What Investing $5 a Day Looks Like After 1 Year (Robinhood Portfolio)

Over the last year I decided to invest $5 a day into an S&P 500 fund and another $5 a day into Ethereum using the Robinhood App. Today I share what $5 per day after 1 whole year of investing!
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[@oahu7873]

You should do quarterly updates on this to keep people in the game.

[@BobSharpe]

Good idea, will do!

[@ceemix08-15]

I agree.

[@CorbinWilliams]

Great idea, I agree!!💯

[@hhaydenshea]

@@BobSharpe you would have to put $15 every monday to cover the weekends not $10

[@BobSharpe]

@@hhaydenshea why $15? If it’s $5 a day, Saturday = $5 and Sunday = $5

[@penitent2401]

Don't forget to reinvest your dividends from your stocks, in many cases that's where most of the actual growth for stock investment came from. Your 100 shares may not increase in price at end of year but if you are gaining additional 5 shares just from dividends reinvesting it adds up and multiply.

[@Midnight-hz3ep]

I have always maintained that compound interest does not actually exist when investing in stocks UNLESS you reinvest dividends

[@saitamatheonepunchman7685]

​@@Midnight-hz3epNice. So are you saying to avoid interest, don't reinvest? Newbie in this field, here.

[@AhhhSukeSuke]

Yep. Drip investing.

[@AhhhSukeSuke]

​@saitamatheonepunchman7685 no. What he's saying is.... let's say you have 25 shares of a stock that costs $5 each. Every mth, those 25 stocks earn you 0.20 each, a total of $5 in dividend earned, regardless of current stockprice. You now have an extra $5 profit, which you can use to buy 1 more of this $5 stock, bringing you to 26 shares now, with 0.20 dividend earnings each.... the following mth, you'll earn $5.20 in dividend......

[@JKillerHD]

He probably wouldn’t need to if he’s trading with Accumulation because it’ll automatically invest

[@BobSharpe]

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[@stevengrech4]

Personally a comparison in dividends and growth between JEPI SCHD and O

[@BobSharpe]

@@stevengrech4 great idea!

[@aje9884]

What do you suggest for us to use when we are on Canada? I just found out that we can't use Robinhood Portfolio when we are here

[@lswatEnt]

Hey I enjoy this video and I really enjoy the love and support that the people of the youtube community shows

[@ankacompton2212]

Thank you so much!!! I always look forward to your videos. I am so happy that I found your channel few months ago. Happy New Year!!

[@BobSharpe]

You are so welcome! More videos to come and Happy New Year 🎉

[@stumprider5997]

Bob, great video and so true to the everyday investor. It works! Thanks for sharing!👍

[@BobSharpe]

You're welcome!

[@gcbartolome]

I started investing $50 a day broken into 5 ETFs and $4 a day in BTC after watching your first video on this. At first I thought it was going to be too much for my budget, but I stopped buying lunch everyday and I'm able to afford it without too much sacrifice. Overall, I'm at break even but the dividends from the ETFs are helping offset the loss. I'm hoping that this habit continues and DCA eventually leads to bigger gains over time. Great follow up video!

[@BobSharpe]

Great point on the Dividends!!! Adding that into the overall scope of this plan can definitely help in the long haul too! Here's to a great 2023

[@Kay-jk2gi]

What are the 5 dividend paying ETFs that you have?

[@gcbartolome]

@@Kay-jk2gi I have SCHD, SPY, SCHX, QQQ, & VTI.

[@johnpalcon7570]

50 dollars a day is wild

[@Elena_gaze]

@@johnpalcon7570 you need a professional Broker

[@jimmydarby5878]

"Happy New Year" Bob and as always a great video to start the year with and get us all motivated. TY my friend and let's make 2023 a great year.👏👏👍🇺🇲👍

[@BobSharpe]

Happy new year!

[@Long-nd8bq]

I have money in VOO. It's up 46% since 2018. Normalizing the long term I'm hoping to maintain a 10% avg over 20-30 years.

[@jollama]

Forgot growth ETFs exist too huh?

[@kyro6765]

Best detailed video I’ve came across for Robinhood. Appreciate this .

[@MsNigerianLover]

Great video. Can see your passion for KZbin and Investing very clearly in this video! Thank you!

[@BobSharpe]

I appreciate that!

[@bernardbarbour]

Hahahahahaha..... I've had VOO for a while and I can tell you it's very good. I put in about $500. a month. It's been a great ride and I'm actually looking long term on this fund. Thanks

[@la_uruguacha]

happy new year Woddyyyyy, thanks for and every thing video I have been learning a lot.....

[@BobSharpe]

Glad to hear it, and Happy New Year!!

[@JohnnyMastro]

I've saved 10k at 22 years old, all invested in a portfolio with a 15% return; $120 a month in dividends! I will continue reinvesting forever. Keep sharing financial education it's interesting

[@BobSharpe]

Amazing!

[@midwestbd7144]

What fund are you investing in that pays so well?

[@janvidb4377]

Bro, what did you invest in? I'm on a similar situation, and looking to invest my savings in the best possible way

[@keithwisdom1663]

​​@@midwestbd7144any large cap will do well long run The key is building up savings and putting more money in stocks. 100k at 10 percent 10k

[@KC-ix9mn]

Cap

[@blippacg]

Good study/experiment. Thanks for posting.

[@BobSharpe]

Thanks for watching!

[@tomasr.533]

After Starbucks raised there prices, where we live 2 grandes with extra shots were running is $18 plus a tip. We opted to use our coffee maker, purchased some flavoring and coffee and haven’t looked back. We do buy a few a year when we visit friends out of town. It’s amazing how much it adds up, those drinks and subscriptions on the phone, etc. We’d rather invest in ourselves.

[@BobSharpe]

Oh wow $18 is no joke!

[@gumshoe7237]

"we'd rather invest in ourselves" - we have a bingo .. That is exactly why I'm learning about the stock market in general , and how to be able to make my money do more for me .

[@MilesCobbett]

In 1975 coffee was 10 cents with unlimited refills at Sambos 24 hr restaurant

[@Just_Stevo]

I remember when you started this. Thanks for the update. Curious to see how it looks in '24.

[@BobSharpe]

You're welcome! I'm also curious and will certainly update with a video once we get into 2024

[@IA78__]

I love this and DCA everyday on what I'm overweight in. I used to do the auto deposit however I stopped when I couldn't guarantee at what time my deposit would go thru. I like to control the time I deposit and buy daily. Love your video. New subscriber here.

[@BobSharpe]

Awesome! Thank you for subscribing and welcome aboard!

[@checkmate9831]

Or you could invest $7.00 Monday thru Friday…. Equivalent to $5.00 seven days a week

[@IA78__]

@Check Mate I invest everyday in a round of stocks always looking to DCA down. I increase my deposits monthly. I am never good at timing the market so long term and DCA mindset works for me.

[@checkmate9831]

@@IA78__ sorry, I didn’t mean to reply to your comment. I thought I was posting that in the main comment section. Lol, I wondered where my comment went.

[@IA78__]

@@checkmate9831 No worries. I sometimes leave vanishing comments wondering the same thing. Happy investing!

[@keivon9171]

love the mindset thank you for this video

[@DailyInvestorQuotes]

yeah, he has a real long term mindset.

[@therimfirechannel515]

Thank you. Sharing this with my son. He has a Sonic habit vs. Starbucks, but same daily expense. He recently signed up with RH at my badgering and I've been trying to explain all of this to him. Maybe he'll listen to you. =)

[@legumessaudavel]

Question do you have any recommendations for a good dividend portfolio? I want to start one here in the new year. I am a newbie and want to know what would be more smart buying ETFs? Individual stocks, reits? Or a mixture of both. Also how many do I need in my portfolio? I plan on putting in a couple grand to start than continue to put money in monthly. Any help would be greatly appreciated

[@legumessaudavel]

@Leonardo Vlado I really needed to hear this and by the way I did lookup Donald Ben Taylor and I must say I am more than impressed with his achievements, exactly what I have been looking for since I don’t have much time to myself, its better an FA handles things on my behalf.

[@therimfirechannel515]

@@legumessaudavel Not ignoring you, but know better than to provide anyone outside family with any financial advice (picks or portfolio). At 59, I'm in my end game. All my work is done unless I want to keep things rolling. I primarily watch these videos in order to pass them on to our son and I do learn new things from time to time. The best things you can do is start early, peg your lifestyle at a comfortable income level, and invest the rest as your income increases along with your value to the places you work. Never miss your monthly investments, and check your progress every month to keep yourself motivated. Nothing sweeter than looking at decades of spreadsheets and seeing how you've progressed on your financial independence journey. What gets measured, gets accomplished. Find a solid tax planner early in your journey as taxes become a burden after a couple decades of investing. You may find your primary job ends up paying for your annual investment returns if you have a mix of retirement and outside investment accounts. Make it fun for yourself to invest and it will feel like less of a grind.

[@garyschmelzer]

Bob, I currently have Robinhood and I did not know that this feature was on the app. I currently hold positions in Intel and Duke energy. I now have it set up to come out of the brokerage account Monday through Friday at five dollars a day on the two stocks I mentioned above thank you.

[@BobSharpe]

Ah awesome! I'm glad this was helpful!

[@rudygoofysrh]

Great explanation sir. I appreciate it

[@entertainmentinternational1087]

I just started that also.. apple and Google 5 each everyday... ima also buy 100 shares of each to sell calls and use that money to keep buying shares with the premiums

[@Allyourbase1990]

This is awesome because I definitely don’t have thousand or even hundreds of dollars to invest every month . I just started buying stocks so I’m definitely learning . This video is great

[@JamenLang]

You have inspired me to do a brokerage transfer of $35 a week, not direct into anything. I think the auto trades happen at open. I'll just track open price for everything I'm interested in and not buy when it's above my average and buy when it's below. Thanks!

[@TheCookingDojo]

Definitely needed this. I officially am at $100 a year on my Public investing app in dividend income. I think I'll do $2.50 a day into SCHD and $2.50 a day into Realty Income

[@BobSharpe]

Nice!!! And Happy New Year to you!

[@TheCookingDojo]

@@BobSharpe happy new year to you as well!

[@scottmahoney8948]

IMO, if in a taxable brokerage acct, I would avoid REITs like O bc their returns our largely attributed to their dividends but their dividends are non-qualified so they get taxed at a much higher rate than stocks/etfs that pay qualified like SCHD, just in my option tho, dyod always

[@scottmahoney8948]

Either way you’re investing more than most and these are great picks, good luck!

[@l4nc354]

Whats ur name on public?

[@tripod4482]

You actually destroyed the s&p for the year doing dca considering it was down approx. 20%. Looking forward to seeing your results next year. Thanks for the video and great idea, I'm going to try it. 🍻

[@BobSharpe]

Yes! I can't wait to see how this grows thru the years ahead. I'll keep everyone updated!!

[@ItzTheThrill]

Thanks for the fun content!

[@djallen16]

Awesome video.thanks for sharing

[@BobSharpe]

Thanks for watching!

[@ShivamGupta-ef9lp]

great idea. i am going to start this

[@tripod4482]

This video was amazing, a definite game changer. By far the best finance video I've seen on YT. Thank you so much.

[@BobSharpe]

Great to hear! And you’re welcome - here’s to an awesome year ahead 🎉

[@stephenambler2690]

Great video 🙂. I have one question if you don't mind, Can you suggest an app like robin hood that's available for people in the uk and maybe do a video on it for all of us over here on this little island 🙂

[@davepetroski1074]

Do you set up a second reoccurring payment for Mondays for the extra $10?

[@Anthony-xt2jm]

Great report, ty for the information.

[@BobSharpe]

You're welcome!

[@leonfox8978]

Thank you very mi h for this Bob ❤

[@ndeeeed]

Hey, Mr. Sharpe! What’s your thoughts on this stock? “ PBR “ it yields high dividends with low cost.

[@JakeTheDawgMusicOfficial]

Been trying to get into investing these videos are all I need.

[@Elena_gaze]

My first investment with Expert Jones trading services gave me a profit of over $4,500 and since then he has never failed to deliver and I can say that he is the most honest broker I ever met.

[@ogrehaslayers605]

Thank you videos exactly like this!

[@BobSharpe]

More to come!

[@devanatkinson3220]

Using your $5 a day investing tip, would you recommend investing daily into one ETF “VOO” with all $5 or splitting that $5 up, say $3 into VOO and $2 SPY a day?

[@rhobert84]

Great video!

[@pab6069]

Wow I remember that video, 1 yr goes pretty quick seems like yesterday.

[@BobSharpe]

I know!!

[@mboehm04]

Should I invest in SPDR s&p 500 ETF or the Vanguard S&P 500 etf? Right now I have both.

[@jessejock4878]

This year I started $10 a day ($40 in total) on AAPL, TSLA, VOO, and QQQ

[@Martiz_]

I think this is the best video I ever watched about investing, great job and advice

[@BobSharpe]

I appreciate that!

[@Khimera66]

3yrs from now that portfolio is going to be wild amazing.

[@coltenfergeson4269]

I didn’t make shit. Been doing it for 3 years.

[@emrahlimon6145]

we all need 2024 update please.

[@matthewschuster5414]

Amazing video! Very helpful! I just started doing the same thing with VOo

[@stevengrech4]

Great video and insight as always. Last year apart from my main portfolio in VOO QQQ SCHD JEPI, I had a 2euro per day on the platform I used in Ethereum after watching your video back in August. After watching this video I just set another recurring transaction on my broker in Small Cap Etf as that was missing from my portfolio

[@BobSharpe]

Thanks for sharing! Here's to a great year ahead!!

[@xERRRAHx]

I do something similar to this but simple for me... and that is Acorns, round-up feature, that rounds the change of charges from all my linked accounts to the nearest dollar, then one that bucket hits $5 and invests it.. plus I do a 10-15 weekly.. so end up investing 100-200 per month in a moderate risk ETF... over the past few years up to a few thousand saved up with net gain of 100 as of today.

[@falsejaguar]

Good video concept 👍

[@BobSharpe]

Thanks 🙂

[@Clint_the_Audio-Photo_Guy]

I quit drinking over 2 years ago. It saves me more than $5 a day for sure since i used to drink Belgian Quads and nicer Scotch/Bourbons. I also use Keurig for my coffee, and I buy the bulk pack of K-Cups to keep my per cup cost down under .50 cents with creamer. I stopped eating fast food too, now that McDonald's is like $10-$12 for lunch. I've not had any fast food this year, I pack a sandwich and I eat for $3-$4 instead. I plan on setting up a nice dollar cost average S&P 500 plan during the next downturn/recession, because it's coming. I'd rather ride the market recovery up, than ride the recession down. Enter with a lump sum into an S&P index fund, then dollar cost average additional contributions.

[@SouthernAtlanticJourneys]

How does Robinhood handle etf expense ratio? Does it take it out of your “buying power” or is it baked into the cost?

[@user-wu7cg1vo6c]

Curious to know if GOGY is maintaining its positive momentum for investors. Is it still worth considering?

[@MotivationMindsetU]

yes ive been investing in voo for a bit now. always up $ love it

[@juandavidperalta9869]

Whats the best plataform to do this invesments?

[@rudolphsolis14]

BUT NOW 2,250! CONGRATS

[@drod828]

What’s up Bob how had you been it’s been a while. So I have a question first off I like your idea about paying for the month. I also do 5 everyday and like u I hate how it comes out of my account everyday. So my question is it possible to set that feature up on Webull like u did on robinhood, how they take it out of your buying power. Just wondering if u know cause I maybe doing something wrong. Thanks Bob

[@VaanChoco]

nice advice :)

[@exquisite4830]

Hi... how did you create Crypto ETH recurring investment buy? ... Robinhood isn't allowing to do this for some reason (((

[@zedasxxx]

Great video! :) maybe you can recommend some other apps for investing? I'm my country robinhood is not avaliable

[@minatusa9897]

Would it still be ok to invest in VOO? I just decided to invest 1$ a day as a tryrun bec im new to this. So is it like im buying the stocks every day and it builds in my credit and say I got 1000$ in next few years, will i be able to get the whole $ ?

[@alexeast3408]

does it cost to buy a share. since your buying a share every day do those fees build up?

[@hydrochris]

I want to start this myself, question on purchasing crypto. Doing the 5$ per day, do the “gas fees” or what ever other fees hurt the average cost of the daily averaging compared to single larger purchases? Thanks love the videos.

[@BobSharpe]

Somewhat it does, it usually has a 4 cent fee to it each day, so that is something to consider for sure.

[@alexpspa60]

wow i did the same thing lol. $20 a day in recurring investments (mon-fri). i’ll be honest, this is probably the best thing i’ve ever done with investing, mainly because it forced me to budget around the recurring investment. I actually started off with $10 and increased to 20, now i’m thinking about increasing to 30 😅, but this has been a great tool to get me to invest more rather than spending money at starbucks, whataburger, mcdonald’s, or amazon 😂

[@taharmeziani6903]

but aren't you afraid ? cause it can go up as it can go down

[@zac-wd5vw]

@@taharmeziani6903 the market overall continues to go up over many years so it’s semi safe but it still can be a gamble

[@yohandigomez4944]

@@taharmeziani6903las inversiones recurrentes o sistemáticas no tienen problemas con los movimientos del mercado. Es increíble pero me asusta cuando es alcista, prefiero que se desplome😂

[@amyx231]

I’d love to DCA this frequently!

[@julieb6680]

Thank you for doing this video. Such a great way to invest even for someone with a tight budget without stressing over how the market is doing. And starring small aka $5 per day is great

[@kitony]

Agree, wanna start mine today

[@BobSharpe]

You are so welcome!

[@gabrielsaravia5388]

This is actually a great idea 💡. I'm going to invest $10 a day everyday now.

[@betsydonato6817]

Thanks Bob !

[@betsydonato6817]

Should we research what we're making money on, or continue letting Big Pharma diseases and side effects dictate sponsoring ? - Jerry Lewis Jitterbug dance is outdated.

[@indrapokwal1583]

Hello guys. I have a question. If I buy $VOO stock with my individual brokerage account instead of Roth IRA. Do I get the same returns ? Beside the taxes difference.

[@ahmedareem]

Great video

[@BobSharpe]

Thanks!

[@captnawty7966]

What a great idea. I except your $5.00/a day challenge. The stock that I will choose is SBUX. I really you simple, everyman idea of getting into the stock market. Do you have a video for dividend investing?

[@G_jrdnn]

I never used this app, lets say u earn money.. does it automatically go into you’re account or do u have to sell it or something ?

[@PiwFun]

Great content brother, thank you so much for your help.

[@dariorocha6006]

Can u set the time of day it will initiate on robinhood?

[@cal88usa]

Why oh why haven’t I seen your channel 5 years ago. I started my Robinhood daily stock investment. Thank you very much. I will be subscribing to your channel.

[@Oluwagbeoyemiga]

Hi, is it possible to use Robinhood to invest also in Africa and cash out later?

[@freddiecruz2670]

Letssssss Goooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Going to start my 5 dollars a day today, and have some fun in the process.

[@BobSharpe]

Awesome! Keep me posted !

[@lukasschaefer3350]

Wich App are you using to buy and sell ?

[@WokR3z]

Right now I’m invested in 5 different stocks, Apple, Tesla, Microsoft, Amazon, and Ford. I wait for pay day and get 30$ out and split it 5 ways everytime. So far only have about 90$ invested.

[@ChasePlaysDiscGolf]

Every Friday I invest $20 into stocks! Hope to increase in the future but hey gotta invest what you can just invest people in your future. Don't look back in 20 years with regrets!!

[@theresab8525]

Hi, did you start with $5 and then started the $5 a day

[@Kate726STAAR]

How can I get that grafic so I can keep with that month to month

[@alrachid2]

The thing I hate about buying crypto in robinhood is they charge you way more than the price shows. Its BS. They claim no fees, but charge you way too much for the purchase.

[@Godfather9814]

I like that about robinhood the fractional stock purchases, I have the chunk of my stocks in a JPM stock portfolio but since it limits you to full stock purchases it can get pretty pricey! But I have my Roth IRA through robinhood so maybe I’ll do $5 a day for that in a mix of ETFS, REITs and stocks

[@tmc8516]

Do an update mid year to see the progress, to keep us motivated. I started doing this as well, Im around $500 between stocks & Bitcoin

[@BobSharpe]

Will do!

[@gwendolynmeredith5779]

Where do you go to invest the money?

[@jackiep2333]

To the Starbucks cup : “I’m gonna miss you…” hahaha That’s a sub ☑️

[@BobSharpe]

Love it!!

[@KatelynCate]

Was there a specific reason you chose to "cover" the weekends by investing all $10 on Monday instead of splitting it over the remaining trading days? Like, in a normal 5D trading week, you could've invested $7 each day to better adhere to the DCA approach of $5/day as opposed to $15 on Mon and $5 for Tues-Fri, no?

[@BobSharpe]

No real specific reason or strategy, other than just thinking "alright, I missed Saturday & Sunday's $5 per day, so make it up on Monday!".

[@charlesdavis9937]

I'm new. Have no clue what to do. Everyone told me all my life that the stock market is like gambling. You can lose more than you earn. I live on social security disability.

[@HectorSnipes]

Purchasing a stock may seem straightforward, but selecting the correct stock without a proven strategy can be exceedingly challenging. I've been working on expanding my $210K portfolio for a while, and my primary obstacle is the lack of clear entry and exit strategies. Any advice on this matter would be greatly appreciated.

[@grego6278]

The strategies are tough for average people. They're usually done well by experts with lots of skills and knowledge.

[@rajibnandi2142]

Hello Bob I think it would be good for us to show it step-by-step because I am new users on Robinhood. Thank you.

[@BobSharpe]

Ok that sounds good, I'll come back with a how-to video in the future!

[@gumshoe7237]

@@BobSharpe I would be intrigued by that as well ...

[@DrSprite]

I just started with $2 a day into VOO. Once I get used to the reoccurring expense I plan on increasing the amount. I am 19 rn

[@Bad4Good2]

Smart for starting early, keep it going.

[@GregCheekSpeaks]

Keep going

[@ragnarlothbrok4090]

progress update?

[@Algoo-X]

Updates?

[@zipper978]

Pick 5 to 10 good ETFs. Diversify

[@XORTION]

Thanks bob

[@BobSharpe]

You’re welcome!

[@cryptoramz]

Is VOO or VTI better ?

[@captainmcknight]

So I’m confused, did you spend 5 dollars a day in one company? Or did you spend 5 dollars on Apple then the next day 5 dollars on google, or are you spending 5 dollars on Apple 365 times?

[@connielowe1336]

Been investing on XLE

[@defendingthefaith.7889]

Any stock i dollar cost average into. I watch to see if is is down. And might put the whole 35 a week in at that time. Instead of daily.

[@AdityaV29]

Your idea inspired me and investing 25$ week on VOO

[@tastysti5322]

I’ve been doing this with BTC through cash app. 10$ a week. Definitely adds up.

[@skenderaxe5968]

Would be considerate for you to mention the mathematic pros and cons of DCA if the average price rises

[@osmondhagby4788]

This. On average DCA clearly loses to lump sum investing, but he left it out completely. DCA feels safer, but won't bring you the same profit in the long run. The difference isn't big, though, so for most DCA is totally fine. I always lump sum myself because I want the extra couple of % in a decade or two.