Month review of my Vrijheid Fonds
I happy because it is spreadsheet day today 😉 . May is already behind us. And it is time to tell how much passive income I have received last month.
This is a blog post about my favorite topic, dividends! I hope this post inspires other people out there to start saving and investing as soon as they can. The power you feel knowing that you are richer than you were yesterday and you didn’t have to work a minute for it, is a wonderful feeling.
Dividend
In total I received € 239.51 ($ 280.07) in passive income in May. My Vrijheid Fondshad two dividend increases this month! Southern Company raised its dividend with 3.4% and Procter & Gamble with 4.0%. And I have received my first dividend from Bayer AG.
If we take a closer look, the dividend was coming from:
Bayer AG (BAYN) € 24,74
AT&T (T) € 36.35
Omega Healthcare Investments (OHI) € 69.08
Procter & Gamble (PG) €19.81
Realty Income (O) € 19.15
Mutual Funds € 70.39
That makes a total of € 239.51. This is a 10.41% increase from last years May. Because NN Euro Obligatie Fonds (Euro Bond Fund) will no longer issue a quarterly dividend from 2018 onwards, my dividend income is lower that expected (For more info see my month review of March 2018 ). Last year I received a dividend of € 41.74 from this mutual fund. So with a total increase of 10.41% for my dividend income in March, I’m very happy!
And it is always nice to see that my money is working very hard for me 🙂
For an update of my Dividend Income click the hyperlink.
In 2019 I received a total in passive income of € 1,337.01
Vrijheid Fonds
If we take a look at my Vrijheid Fonds (Freedom Fund), we can see it was a good month.
My total portfolio value at the end of May is $95,831, whichis an increase of 3.23% over last month (€ 92,832).This increase was mainly due to the new buys I made last year. This is great! DGI at work!
I again donated € 400 of fresh capital to my Vrijheid Fondsand I bought € 259.13 worth of mutual Funds for my “Safe-haven-sleep-well”part of my Vrijheid Fonds.This month I invested my side hustle income from Euroclix (€70) and from Google AdSense (€70.70). Yes!!!!!! I received my first ever income from Google AdSense.
Again this month I made a nice step in my journey.
How was your month? Did you receive more dividends than last year? I like to hear from you.
Thanks for reading!
Cheers,
Pollie
Note:
Because all figures I give are in Euro’s. And because the exchange rates is not constant (duh…) my passive income changes per month (even if the dividend stays the same). For the record: I only post my passive income from dividend the month I received it on my brokers account. And it is after taxes.
Congratulations! That’s a nice increase from the month May of last year. It’s also nice to see a bigger pile of cash as compared to last month. As we keep on investing these numbers will have a bigger impact on our portfolios every passing year. Isn’t that a good motivation to continue investing in dividend growth stocks?
Good luck with the month of June. We’ve already started. ☺️
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Nice post, solid month! What a payout from Adsense wow!
DI
Thanks! Yes the payout from Adsense is really great. That money I earned in just one year. I hope this growth will continue.
And of course I invested this side hustle money directly. I bought some extra shares of mutual funds
PD –
Nice job! So close to the $100K mark, it is awesome to see! Further, keep investing, rinsing and repeat. You are well on your way.
-Lanny
I’m trying to reach the 1K milestone this year. Therefore I keep pumping fresh cash at my Vrijheid Fonds
Het genoemde passieve inkomen over 2019 van ongeveer € 1.300 lijkt mij erg laag in relatie tot de hoogte van de waarde van het vrijheidsfonds.
Hoi Kees, dat klopt. €1.300 ten opzichte van €95.000 is erg weinig. Echter €1.300 is slechts van de eerste 5 maanden. Mijn prognose voor het einde van het jaar is €3.600. Dus dat is beter 😀
I agree €1,300 in passive income, when my Vrijheid Fonds is almost €95,000 is very little. However the €1,300 is just my passive income from the first 5 months. My predicted passive income for the whole of 2018 is €3,600. I think that is much better 😀
nice pollie.
great month and nice extra income from adsense!
grats on your dividend raises as well.
keep it up
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Great month Pollie. It’s very cool to see a fellow dutchie with this kind of portfolio and monthly results.
Keep up the good work!
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Great job Pollie, and love seeing that side hustle money going right into investments! Found my way here via the roundup on Dividend Diplomats site and look forward to seeing your continued progress.
Hello Divvydad,
Welcome to my little corner of our DGI community! And thanks for your kind words.
Hope to see your back soon
Cheers,
Pollie