I am sorry that it takes me a while to write my March update. I am still in process of studying for Texas Real estate licence. Plus I helped my mom to move from Florida to Texas. Finally she is living close to us. And I got engaged. :)
As much as I didn't want an expensive ring, my fiance did a great job shopping at Blue Nile online, researching on diamonds. My ring looks beautiful and I know he got a great deal as well. :)
Back to my March stock update. I am being really inactive this year with my stocks investments. But...
March was my best month ever! I finally reached more than $500 in dividends. Since my dividends reinvest automatically, it means what even when I am inactive, I still automatically invested more than $500 this month!
Dividends received March 2017
| BMO | $17.65 |
| BBL | $57.23 |
| CCL | $7.15 |
| CNP | $44.05 |
| COP | $6.61 |
| GILD | $13.68 |
| ESV | $0.31 |
| F | $52.76 |
| GSK | $20.21 |
| FTR | $80.52 |
| HOG | $6.08 |
| JNJ | $16.83 |
| KR | $3.85 |
| KHC | $0.38 |
| MAT | $34.52 |
| MCD | $33.27 |
| NEA | $6.26 |
| PEP | $17.37 |
| PFE | $17.80 |
| RYAM | $1.24 |
| RYN | $14.16 |
| ENB | $18.72 |
| TGT | $12.65 |
| UL | $18.34 |
| VLO | $15.17 |
| WIN | $2.83 |
| WFC | $19.69 |
| GM | $20.21 |
| Total | $559.54 |
I am super excited to reach over $500! I know it will not be like this every month but it still looks great!
It's 25.7% increase comparing to March 2016.
Here 2014/2015/2016 vs 2017:
| 2014 | |||||||||||
| Jan | Feb | March | Apr | May | June | July | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| $48.61 | $12.44 | $63.58 | $90.04 | $65.67 | $126.98 | $122.68 | $118.36 | $185.28 | $93.18 | $123.70 | $263.68 |
| Year to date | $1,314.20 | ||||||||||
| 2015 | |||||||||||
| Jan | Feb | March | Apr | May | June | July | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| $78.69 | 106.39 | 333.50 | 150.77 | 128.34 | 298.21 | 118.30 | 122.05 | 361.36 | 184.44 | 113.44 | 316.17 |
| Year to date | $2,311.66 | ||||||||||
| 2016 | |||||||||||
| Jan | Feb | March | Apr | May | June | July | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| $183.80 | 104.48 | 445.07 | 240.49 | 104.10 | 327.53 | 213.41 | 113.56 | 396.05 | 262.97 | 122.31 | 422.44 |
| Year to date | $2,936.21 | ||||||||||
| 2017 | |||||||||||
| Jan | Feb | March | Apr | May | June | July | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| $220.12 | 128.03 | 559.54 | |||||||||
| Year to date | $907.69 |
Chase Freedom(I forgot to report it last month) $186.00
I opened this card because they offered 0% for 15 months
plus $150 bonus and I wanted to use it to pay for my crown.
Amex points $17.35
Discover points $13.52
My total financial passive income for the month of March was $776.41
I am getting closer to my $1K a month goal!
I started tracking my passive income Summer 2014
June $261.00
July $209.67
August $235.62
September $212.97
October $140.37
November $207.05
2015 Passive Income
July $278.08
August $164.45
September $441.78
October $335.86
November $218.30
December $506.91
Thanks for reading and please share your thoughts and progress.
Good job studies have found that those that leave their stocks inactive for various reasons do quite well.
ReplyDeleteHappy times. Congrats on getting engaged. Enjoy the time. Looks like March was a great month for passive income as well. Well over $500 coming in passively (dividends) is a very real number that can cover a lot of your monthly expenses. Keep focusing on those dividends as those other passive income streams are not as consistent, like bonus offerings. Great job overall!!!
ReplyDeleteVery cool about the engagement and the over $500 threshold! (though the engagement is much more important! :)
ReplyDeleteKeep up the progress. I was close to $1k in march and hope to get there in June. Thanks again for sharing!