On February 26, 2025, I wrote a post about my optimism towards the long-term prospects of the US economy and the S&P 500. I am so confident that I put my money where my mouth is and bought $100 of the SPDR S&P 500 ETF. You can read the full post here. Here’s proof that […]
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This morning, the S&P 500 is down almost 6% YTD, and almost 10% from the recent highs in early February. If you read yesterday’s post, you know that as investors we need to expect pullbacks in our wealth-building journey. But it still hurts. Why does it hurt? We’re not pulling our money out of equities
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I’ve read and written a lot about investor mentality and about the difficulty of staying the course during a market pullback. None of us like to lose money. Logging in to our financial account and seeing a huge dollar drop is a bummer. When it happens day after day, it becomes draining. We feel like
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I wrote a while back (here) about jumping into the pool and ruining my Jabra Enhance 500 hearing aids. I got a new pair for free under the warranty, and have been using them for a week. I notice that I don’t hear speech as clearly, but I wanted to give it some time before
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There is a ton of information online about when to take social security. While many conclude that it makes better fiscal sense to wait until full-retirement-age (67 for me) or 70, when we can get the largest benefit payment, I decided to take it as soon as possible. ssa.gov The Social Security Administration has lots
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My hearing aid posts continue to be the most popular. A while ago, I set out to find a better hearing aid, and I tested a few and read quite a bit. Today, I’ll talk about some of the new features coming down the road as well as some that are already here. Congrats to
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Yeah! If you’ve read my posts, you know that I’ve frequently recommended investing in a nice low-cost S&P 500 fund. Why is this? Equities Equity means ownership. Equity investments are ownership shares of businesses. And while not all businesses succeed, a basket of equities like the S&P 500 can be a great investment. I wrote
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Many of us, myself included, believe that we can grow our wealth by buying shares of publicly traded companies. There are thousands of companies that are traded on US and international exchanges, all of which are available to us as investors. So how do we choose? I’ve written a bit about analyzing companies and creating
I wrote a little about dividends here and here. The first post is about why dividend stocks have a place in your portfolio and how a company handles dividends. This is great, but what if I own a mutual fund. Does that pay dividends? Maybe, let’s take a look. Mutual Fund A mutual fund is
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It seems like everything I shop for offers some sort of protection plan or extended warranty. I just booked a 3 day trip to Nantucket. Expedia offered me trip protection for about $50. I looked at the Amazon Fire TV Stick. It’s $59.99. I can protect my purchase for 2 years for $4.49, which is
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