2017 Dividend Income and current Portfolio

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 Singapore Savings Bonds website

Update: I should point out that there is a $2 transaction fee if you redeem the bonds early. Go to the website to find out more: Redemption

Current Portfolio

Stock	Shares	Current Market Value  (12/1/2018)	Return (dividends and capital gains/loss)
CDL Hospitality Trusts	800	$1432.00	+$391.30
CapitaMall Trust	400	$824.00	+$94.54
Singtel	600	$2160.00	-$64.00
Nikko AM STI ETF	686	$2468.37	+$437.66
		$6884.37	+$859.50