Sunday, January 06, 2013

Passive income for retirement

Retirement with a fairly stable stream of passive income has been the basis of my investment aspirations.

When I first started, I had set a target for annual passive income which I felt could support my retirement needs. Taking stock, I decided to check how far away I was from my target:



From a first year figure of 1.2% of target to last year's 6.7% of target, there is indeed a long way more for me yet. Looks like I would either need to pump in substantially more capital or look for higher yield for a less capital-intensive approach...