I am writing this dividend update in an attempt to compile my quarterly dividend performance for the year.

The theme for this year dividend income updates will be based on my understanding of the advantage of dividend investing and that is to compound dividends for as early as we can, for as long as we live.

Time is our friend for this very same purpose.

While some may argue that dividend is not everything there is to investing, as they can be easily trumped by other factors such as the larger capital loss, dividend has played a very important part in an investor's return over the long run and therefore should not be neglected.

Kyith, in his latest article, summed up quite nicely on how the flexibility and buffer of your dividend income will help you get towards the final designated financial independence. The common consensus argument I often ...