Ask a Fool: Living Off Your Dividends

By Matt Koppenheffer – Mar 11, 2013 at 6:00PM

NYSE: T

AT&T

Market Cap

$118B

Today's Change

(1.88%) $0.31

Current Price

$16.81

Price as of April 24, 2024, 4:00 p.m. ET

How large should the dividend portion of my portfolio be if I want to live off of that passive income?

In the following video, Motley Fool financials analyst Matt Koppenheffer takes a question from a Fool reader, who writes, "How long will it take to live off your stocks' dividends? How much do I need to get that passive income in every quarter?"

Matt Koppenheffer owns shares of AT&T. The Motley Fool recommends Cisco Systems, and owns shares of Annaly Capital Management. We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.