Sunday, January 3, 2016

Project: Dividend Stocks for Teenager December update


I wrote how we started Dividend Stocks portfolio for my daughter and keep track of our progress here.

December was our 5th month on this journey.


Dividends income 2015
September    $49.81
October        $18.75
November    $28.66 + $50 bonus
December 
EMR$12.47
JNJ$9.83
SE$16.12
XOM$11.80
Total $50.22

Total dividends for 2015: $147.69 + $50.00 bonus

I was planning for her to buy one new stock in December, but she was too busy with finals and holidays. So hopefully we will do it in January. 

Thanks for reading and please share your thoughts.


December Passive Income Progress

I didn't purchase any stocks in December except my monthly little contribution to my Loyal3 account. Read about my Loyal3 purchases in December here.

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

Dividends received in December:



BMO$15.59
CNP$38.38
CSAL$17.76
ESV$4.57
F$23.27
FTR$32.29
HOG$4.99
JNJ$15.24
KO$17.28
KSS$0.52
MAT$32.40
MCD$30.79
PFE$14.89
RYAM$1.21
RYN$13.48
SE$14.80
TGT$11.36
UL$17.62
WU$9.73
Total$316.17

My dividend income 2014 vs 2015:
2014JanFebMarchAprMayJuneJulyAugSeptOctNovDec
$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
2015JanFebMarchAprMayJuneJulyAugSeptOctNovDec
$78.69106.39333.50150.77128.34298.21118.30122.05361.36184.44113.44316.17
Year to date$2,311.66


Additional passive income or free money from different financial institutions:
Interest:                                                          $10.83
Points AMEX                                                  $44.73
Points Discover                                              $34.27 
Various gift cards rewards
KOHL's, JC Penney, 
Palais Royal, Best Buy)                                  $40.00
Spinoff money from DRI                                  $12.46
(it happened in November but I forgot to add it in November)

My total financial passive income for the month of December was $458.46

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

So this month I was almost half way to my goal income!

Thanks for reading and please share your thoughts and progress.