April is over and it’s time for my monthly status update. As always I will be comparing my portfolio performance against S&P 500. Good to see some upward movement, S&P 500 is up 0.27% in April.
Dividends
My forward dividends reached $1,019.89 an increase of $51.06. This is a 5.01% increase from March 2018. My goal for 2018 is $1,500 in forward dividends. My forward dividends are at 67.99% of this goal.
My overall investment portfolio grew by 6.82%. I had a 5.53% growth in portfolio through infusion of new capital (inorganic growth). Finally! I got some assistance from Mr. Market. My portfolio increase by 1.29% thanks to the increase in stock market.
I barely outperformed S&P 500 thanks to my international funds. Largest position in my portfolio is S&P 500 ETF (40.36%) and average expense ratio is 0.069%. I added a goal of being Financially Independent (FI) by 2032. With my current investments and dividends I am at 6.12% of FI.
Side Hustles
In addition to dividends I plan on including my side hustle income in my monthly summary. My side hustle income is from Swagbucks.com, TopCashBack.com, credit cards (cash back) and Raise.com. My total side hustle income for April was $165.61. My side hustles are turning out to be a great source of passive income.
Vitality
My goal was to obtain $41.60 from vitality. I get vitality points for my gym visits (each point comes out to be $0.01). I think of it as a side hustle which generates money and keeps me fit. As of April 2018 I have earned $14.80 from Vitality.
Expenses & Zero Day Challenge
We have been tracking our zero dollar days in 2018. In April we again had 7 zero dollar days. We had a few big ticket purchases and a planned vacation. So, our expenses are on the higher side. My dividends cover 2.8% of our April expenses. A slight drop compared to March.
DG, Congrats on crossing the $1K mark in forward dividends! Tom
ReplyDeleteThanks Tom. Hoping to get to 1,500 soon.
DeleteCongrats DG, another good month. Growth of 6.82% and $1000 + in dividends, Nice!
ReplyDeleteThanks Steve. I will take any increase ... 6% is definitely good.
Delete1k that's a big one to cross! Congrats!
ReplyDeleteKeep up the great side hustles, it speeds you along. :)
True side hustles are a great way to bump up investments. Thanks mate :-)
DeleteYes!... big news in crossing the $1K mark in forward dividends. Congratulations. I'm rooting for you to reach your $1.5K goal, DG. Keep that capital infusion going.
ReplyDeleteThanks ED. 1.5k seems doable. I would like to hit 2k if possible :-) Couple of corrections spread around the year would definitely help.
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