facebookIs it possible to live off of dividends? - Seedly

Anonymous

09 Jun 2019

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Is it possible to live off of dividends?

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Guo Hao Teo

09 Jun 2019

Self-Taught Enthusiast at Personal Finance

Yes this is possible. just simply work backwards:

  • understand how much you will need to survive (varies from singles to families)
  • plan out how much is a realistic return for dividend yield
  • most likey around 5 - 7% p.a
  • create a diversified enough portfolio for that amount

Done. You can actually do this and i have friends also doing things like that in their 40s. By right they have no real need to work

Only thing is to manage your cashflow well as dividends can be quarterly or yearly.

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HC Tang

01 Mar 2019

Financial Enthusiast, Budgeting at The Society

Certainly. But you still have to manage them from time to time as nothing remains the same forever.

See this by Seedly , all the calculations and summary there:

https://blog.seedly.sg/dividend-investing-how-m...

I would think yes. Assuming you need $4000 a month to live on, and you can get dividends at 5% consi...

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