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Where this is going
Your path to living on dividends: a projection you can argue with, rather than a number to take on faith.
Set what you would need each month and Quantic projects when your dividend income could cover it — accumulating what you invest, growing the payouts, and adjusting for inflation the whole way. It is the question most dividend investors are actually asking.
The useful part is not the date, it is the levers. Contribute more, accept a lower target, assume a different yield — each one re-runs the projection, so you can see which changes actually move it and which barely register.
Milestones mark the way there: your first €100 a month, income covering a bill, a full year of expenses. They unlock from your real numbers, and you can share one without exposing what you hold.
Key terms
- Path to freedom
- Quantic's projection of when your dividend income could cover your living costs — your dividend-FIRE date.
- Yield on cost
- Your annual dividends from a holding divided by what you originally paid for it — so a growing payout keeps lifting your yield on cost even as the share price climbs.
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