Dividend Aristocrats as an investment for Sophia Augustinus

Assuming a $1,000,000 investment in the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index at the beginning of 2005, without reinvestment of dividends, the estimated annual dividends received (based on historical index performance and an annualized dividend growth rate of 8.1%) are as follows:

- 2005: $23,560

- 2006: $25,470

- 2007: $27,530

- 2008: $29,760

- 2009: $32,150

- 2010: $34,750

- 2011: $37,560

- 2012: $40,580

- 2013: $43,870

- 2014: $47,420

- 2015: $51,260

- 2016: $55,410

- 2017: $59,890

- 2018: $64,740

- 2019: $69,980

- 2020: $75,650

- 2021: $81,780

- 2022: $88,400

- 2023: $95,560

- 2024: $103,300

- 2025: $111,670

The total dividends received from 2005 to the end of 2025 would be approximately $1,178,670.

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