FIRE Portfolio Income

A report on the FIRE portfolio income on the investing journey to financial independence

Portfolio Income Update – Half Year to December 31, 2025

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I love all waste

And solitary places; where we taste

The pleasure of believing what we see

Is boundless as we wish our souls to be.

Percy Bysshe Shelley, Julian and Maddalo

Twice a year I prepare a summary of total income from my financial independence portfolio. This is my nineteenth portfolio income update since starting this record. As part of the transparency and accountability of this journey, I regularly report this income.

As discussed in my recent post, my primary goal is to maintain a portfolio of at least $3,250,000 which is capable of providing a passive income of around $112,000 (in 2026 dollars).

Portfolio income summary

InvestmentAmount
Vanguard Lifestrategy High Growth (retail fund)$9,366
Vanguard Lifestrategy Growth (retail fund)$417
Vanguard Lifestrategy Balanced (retail fund)$792
Vanguard Diversified Bonds (retail fund)$668
Vanguard Australian Shares ETF (VAS)$11,750
Vanguard International Shares ETF (VGS)$5,387
Betashares Australia 200 ETF (A200)$6,223
Plenti Capital Notes$3,790
Total Portfolio Income – Half-Year to December 31, 2025$37,922

The chart below sets out the distributions received on a half-yearly basis from the financial independence portfolio over the past eight years.

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Portfolio Income Update – Half Year to December 31, 2024

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Still round the corner there may wait

A new road or a secret gate,

And though we pass them by today,

Tomorrow we may come this way

And take the hidden paths that run

Towards the Moon or to the Sun.

J.R.R Tolkien, ‘Walking Song’, The Lord of the Rings

Twice a year I prepare a summary of total income from my financial independence portfolio. This is my seventeenth portfolio income update since starting this record. As part of the transparency and accountability of this journey, I regularly report this income.

As discussed in my recent post, my primary goal is to maintain a portfolio of at least $3,000,000 which is capable of providing a passive income of around $103,500 (in 2025 dollars).

Portfolio income summary

InvestmentAmount
Vanguard Lifestrategy High Growth (retail fund)$11,622
Vanguard Lifestrategy Growth (retail fund)$497
Vanguard Lifestrategy Balanced (retail fund)$792
Vanguard Diversified Bonds (retail fund)$279
Vanguard Australian Shares ETF (VAS)$10,919
Vanguard International Shares ETF (VGS)$5,797
Betashares Australia 200 ETF (A200)$6,146
Telstra shares (TLS.ASX)$48
Insurance Australia Group shares (IAG.ASX)$215
NIB Holding shares (NHF.ASX)$168
Plenti/Ratesetter (P2P lending)$3,052
Raiz app (Aggressive portfolio)$324
Spaceship Voyager app (Index portfolio)$0
BrickX (P2P rental real estate)$13
Total Portfolio Income – Half-Year to December 31, 2024$39,872

The chart below sets out the distributions received on a half-yearly basis from the financial independence portfolio over the past eight years.

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Portfolio Income Update – Half Year to June 30, 2023

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And since I am embarked on the boundless sea and have spread my full sails to the winds, there is nothing in all the world that keeps its form. All things are in a state of flux, and everything is brought into being with a changing nature.

Ovid, Metamorphoses, Bk.XV

Twice a year I prepare a summary of total income from my financial independence portfolio. This is my fourteenth portfolio income update since starting this record. As part of the transparency and accountability of this journey, I regularly report this income.

My primary goal is to maintain a portfolio of at least $2,750,000 which is capable of providing a passive income of around $94,800 (in 2023 dollars).

A secondary focus is achieving a minimum equity target of $2,200,000.

Portfolio income summary

InvestmentAmount
Vanguard Lifestrategy High Growth (retail fund)$16,568
Vanguard Lifestrategy Growth (retail fund)$928
Vanguard Lifestrategy Balanced (retail fund)$833
Vanguard Diversified Bonds (retail fund)$102
Vanguard Australian Shares ETF (VAS)$6,187
Vanguard International Shares ETF (VGS)$7,245
Betashares Australia 200 ETF (A200)$4,532
Telstra shares (TLS.ASX)$45
Insurance Australia Group shares (IAG.ASX)$76
NIB Holding shares (NHF.ASX)$156
Raiz app (Aggressive portfolio)$251
Spaceship Voyager app (Index portfolio)$0
BrickX (P2P rental real estate)$19
Total Portfolio Income – Half-Year to June 30, 2023$36,942

The chart below sets out the income or distributions received on a half-yearly basis from the financial independence portfolio over the past seven years.

Chart - Half-Yearly Portfolio Income
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Portfolio Income Update – Half Year to December 31, 2022

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Things do not change; we change.

Henry David Thoreau

Twice a year I prepare a summary of total income from my financial independence portfolio. This is my thirteenth portfolio income update since starting this record. As part of the transparency and accountability of this journey, I regularly report this income.

My primary goal is to maintain a portfolio of at least $2,750,000 which is capable of providing a passive income of around $94,800 (in 2023 dollars).

Portfolio income summary

InvestmentAmount
Vanguard Lifestrategy High Growth (retail fund)$9,782
Vanguard Lifestrategy Growth (retail fund)$438
Vanguard Lifestrategy Balanced (retail fund)$551
Vanguard Diversified Bonds (retail fund)$98
Vanguard Australian Shares ETF (VAS)$9,059
Vanguard International Shares ETF (VGS)$2,901
Betashares Australia 200 ETF (A200)$6,890
Telstra shares (TLS.ASX)$45
Insurance Australia Group shares (IAG.ASX)$63
NIB Holding shares (NHF.ASX)$132
Plenti/Ratesetter (P2P lending)$0
Raiz app (Aggressive portfolio)$192
Spaceship Voyager app (Index portfolio)$0
BrickX (P2P rental real estate)$20
Total Portfolio Income – Half-Year to December 31, 2022$30,171

The chart below sets out the income or distributions received on a half-yearly basis from the financial independence portfolio over the past seven years.

Chart - Half-Yearly Portfolio Income
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