Latest ETF Dividend Portfolio Update

I’m a little bit late posting this update but I’ve been a bit distracted. Better late than never though.

The ETF portfolio has hovered around $34,000 and $35,000 for 5 months now and I’m guessing it will continue to hover or go down from here, even with new funds added every month.

As I’m sure you’ve heard by now, the world death cult has decided that its brown people death count needs to be much higher this year. So while their bloodletting runs rampant the world economy will suffer. Retirement accounts will suffer. We in western (so called) democratic countries will pay for the actions of these complete lunatics at the steering wheel.

Just picture bibi and his orange golem next time you’re filling up the tank of your car. They are directly responsible for this madness.

Enough complaining though. My saying for the week is: Be better, not bitter!

ETF Dividend Income in February

February was a monthly paying dividends month so it was always going to be a lower month but I’m happy to see that my lowest months (February, May, August, November) are now above $100. Seeing these low months above $200 is the next goal.

JPEQ paid out $50.07, FEPI distributed $38.03, HYLD sent out $2.62, and QQQI gave me $32.43, which is a total of $123.15 for the month of February.

This time last year the portfolio made $87.23 in dividends for the month of February which is a 41% increase YoY (year on year).

The rolling 6 month, monthly dividend payment was $177.77 last month. It has decreased to $172.43. That’s a drop of $5.34 per month which is bad but not as bad as the $14.46 drop last month. Still, this is a marathon, not a sprint. If this was a rolling 12 month average the number would be an increase.

The ETF Dividend Portfolio for February

This month the ETF dividend portfolio has increased to $35,143 up from $34,853 in January which is an increase of about $290. New contributions were $428.84, which means that the portfolio would have went backwards by about $138 if I didn’t add any new money. Lets hope and pray that the psychotic death cults in USrael don’t destroy all of our portfolios this year!

I added 5 shares to JEPQ (listed as JPEQ in Australia), added $65.98 to HYLD, and bought $66.90 worth of ATEC (Australian technology ETF).

Just as a note, the ticker symbols ending in .AX are Australian listed ETFs and those without them are US listed ETFs. The US listed prices and average cost per share are in US dollars but everything else like market value and total dividend income are in Australian dollars.

Here’s what the ETF portfolio looked like at the end of February 2026…

See the ETF Dividend Portfolio from January.

What to Expect in March

I would like to say that I’ll be adding much more to the ETFs in March as several of my regular stocks pay dividends but I have been reinvesting most funds back into stocks that have been beaten down over this past couple of months.

I’ll try to add at least $500 to the ETF portfolio, especially to those funds paying dividends in April.

How has your freedom making machine started the year? What’s your 6 month rolling monthly dividend average for your ETFs? (total dividends paid over the last 6 months, divided by 6 equals your average).

Total ETF + REIT + Managed Funds Portfolio for February

Total Index Funds portfolio value (VHY, VGS, GEAR, JPEQ, FEPI, QQQI, SCHD, NDQ, ATEC, HYLD and IVV): $35,143 up from $34,853.

Most recent dividend payment (February): $123.15 down from $253.98 in January (Monthly dividends from JPEQ, FEPI, HYLD, and QQQI)
Dividends paid in February 2025: $87.23 which is a 41% Increase YoY (Year on Year)
6 Month Dividends Monthly Average: $172.43 down from $177.77 last month
Dividends paid in 2026: $377.13 (this time last year it was $272.65)
Dividends paid in 2025: $2,040.09 (181% increase)
Dividends paid in 2024: $725.85 (606% increase)
All dividends paid in 2023: $102.68
All ETF dividend payments since starting the ETF portfolio: $3,245.75

ETF Dividends Goal 2: $2,000+ per month.