How do I start planning out my investment plan? My goal is to mainly earn dividends from investments, so how do I start mapping out a series of goals to achieve? Any templates or rules to follow?

Quite a bit of stuff to learn. My suggestion is to start listing down your objectives in the short, medium, and long term.

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For investments with dividends, you can automate it with Roboadvisors with Syfe or Stashaway. Their income portfolios are a good starting point for beginners.

Generally, 20% of your income should be used for long-term investments.

But overall, "rules" are more of guidelines than anything, they are good starting points, but you have to adjust them according to your circumstance.

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