Mid-Year Review on my Personal Finance
Well, accountability is important in all aspects of one's life. More so that I'll be becoming a dad in 2 months time. Its a bundle of joy, but its also time to ensure the finances are rock solid. I'll be taking a review of my targets set at the start of the year and see if I'm on track. 1. Achieve a monthly passive income of 1k SGD per month. Here's the breakdown: - SGX CDP: 1st Q payout amounted to $2,356.32. 2nd Q payout amounted to $3,008.21. - DBS RSP (STI ETF & ABF Bond ETF) Jan payout amounted to $1,301.94. - Total: $6,666.47. - Monthly dividend income: $1,111.07 Verdict: Yes, passed with flying colors. In addition, I received 353 USD payout from my Ireland Domiciled Global Equity ETF (VWRD) and S&P500 ETF (VUSD) for 1st half of 2026. However, for simplicity sake, I will just take the amount received from my SG income portfolio. To be honest, I was not surprised, as my previous year annual dividend amounted to $10,420.63 (excluding the US portfolio...