Tag: Dividends
The Best Way to F.I.R.E.: Index Funds vs Dividend Growth vs. Income Investing
The Financial Independence Retire Early (FIRE) movement has been all the rage over the last 10-15 years. The idea is to reach a certain financial position and leave the workforce for good. Most FIRE starters also have some form of passive income, such as a blog, podcasts, or YouTube channel. But what is the best…
The Passive Income Hero 2
Your family needs you to be great! Someone has to save them from the evil villains of the world. The villains of today look much different than those in the movies. The villains today steal your time and your money. They make you indentured slaves where you spend your life working at mindless jobs for…
What if Your House Paid Dividends?
Let’s do a thought experiment. What if your primary residence paid you dividends at the end of every year? You would get half of the value increase in the market value. For example, if you start this year at a home value of $200,000 and end the year at $220,000, you would get $10,000 in…
The Magic of Passive Index Fund Investing
If you are reading this, then chances are that you haven’t started your journey into stock market investing yet, correct? I say that because index funds are some of the very first ways to head down the path towards building wealth. Passive Index Fund investing is the third pillar of my overall investing strategy. The…
The Magic of Dollar-Cost Averaging
How do I get started with investing? Why do I need to invest? How much money do I need to invest? What do I need to invest in with my money? These are some of the questions that are keeping you from investing. And since you know that you need to invest, these questions are…
My 4 Favorite Index Funds
Index funds are boring and don’t take much knowledge to start investing. Nobody is going to care if you made a killing with index investing. All that being said, index funds are absolutely vital to the health of your portfolio. It is hard to go wrong with index funds, and they can help cover some…
3 Steps to Live Entirely on Passive Income and Retire When You Want
Everybody’s dream should be to have complete freedom of time because that’s when we are at our happiest. Can you imagine traveling anywhere in the world with your friends and loved ones, at any time you all want? Unless you were born with assets that allowed you to make these enormous travel plans, you need…
Dividends vs. Military Retirement
I am not going to lie—this will be a pretty lop-sided competition. However, I will have additional articles on how the losing party can catch up or beat the victor. Welcome to part one of Dividends vs. Military Retirement. Off the top of your head, which of the two sides do you think will win?…
5 Takeaways from “Infinity Investing”
“Infinity Investing” by Toby Mathis is a book about building a portfolio of assets that will eventually cover your lifestyle. In other words, what I write about every day. Needless to say, this was a fantastic read. We all want to achieve financial freedom via different techniques and methods. Some may be heavy into real…
Santa’s Bringing Dividends
Do you remember how excited you were on Christmas Eve as a child? We used to wake up at 6 am and run to open presents. No matter what we received, we were happy and blessed. Those magical moments will forever live on in our hearts because it was all about love. Our parents probably…
5 Steps to (Financially) Running a Household
Today I want to lay out everything I know about running a household. I will focus on the finance aspect of household operations, as my lovely wife Kristina runs the personnel side of the house. So, what are my qualifications to speak about running a household? My wife and I have been married for 15…
Net Worth vs. Passive Income
Everyone is fascinated by someone’s net worth because most people use it to define wealth. Net worth is simple to determine, but it’s hard to figure out its value. Saying you are worth a certain amount of money doesn’t mean you are necessarily rich. Net worth is a by-product of static wealth. Passive income is…
Your Income Should Increase Every Year
Being an employee has many perks, like not worrying about anyone other than yourself. People become used to life as an employee, often choosing this over starting a business or creating content. But three things being an employee strips you off: freedom of time, money, and location. Today, I will talk specifically about freedom of…
Single Ladies, What Are Your Retirement Plans?
This piece will be an uncompromising look at the future of relationships, marriage, and retirement for both men and women. I don’t know if there has ever been a time where the division between men and women has been so visible. Sure, we can point to the 1950s and 1960s and say that women didn’t…
The Dividend Debit Card
Wouldn’t it be nice if you had a debit card that magically created money for you? You would wake up to new money in your account, knowing that you could spend it without guilt? Welcome to the year 2022, and you have this magic card. This card is called the Cash App debit card and…
Don’t Gamble with Retirement 5
It’s been 95 days since the last article in the Don’t Gamble with Retirement series (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4). Over those 95 days, I have written 120 articles, plus created books and covers for each piece. It’s been a fantastic ride and one I look forward to continuing for the next…
Stock Market Investing 107: Back to Basics
As the New Year approaches and the threat of more lockdowns looms, I thought I’d go back to the basics. The stock market may not have the same trajectory that investors seek. Most of us see stocks only going up—something that might be changing. A choppy stock market that is trading sideways is still an…
The Core Values of Passive Income: Self-Education, Self-Motivation, Self-Dedication
A US Marine has three core values that we live by—honor, courage, and commitment. These are words we count on in the most difficult of times. Two years into my journey to financial independence, I found that there are also core values on this path. Building streams of passive income isn’t for everyone. In fact,…
Roth IRAs vs. Municipal Bonds: Who is the Tax-Free Champion?
Taxes are a necessary evil because they help fund the society where we live. However, our responsibility as investors is to minimize our tax bill in the most efficient legal way possible. Two ways I have previously discussed are through Roth IRAs and Municipal Bonds. But given $6,000 a year to commit, which method would…
Inflation vs. Passive Income 2: 5 Steps to Beat Inflation
Inflation is upon us. We are entering an inflationary time that the US hasn’t seen since the 1970s. We need to understand what inflation is and how we can combat it with sources of passive income. Luckily, I have been writing about inflation for the last 6-8 months, so I have some prior works you…
