Sunday, February 1, 2015

January 2015 Passive Income and Expenses


January Passive Income and Expenses

Expenses
Cost
*Rent
$250
Groceries
$187.50
General Merchandise
$166.05
Car fuel
$122.05
Auto Insurance
$108
Restaurants
$96.05
*Utility Gas
$52.75
Student Loan
$50
Phone Service
$42.50
Post Office
$40.97
*Dish
$39
*Cable Internet
$37
*Electric
$36.39
Liquor
$29.77
Car Repairs
$24.72
Entertainment
$0
Total
$1282.75

*These are expenses that are split between my significant other and I.

Expenses were really low this month and I would like to keep it up for the rest of the year. Last month the groceries were the highest expense which led us to shop elsewhere for our groceries. Therefore I was able to cut down our grocery bill just under $100 for the month. I have also cut out Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and we might be replacing Dish Network for a Roku and Hulu subscription. This would make expenses much lower for the rest of the year. I would be happy to get expenses sitting at $1,200/month which is pretty good.

This month my passive income was a little lower than I expected. This is the first January that I am declaring my passive income so I don’t have anything to compare it to. Now let’s take a look at the passive income for January 2015.

Passive Income
Earnings
General Electric(GE)
$4.87
Baxter (BAX)
$1.41
Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS)
$2.41
Kraft (KRFT)
$8.18
Mondelez (MDLZ)
$0.41
Disney (DIS)
$9.63
Pepsi (PEP)
$1.79
Dr. Pepper/Snapple (DPS)
$1.39
Walmart (WMT)
$3.16
Viacom (VIAB)
$1.95
CD Interest
$0.49
Savings Interest
$1.82
Credit Card Cash Back
$8.00
Total Passive Income
$45.51

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now let’s take a look at all of the income sources:

Income Sources
Amount
Analyst Job (Net)
$2186
I.T. Job (Net)
$52.50
Ebay
$215.73
Dividends
$35.20
Interest
$2.24
CC Cash Back
$8.00
Job Lot Refund
$85.76
Amazon Refund
$34.99
Total
$2620.42
Savings Amount
$1337.67
Savings Rate
51.05%

 

My savings rate was awesome this month. My goal is to save at least 37% of my total income annualized for the year. I am starting out way ahead with a 51.05% saving rate this month. A big part of this was because of all the cutting of my expenses this month.

The cash back rewards are passive income because I don’t have to work extra and I am not holding a balance on my credit card. Therefore each month I am getting free money that I can receive in a paycheck or put it towards my current balance. I was able to save 51.05% of my total income for the month which is a record for me. Now let’s see how much of my expenses were covered by the passive income.



This is the most exciting part of this post because I can see how much of my expenses were covered by my passive income. This month 3.5% of my expenses were covered by the passive income from dividends, interest, and credit card rewards. I would love to add rental income to that equation someday but for now I am happy with my progress. The blue bar didn’t move much higher this month. It would be a milestone to get the passive income to the first line ($200).

I will be declaring all of my buys for the month of January in my next post!

How was your month in terms of passive income?

 

 

 

 

 

20 comments:

  1. Disney and Walmart are stocks I love! Glad to see results from them as well! Keep it up!

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    1. DivGuy,
      I am also a huge fan od Disney and Walmart and I think they should be a staple in everyone's portfolio. I am hoping to keep adding to both companies in the future in order to collect even bigger dividends.

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  2. Bummer DIS only pays the dividend once a year.

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    1. I am hoping that DIS will pay dividends twice a year at some point. Annual dividends take way too long to collect, however I do think DIS will continue to make shareholders happy for years to come. Thanks for stopping by!

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  3. I would love to own Disney in my dividend portfolio. Very impressive savings rate as always.

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    1. Tawcan,
      Thanks for stopping by! I have been working on trying to get my savings rate higher for this year. So far the progress has been solid. I am hoping to also add to Disney very soon. Even though it take a year to receive the dividend, I am looking forward to all the future growth for the company.

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  4. DM,

    Nice job, especially with the low expenses. You got off to a great start there with the savings rate, which should help roll the dividend income along.

    Great January!

    Best regards.

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    1. Mantra,
      I have been trying hard to cut out expenses in order to achieve financial independence a lot quicker. I remember you wrote about how it's much easier to cut expenses vs. increasing income which really stuck with me. I am hoping to keep the high savings rate going each month, but I may hit a couple of one time expenses which are normal. Thank you for stopping by!

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  5. Good Job DM. I can't wait for that blue bar to grow

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    1. BDI,
      Thank you for the words of encouragement. I have been focusing a lot on trying to increase my passive income, and lowering expenses. I am hoping this will be a very good year and I should be able to have record months in terms of passive income.

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  6. Wow DM,

    That's an amazing savings percentages.
    You're doing great. Keep up!

    Best wishes, DfS

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    1. DFS,
      Thank you very much. I am hoping to keep that percentage going throughout the year. I do have a few other expenses I would like to cut out (dish network), but I am waiting to see what my other options to watching cable could be.

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  7. Dividend Mongrel,

    Nice job with growing the dividends and a high savings rate.

    Looking forward to a great 2015!

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    1. DSI,
      Thank you very much for stopping by! 2015 is shaping up to be a good year so far in terms of my savings rate. I just had to cut out some of the expenses that weren't necessary in my life. I am also thinking of cutting out Dish but I need to replace it with something. I was thinking of getting the Roku and buying a Hulu subscription.

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  8. Looks like your January started off pretty well. An awesome savings rate cracking 50% and some pretty nice passive income too. Actually we have quite a few names in common for our January dividend income. I'll be reporting that soon. Thanks for sharing and look forward to your next update.

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    1. DivHut,
      I think this is the first time ever that I was able to save over half of my income. I am going to keep chucking away this year. I have a target of saving 37% of my income which is very achievable for me. I can't wait to see what your dividend income looks like for January. Keep it up!

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  9. That's a great month and impressive savings rate. Your dividends for the are interesting and there are a couple of stocks that I want to add to my portfolio as well like KRFT. Looking forward to seeing your Feb numbers.

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    1. DGJ,
      I really like KRFT for the hefty dividend. They have also been performing quite well as of late. I want to add more shares but they seem a bit pricey right now. Thank you very much for stopping by!

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