May 2017 Dividends and Passive Income Progress


I finally made some stocks purchases in May.
I purchased GE, GWW and VZ. I wrote a post about my purchase here.

Dividends received May 2017


AAPL$8.75
BMO$17.66
BMY$9.90
BUD$8.84
EC$5.04
KMI$8.95
NEA$6.32
PG$18.55
RY$12.61
T$14.88
TD$16.46
YUM$0.22
Total$128.18

I did better than last year - 23% up and even almost caught up with 2015 (when KMI was paying better dividends).

Here 2014/2015/2016 vs 2017:

2014
JanFebMarchAprMayJuneJulyAugSeptOctNovDec
$48.61$12.44$63.58$90.04$65.67$126.98$122.68$118.36$185.28$93.18$123.70$263.68
Year to date$1,314.20
2015
JanFebMarchAprMayJuneJulyAugSeptOctNovDec
$78.69106.39333.50150.77128.34298.21118.30122.05361.36184.44113.44316.17
Year to date$2,311.66
2016
JanFebMarchAprMayJuneJulyAugSeptOctNovDec
$183.80104.48445.07240.49104.10327.53213.41113.56396.05262.97122.31422.44
Year to date$2,936.21
2017
JanFebMarchAprMayJuneJulyAugSeptOctNovDec
$220.12128.03559.54303.15128.18
Additional passive income or free money from various financial institutions:

interest                                                                                                         $14.20
Chase Freedom                                                                                            $35.08
Amex points                                                                                                  $8.28
Discover points                                                                                             $11.48
Ebates - earn money while shopping online                                                  $23.00
KOHLS/Kroger gift cards                                                                             $10.00
My total financial passive income for the month of May was $230.22


I started tracking my passive income Summer 2014

June $261.00
July $209.67
August $235.62
September $212.97
October $140.37
November $207.05
December $377.91
Total $1644.59

 2015 Passive Income
January $167.44
February $279.29
March $397.80
April $202.48
May $229.70
June $368.21
July $205.56
August $254.16
September $494.20
October $231.18
November $268.28
December $458.46
Total $3556.76

2016 Passive Income
January $298.49
February $332.39
March $500.67
April $360.27
May $249.71
June $414.51
July $278.08
August $164.45
September $441.78
October $335.86
November $218.30
December $506.91
Total $4101.42

2017 Passive Income
January $270.26
February $207.60
March $776.41
April $367.62
Total $1621.99

Thanks for reading and please share your thoughts and progress.


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