In October last year, I tabulated my investing portfolio for the first time and wrote about it here: My portfolio at 23 years old . I started investing because I wanted better returns on my extra cash(it's not the cash in my emergency funds) than just leaving it inside the bank account while I was going to be in National Service. I did not start investing because I wanted dividend income but as I read on, I was inspired by the financial bloggers in Singapore. So how much did I receive for 2017? CDL Hospitality Trusts: $66.10 CapitaMall Trust: $44.56 Nikko AM STI ETF: $46.35 Total dividends: $157.01 Average dividends per month: $13.08 The dividends are currently kept in my CIMB FastSaver bank account with 1% p.a. I will be buying the Singapore Savings Bonds (fully backed by the Singapore government) with the dividends along with some of my emergency cash to obtain a slightly higher return while still maintaining flexibility. Screen-grab from the Singapo
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