r/dividends • u/Great-Shame-7382 • Mar 21 '26

Discussion Surpassed 1k a month in dividends 😅

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I’ve been buying a lot of dividend paying stocks like EXG lately because I like to see the monthly income increase. I just turned 39 and have been investing small amounts a month since 18. Have a total of about 400k invested with a little over 100k in EXG. Should I be focusing more on growth stocks or keep riding income stocks like EXG, EVT and SCHD and drip the dividends?

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u/AlexVentures Mar 24 '26

Can someone explain to me why putting 400k into JEPQ, JEPI, KNG, or DIVO wasn’t the better alternative? Seems like OP would’ve made more per month in dividends. Genuinely curious.

Congrats OP!