Dear Reader,
If you’re living off dividends from your investments, you probably have a number in your head.
An annual yield.
An income target.
A rough sense of what your portfolio should be producing.
And on paper, it may look great.
It’s much harder to know what you’re actually getting paid—and when.
Not over the course of a year.
Not as a yield percentage.
Month by month. Week by week. The real dollars hitting your account.
Because dividend income doesn’t arrive cleanly.
Some positions pay monthly. Others quarterly.
Ex-div dates shift. Payments move. Payouts change.
And unless you’re actively tracking all of it, you’re left piecing together your income picture from:
- brokerage screens
- financial data sites
- spreadsheets you have to constantly update
Most investors make it work.
But all they really have is a general sense of income… with guesswork around timing.
When That Starts to Break Down
At first, that doesn’t seem like a problem.
The deposits show up.
Your plan “feels” like it’s working.
But over time, small gaps appear:
One month comes in lighter than you expected.
Or several large payments clustered together—then nothing for weeks.
A dividend change throws off your expected cash flow.
Now you’re not just collecting income, you’re reacting to it.
Checking numbers.
Reworking assumptions.
Trying to reconcile what you thought would happen with what actually did.
That’s the real issue.
Introducing: Income Calendar
That’s exactly why we built Income Calendar.
Instead of stitching everything together manually, it takes your holdings and turns them into a clean, forward-looking income schedule.
Here’s what that looks like in practice:
See Your Entire Income Picture—At a Glance
The first thing you notice is how quickly everything comes together.
Instead of bouncing between accounts and spreadsheets, you get a single view showing:
- your projected income
- your overall yield
- and your expected payments over the months ahead
More importantly, you can see how that income is actually distributed across the next 12 months.
Which months are heavier.
Which are lighter.
Where things may not line up the way you expected.
Know Exactly What’s Coming—And When
From there, you can zoom in and answer the most practical question:
Or next week.
Or even on a specific day.
Income Calendar lays out your declarations, ex-div dates and payments, in a simple calendar view—so you’re not estimating anymore.
You can see exactly what’s scheduled, and when it’s expected to arrive.
No more cross-checking multiple sources.
No more updating spreadsheets just to stay current.
Know What’s Actually Driving Your Income
Once you see your income over time, the next question becomes obvious:
Which positions are doing the heavy lifting?
With one click, you can break down your projected income by stock or fund.
And this is where a lot of investors get surprised.
What looked like a balanced portfolio often turns out to be:
- a handful of positions generating most of the income
- a few laggards contributing less than expected
- or income that’s more concentrated than it appears
This gives you a clearer understanding of not just when you’re getting paid—but what’s actually producing that income.
Set It Up Once—And Let It Run
Tracking and forecasting dividends manually works… until it doesn’t.
Positions change. Payouts shift. Dividends get reinvested.
Staying on top of everything requires constantly checking multiple data sources.
Income Calendar is built to handle it all effortlessly.
You can update share counts, add or remove tickers, or adjust holdings in seconds—so your projections stay aligned with what you actually own.
Or you can import your brokerage account in just a few clicks with our integration with Plaid.
Once your portfolio is in, the system updates automatically in the background—so your projections stay current without constant input.
Custom Email Alerts, Too
Each time we collect a dividend, IC can send us an email heads up. For example, Doubleline Yield Opportunities Fund (DLY) recently declared a dividend in April. So I received this email heads up from IC:
Dividend “Heads Up” Email via IC
I can also see that DLY’s implied annualized yield is 10.05%. Nice.
I’ve got the ex date and the actual payment date. Everything I need to know about DLY’s dividend in one concise email.
“Week Ahead” summaries from IC are my favorite way to kick off the week. We see how much we are getting paid, and when! In this summary, we have six “pay dates” and two “projected ex-dividend dates” for this portfolio.
“Week Ahead” Summary
It’s not just organizing your income—it’s actively helping you stay on top of it.
How It Works
Behind the scenes, Income Calendar is powered by data from our sister company, TickerTech.
It continuously tracks dividend announcements across the market, analyzes historical payment patterns, and uses that data to project forward income timing and amounts.
In simple terms:
From Guessing… to Knowing
Once people start using Income Calendar, the shift is simple—but important.
That makes it easier to:
- plan around your income
- smooth out uneven periods
- and make adjustments before surprises show up
In other words, you stop managing income in fragments and start managing it as a system.
See for Yourself—100% Risk Free
If you’re serious about dividend income, you need to see this firsthand.
Getting started takes just a few minutes.
Import your holdings, explore your custom projections, and see how your portfolio looks when everything is finally laid out clearly in one place.
Click here to activate your risk-free trial now!Income Calendar is just $79 for the first year and comes with a full 60-day money-back guarantee.
Set it up. Look at next month’s custom projection… then the next twelve.
And see what changes when you’re no longer guessing.
Click Here to Get Started with Income CalendarYours for safe dividends,
Brett Owens
Chief Investment Strategist
Contrarian Outlook
P.S. Still not sure if Income Calendar is right for you? Check out the video below where I review how easy it is to set up and use: