# On the Dividend Side of Things #6

**URL:** <https://discussion.fool.com/t/on-the-dividend-side-of-things-6/118575>\
**Category:** Abandoned Arctic Outpost #13\
**Created:** [May 25, 2025, 12:30am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/on-the-dividend-side-of-things-6/118575 "2025-05-25T00:30:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Champico33](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/champico33/32/3950_2.png) [@Champico33](https://discussion.fool.com/u/Champico33)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2025, 12:30am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/on-the-dividend-side-of-things-6/118575/1 "2025-05-25T00:30:25Z")

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Note One) Amateur Investor here just winging it along the Wide Wide World of Investing. Nothing you might see here represents actual investing rich intelligence; rather, it is assorted investing related “Stuff” held together by duct tape, glue and remnants of kite string. Beware… lest you fall into a pit of investing despair.

Here is the methodology of the Family Income Flywheel Port:

Simple Explanation: We gather lots of Dividend/Distribution paying companies across a number of categories - and chunk them into the Income Flywheel Port. Thereafter, we drip ongoing returns into more shares: what can be dripped…we drip. What can’t be dripped we simply gather up the cash into a moderately large pile and then distribute that cash into the companies that we feel are most deserving of a nice raise. Simple really.

A little more detail: We limit portfolio positions to either 1%…2%… or 3% allocations. We do this for a couple of reasons: 1) We invest in higher yield Stuff which limits exposure to any particular implosion, bankruptcy or other unforeseen bad stuff that might go KaBoom; and 2)…Uh I forgot the second reason when I took a break and went to the kitchen to see if I could swipe some strawberry shortcake. Oh well.

Where the growth port management takes me 3-4 hours a day, the Income Flywheel Port seldom takes more than 15 minutes. Just as a rancher doesn’t go out and check on every single cow - neither do we check on every single, company in the IFP.

Currently we have somewhere around 50 income paying companies with an average portfolio yield of just over 13%. Yes..yes…yes…I know…I know this is foolish and extremely dangerous and have been hearing that off and on for the last 10 years or so. But…as I wait for the income port apocalypse with fear and in seat-of-the chair total and menacing trepidation

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**Author:** ![Champico33](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/motleyfoolfree/user_avatar/discussion.fool.com/champico33/32/3950_2.png) [@Champico33](https://discussion.fool.com/u/Champico33)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2025, 12:34am UTC](https://discussion.fool.com/t/on-the-dividend-side-of-things-6/118575/2 "2025-05-25T00:34:23Z")

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sorry - for the two parter: messed up somewhere

continued…somehow…someway the income keeps streaming in…and keeps being added back into the equation; which, provides more and more income each month. I had planned to provide a truly horrifying example: an equity that does - and has been for many years - paying an exorbitant dividend. Currently it’s clocking in at just over 22%. and once I gobble up the strawberry shortcake I will provide the name and its long history with the IFP.

All the Best,  
Big Dumb Hick Eating Shortcake