Delayed update this month as I was out of town on work matters. But, August is done and so is 66% of the year 2018….somehow the year seems to have slipped by stealthily!! How much closer did I get to my financial independence targets? Lets look at the numbers for August and find out.

Main Takeaways this month

• Passive Income Stream
  • My passive Income for August 2018 is much higher than August 2017. It is expected to be so 🙂
    • In March an April, I redistributed where my funds are invested. Cashed out some gains and converted quarterly dividends to monthly and more importantly more stable and tax efficient monthly dividends.
    • The June, September and December dividends are going to be much less. But, the total dividends for the entire year will be higher though.
    • Compared to this time last year, the total dividends this year through end of August is 29% more than 2017….just distributed differently.
• Additional Investments
  • Investments in taxable accounts
    • Nothing new to report here as I am out of cash 😐
    • Unplanned vehicle maintenance has taken a chunk of money out of emergency funds again. So priority is to rebuild my emergency fund.
  • Investments in tax-deferred account (IRA)
    • No cash here too 🙂
• Miscellaneous
  • Nothing.