engine that funds our lives without eating itself.

In this update, I will cover:

• Portfolio Weight By Sector

• What Paid Me This December

• The Growth Pivot (Doubling down on Big Tech winners)

As always, I am not spending this income. I am recycling it back into the market to capture the best of both worlds: immediate cash flow and long-term capital appreciation.

Buy income funds → Reinvest dividends into growth → Outperform Indexes

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2025 Year Review: The Power of Compounding

The goal has never changed. I want an income stream that covers my life expenses. But I also want a portfolio that grows in value over decades. Hitting $43,144 in a single year is a massive milestone. To put that in perspective, that is roughly $3,595 per month on average. For many people, that is an entire salary replacement. For us, it is the fuel that powers the next leg of the journey. When you commit to the process, the results compound rapidly. For instance,

• Total 2020 Dividend Income: $1,632

• Total 2023 Dividend Income: $11,249

• Total 2025 Dividend Income: $43,144

• Annual Goal: $100,000

The concept of passive income is revolutionary because it is the only stream that completely disconnects your financial survival from your time. If you still have a job, run a business, or monetize products, you possess unlimited active earning power, but stacking a $43,144 passive engine on top of that changes the entire game. Your active hustle provides the scalable fuel, while your dividends provide the unshakeable floor, creating a powerful ecosystem where you are no longer working just to survive, but building wealth without being tethered to a time clock.

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Portfolio Weight Snapshot

My strategy is evolving. I still utilize option ETFs for cash flow, but I am becoming ruthless about which ones deserve a spot in the portfolio. Reinvesting dividends into growth positions like Amazon and Meta is the key method I am using to offset NAV erosion. As you’ll see below, my portfolio leans heavily towards technology and financial investments.

Top Holdings by Weight (via Yieldly):

• Invesco NASDAQ 100 ETF QQQM 0.00%↑

• ASML Holdings ASML 0.00%↑ - up 50% since buy alert.

• Amazon AMZN 0.00%↑ – Position Increased

• Microsoft MSFT 0.00%↑

• Meta Platforms META 0.00%↑ – Position Increased

• Alphabet GOOG 0.00%↑ - up 90% since buy alert.

• Mastercard MA 0.00%↑ – New Core Position

• PepsiCo PEP 0.00%↑

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Holdings That Paid Me in December 💰

These are the positions that deposited cash into my account this month. The following positions paid me a dividend in December: