The Lensfolio Blog

Notes from the build. The math behind DRIP, the why behind the product, and what we're shipping next.

DRIP-Aware vs Flat: Why Your Dividend Forecast Is Probably Wrong

A flat dividend projection freezes your share count on day one. Here's how a DRIP-aware forecast differs — and why the gap quietly compounds over time.

How to Forecast Your Dividend Income for the Next 12 Months

A step-by-step way to project your forward dividend income month by month — and why a flat annual estimate undercounts what a DRIP portfolio actually pays.

Why we built Lensfolio: the dividend tracker that compounds DRIP per-payment

After 8 years of running my dividend portfolio out of a spreadsheet that broke every time a stock hiked its rate, I built the tracker I wished existed. Here's the math standard trackers get wrong, and the FIRE math they miss.