Posted on March 4, 2010 - by AK71

Seven steps to creating passive income from the stock market.

Photo by zedzap

I have made it known to my family and many friends that I aim to create a minimum of $50k in annual passive income from investments in the stock market alone.  Recently, while chatting in the cbox at Bully the Bear, I mentioned this and at least one person was incredulous.  How to achieve this?

Well, to me, it’s quite simple, if I invest $500k in a basket of stocks that yields 10% per annum, I would have that $50k passive income.  Then, I gave it some thought later on and decided that perhaps I should share more in detail how this could be achieved.

Taking a leaf from successful authors using the number “seven”, this is AK71’s “Seven steps to creating passive income from the stock market”:

1.  Get full time employment – Sounds dreadfully straightforward, doesn’t it?  Well, sometimes we need to point out the obvious.  We cannot grow money in pots of soil or fabricate it at home; well, not legally anyway.  Get a well paying job that pays you as much as you are worth (or more than you are worth if you are lucky enough).  Don’t shortchange yourself.

2.  Be frugal – Again, this sounds straightforward enough but it is something that many people find hard to do.  Instant gratification is so common in our modern world, isn’t it?  I want something and I want it NOW!  It is quite well known that George Soros takes the subway to work and that the founder of IKEA is still driving the same Volvo he bought more than 20 years ago!  I blogged about this recently.Money management: Needs and wants.

3.  Save as much as you can.  OK, I’m cheating here.  This is really a combination of points 1 and 2.  Make as much as you can in your full time job and spend as little as you can.  The difference: savings.  This is your initial capital to realise your dream of passive income from the stockmarket.  Also, remember, money in your CPF-OA is savings and a percentage could be used to invest in the stock market too.  Start a SRS account and use the money to invest in the stock market at the right time. Things Singaporean: SRS, CPF-OA and CPF-SA.

Read more…

Related posts:

1. Passive vs Active Income: Continuum vs Dichotomy
2. Create more passive income with limited capital
3. Do we need to monitor the stock market so closely?