May 2017 Dividends and Passive Income Progress

I finally made some stocks purchases in May.
I purchased GE, GWW and VZ. I wrote a post about my purchase here.

Dividends received May 2017

AAPL	$8.75
BMO	$17.66
BMY	$9.90
BUD	$8.84
EC	$5.04
KMI	$8.95
NEA	$6.32
PG	$18.55
RY	$12.61
T	$14.88
TD	$16.46
YUM	$0.22
Total	$128.18

I did better than last year - 23% up and even almost caught up with 2015 (when KMI was paying better dividends).

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	303.15	128.18

Additional passive income or free money from various financial institutions:

interest                                                                                                         $14.20
Chase Freedom                                                                                            $35.08
Amex points                                                                                                  $8.28
Discover points                                                                                             $11.48

Ebates - earn money while shopping online                                                  $23.00
KOHLS/Kroger gift cards                                                                             $10.00

My total financial passive income for the month of May was $230.22

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
December $377.91
Total $1644.59

 2015 Passive Income

January $167.44
February $279.29
March $397.80
April $202.48
May $229.70
June $368.21
July $205.56
August $254.16
September $494.20
October $231.18
November $268.28
December $458.46
Total $3556.76

2016 Passive Income

January $298.49
February $332.39
March $500.67
April $360.27
May $249.71
June $414.51
July $278.08
August $164.45
September $441.78
October $335.86
November $218.30
December $506.91

Total $4101.42

2017 Passive Income

January $270.26
February $207.60
March $776.41
April $367.62
Total $1621.99

Thanks for reading and please share your thoughts and progress.

May 2016 Dividends and Passive Income Progress

It's time to report my May progress.

In May besides my monthly Loyal3  investments I purchased

10 shares of AAPL - Apple
21 shares of VLO - Valero Energy.

Dividends received in April 2016:

AAPL	$1.20
BMO	$16.82
DRI	$17.56
KMI	$8.73
NE	$0.65
PG	$17.45
RY	$11.69
T	$13.89
TD	$15.77
YUM	$0.34
Total	$104.10

This is 23% decrease comparing to May 2015.

I analysed why this happened and this decrease was due to decrease in KMI and NE dividends.

Here 2014/2015 vs 2016:

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	Nov
	$183.80	104.48	445.07	240.49	104.10
									Year to date			$1,077.94

Additional passive income or free money from different financial institutions:

Interest:                                                          $13.80

Points AMEX                                                  $69.78

Points Discover                                              $14.03

JC Penney/Kroger/Academy                          $25.00

Ebates - get paid for shopping online            $23.00

You might noticed that my points from AMEX is higher than usual. This was due an Amex special offer to cash your points with 20% off, which I used and it gave me extra $50 in gift cards. 

             

My total financial passive income for the month of May was $249.71

At this moment my goal is to have $1k in monthly passive income from dividends and other financial institutions. 

I started tracking my passive income Summer 2014

2014 Passive income
June           $261.00
July            $209.67 
August       $235.62 
September  $212.97
October      $140.37
November  $207.05
December   $377.91

2015 Passive Income

January      $167.44
February    $279.29
March         $397.80
April           $202.48
May            $229.70
June            $368.21
July             $205.56
August        $254.16
September  $494.20

October      $231.18
November   $268.28

December   $458.46

2016 Passive Income
January     $298.49
February   $332.39
March       $500.67
April         $360.27

Thanks for reading and please share your thoughts and progress.