Category: Investments
How to Start Dividend Investing 101: Find Your “Why”
Sometimes we need to go back to the basics. It is good to review our topics from the ground up with a fresh set of eyes. Personally, I have been getting so deep into dividends that I forget where I came from. Indeed, I just bought my first set of baby bonds last night, and…
Investing for Dividends 105: How Do You Want Your Dividends Served?
Having options can make you feel more powerful than you truly are; however, sometimes, options can prove to be just what the doctor ordered. I have five entirely different dividend accounts, and each one serves me my dividends in another way. Welcome back to the Investing for Dividends Series. You can find the other articles…
The Magic of Dividends: Guilt-Free Spending
Did you ever have a best friend that you could count on through thick and thin? Isn’t it great to be able to trust someone and make decisions based on that trust? Well, there is a way to rekindle that trust in the form of monthly income. Having monthly income coming in consistently is like…
High-Income Hijinks: Get Huge Income from the Stock Market
Most people invest in the stock market for capital gains. They love to watch as their stocks (or crypto) prices go up and up. It is a great ride, as long as the prices keep going up. Good for them and more power to their future wealth. I invest for income, cold-hard cash. I like…
Love Income: Try Closed-End Funds
I think that closed-end funds are my favorite products on the stock market. They aren’t very sexy, and they don’t give me sky-rocketing capital gains, but boy, do they get the job done. And what job is that? Their job is to give me large amounts of income. I use closed-end funds as the anchor…
Why Do I Need to Invest in the Stock Market?
Let me start by saying that I understand that you are afraid to invest in the stock market. I get it entirely, and I have been there before as well. You work so hard for your money, and you fear that investing in the stock market is too much risk to handle. You wouldn’t be…
Become a Bonafide Investor part III: How to Prepare for Inflation
I remember when gas was 99 cents a gallon. The year was 1999, I was 18 years old, and I was in Pensacola, Florida. Man, those were the good ol’ days. Whatever happened to those gas prices? Inflation happened to them. That’s right; inflation can slowly eat into our stockpile of money if we don’t…
Become a Bonafide Investor part II: Inflation is Coming!
To become Bonafide investors we will need to comprehend the bigger picture when it comes to our investments. In Part I of our series, we talked about the difference between an investing insider vs. an outsider. Today, we will discuss one of the most significant factors in your investment thesis: inflation. Inflation usually happens when…
Stocks vs. Cryptos
I know, I know; you don’t think that this will be a fair fight. Stocks have been around for a long time, and cryptos have been kicking for about ten years and are only recently becoming mainstream. However, when it comes to your money, everything is equal. Remember, all these investment sources are fighting for…
Become a Bonafide Investor part I: Investing Insider vs. Outsider
So you want to be an investor, huh? Well, being an investor is more than just putting money into the stock market. You have to understand the bigger picture and also the smaller picture. The bigger picture is everything external that affects the markets. Whether that is interest rates, the employment rate, or the housing…
Dividends vs. Royalties part II
I’m back for another installment of the Dividend vs. Royalties experiment. I did not re-read part one because I want to ensure the most up-to-date emotions I carry about these passive income sources. I have been having a great time watching my dividends and royalties grow over the last five months. Every day I think,…
Investing for Dividends 104: The Importance of Index Funds to Your Dividend Portfolio
When I first began to read about passive income in June 2019, I was intrigued by the Dividend Growth Investing (DGI) community. They seemed to be hardcore dividend folks who had a good pulse on how to create passive income. I wrote an article on dividend growth investing called “Stock Market Investing 102: Dividend Growth…
5 Benefits of Options Trading
Can you make active income from passive income sources? Do you have a nice-sized dividend portfolio get sitting around, waiting to produce more revenue? Then you might want to research trading options in the stock market. Options are contracts giving the owner the right to buy or sell an asset at a fixed price for…
Compounding: The 8th Wonder of the World
The seven wonders of the world are the most magnificent creations ever bestowed upon the Earth. I guess there are different versions of what people consider the seven wonders of the world. Here is an article I read about the new seven wonders. I like when the Grand Canyon is included in the list because…
Do I Need Lots of Money to Start Investing?
One of the common misconceptions I hear is that people think they need lots of money to start investing. Nothing could be further from the truth. Today, I will dispel this myth and also show you my humble beginnings. Hopefully, I will encourage you to start your investing journey today. Investing has never been easier…
How We Plan to Retire on Dividends part 1
Retiring on dividends is a dream come true for many people. On the other hand, many have never heard of dividends. I never heard of dividends until I was the age of 38 years old. I became fascinated with the words passive income when I was overseas, and the idea of living off investments was…
Preferred Shares 105: Long-Term Preferred Strategy
You have come a long way throughout the Preferred Shares 101 Series (101, 102, 103, 104). From first learning the power of preferreds to potentially already buying some shares. But what is the long-term plan for purchasing and holding preferreds? Let’s get into it. Capital Gains. We like to buy our preferreds when they are…
Preferred Shares 104: The Search for Shares
We have come a long way in our knowledge of preferred shares. In Preferred Shares 101, we talked about what they were and how they could increase your dividend returns. In Preferred Shares 102, we learned how to speak their language. Finally, in Preferred Shares 103, we discussed the Rule of 72 and why dividend…
20 (more) Books That Will Make You Rich
Read 20 Books That Will Make You Rich part 1 (This is Part 2) Reading in of itself will not make you rich. However, reading and creating actionable tasks WILL make you rich. I wanted to keep this page as simple as possible. I have attached my personal review of each of these books. These…
Boring Investing is Good Investing
The stock market is always an exciting place with which to be involved. There is the hustle and bustle of news, trading, commodities, earnings reports, and scandals. Every day something new is jumping off, and something different is happening. Amidst all this excitement, it can be hard to distinguish the truth about investing. The stock…
