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May 2020- Monthly Finance Update-Passive income collected ~$3k (lowest in 3 years)
By GlobalPassiveIncome  •  June 5, 2020
My dividend portfolio from REIT and O&G counters finally take a toll from dividend suspension and dividend cut. In addition, selling off some of my riskier high yield stocks and re-balancing into low yield investment grade bonds have vastly reduced my dividend return. As a result, May2020 registered the lowest dividend I have collected in the last 3 years. I am glad that I keep on postponing my retirement till 50s+. I learned that my dividend income portfolio is no guarantee of a retirement income that can be sustained in major crisis like 2008 GFC or 2020 CV. Right now, I have transit to mainly cash and bond portfolio which have interest payment that is enough to cover my expense for a long time.If everything else fail, at least CPF payout is only 10+ years away when one retire at 50+ years old. The only positive in May2020 is that my liquid networth has recovered another 2.5% and my current investment portfolio is...
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By GlobalPassiveIncome
Started fixed income investing with the aim of collecting consistent dividend and interest monthly while protecting my principle capital. I invested mainly in reits ( local and overseas), MLP (overseas) , US bonds and preferred stock (or perpetual shares). For my overseas investment, I spend quite some time researching securities that will avoid withholding tax. Currently achieved 62K annual dividends and interest. My target is to achieve SGD100K or USD75K passive income before I retire in my early 50s.
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