There has been a lot of election and political news lately, in case you haven’t noticed. And for those who thought this would die down after the election, I’m sorry. Is there an end? Probably not. Print news is dying. Online news sites struggle with competition from Netflix and a thousand other streaming services as […]
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It’s Friday. You made it through another work week. Congrats. I have a bunch of quick thoughts for this week, so buckle up. I Love Dividends Over the last 5-7 years, as I was nearing retirement, and then entering retirement, I’ve become much more excited about dividend paying stocks. Read more here and here. What’s
Many of my posts tell a positive story. I talk about companies in which I’ve invested that have grown significantly. I talk about the wealth-building powers of compounding and the long-term gains of the S&P 500. The reason I focus on this is that with all the doom and gloom news, it’s easy to stick
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Today’s headline on Yahoo Finance It’s been a rocky week. The S&P was down this week. It was down big in late August as well. It came back strong after the August drop, but the money we “lost” in the drop isn’t easily forgotten, whereas the gains that slowly build are less dramatic. I wrote
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CNBC reported today: Here are all the reasons why Monday’s major market wreck is happening. Show of hands, who finds this helpful? Backdrop Today is Monday, August 5, 2024. The S&P 500 is down 3.25% today. This is after heavy losses both on Thursday and Friday of last week. Here’s Why This Makes Me Angry
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From CNBC: Dow drops 1,000 points, Nasdaq craters 4% in global market rout. That’s on top of 2 really bad days in the market last week. CNBC also reported that investors were having trouble logging into Schwab’s website. This could be the greatest gift for some of these investors. Yes, It Hurts I don’t mean
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I hate catchy titles like this, but I wanted to put together a post that captured the simple things that all of us can do that will greatly improve our financial situation over time. I emphasize over time because time is the key. Read more here. The post starts with a woman named Sylvia who
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It’s in the high 90’s here in Central MA and it’s too hot to be outside, so I’ve been spending some time with my spreadsheets. Boy, I hope it cools off soon…anyway, I decided to take a look at my investment performance over the years. While overall I’ve done well, there are some definite patterns
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I use the term conviction quite a bit when I talk about evaluating companies. Before I choose to invest my hard earned money a company, I want to have conviction, but what does that mean? According to dictionary.com, conviction is a fixed or firm belief. It’s the act of convincing a person by argument or
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I was watching the Netflix movie Dumb Money this morning and it got me thinking. While the meme stock rally of 2021 was fascinating to watch, did it really create wealth? Game Stop (GME) was the poster child of the rally, how did it make out? GME went from a buck a share to over