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Q1 2019 Dividends

Another 25% of the year has gone by. The fleeting passage of time is sometimes worrying. Every year, I feel my general fitness going down.  By the time I stop working, would I lack the requisite health or energy to enjoy the activities financial freedom was meant to provide? This is a constant debate raging in my head. 

Delayed gratification is good but how much delay is reasonable?

Time is wasting away and FI cannot come soon enough to remove the shackles of work from my callused wrists.

Time to take stock of where my passive income levels are at:
January
Stock
Dividends received

SINGTEL
2856

TOTAL
2856



February





CACHE LOG TRUST
204.28

FIRST REIT
860

STARHILLGBL REIT
1017




TOTAL
2081.28






March


FRASERS COM TR
1032

CAPITAR CHINA TR
1690.50

AIMSAMP CAP REIT
3035

(Unnamed)
911



TOTAL
11,605.78
 
Main contributors for Q1 2019 are AIMS, CRCT, and SINGTEL.
Going forward, i believe the biggest quarterly contribution should come from Frasers Commercial Trust, given my substantially enlarged holdings in it. This should also make my passive income less lumpy compared to the previous year when my two largest holdings Ascendas hTrust and FLT only provide half-yearly dividends.

Compared to Q1 2018, passive income has grown 86.5% YoY.  This is largely due to increased holdings in Singtel, AIMS, and Starhill, and contributions from the newly added FIRST REIT, CRCT, and FCOT.

Onward to FI!





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