Passive Income in 1Q 2026 Exceeds $7k

 

The first quarter of 2026 is drawing to a close.

While I am grateful to be a wage slave having collected 3 months of salary from work, I am actually not happy because active income is derived from trading time for money, seeing stakeholders and bosses' faces, dealing with crappy work portfolios and worse of all, taking a toil on my mind, soul and body and being taxable.

Real joy emanates from passive income streaming into my bank account automatically from doing nothing, other than owning a tiny piece of income-producing cake such as properties, businesses, REITs or stocks. What’s best? Dividends are tax-free.

For Q1 2026, my passive income from Singapore Savings Bonds, stocks and Reits in my investments are as follows:

$544.50 Savings Bond (2 Jan)

$147.50 Savings Bond SRS (2 Jan)

$139.05 Savings Bond (1 Feb)

$239.25 Savings Bond (1 Feb)

$188.54 Astrea 9 A-1 PE Bond (9 Feb)

$357.60 Ascott Reit (27 Feb)

$105.10 Suntec Reit (27 Feb)

$149.05 Savings Bond (2 Mar)

$150.50 Savings Bond (2 Mar)

$138.00 Savings Bond SRS (2 Mar)

$824.20 Mapletree Ind Trust (12 Mar)

$752.80 Ascendas Reit (13 Mar)

$397.32 Mapletree Log Trust (18 Mar)

$410.00 MPACT (18 Mar)

$629.76 Keppel DC Reit (19 Mar) SRS

$945.32 CICT (24 Mar)

$164.12 Keppel Reit (25 Mar) SRS

$885.50 Aims Apac Reit (26 Mar)

€83.6/$122.67 IREIT Global (26 Mar)

$249.01 CapLand China Trust (27 Mar)

Altogether they amount to $7,539.79.

This represents a 9.7% year-on-year increase from my passive income in Q1 2025 of $6,873.03.

It is incredibly tough to watch an income portfolio bleed red these days, especially when you are doing everything "right"—saving diligently and investing in high quality income-producing assets. When the market turns volatile, it can feel like your hard-earned capital is evaporating, making that "wage slave" grind feel even heavier.

However, my Q1 passive income results are the perfect evidence of why an income investment strategy is not bad afterall in boosting personal cashflows. When share prices of Reits drop, the dividends become the ultimate reality check. Dividends are the best consolidation and affirmation during a downturn.

Thanks for reading.

With love & peace,

Qiongster