As a dividend growth investor, nothing could be worse than seeing a reduction of monthly income when comparing to the same month from the prior year. Between the Traditional and Roth IRAs, the total amount of income for July 2019 was reduced by $295.28 when compared with July 2018.
In the worst-case scenario, this could indicate that a company (or multiple companies) in the portfolio reduced their dividend which would then make you question whether or not that company (or companies) should continue to be held in your portfolio. When it comes to John's portfolio,