I have been talking about analyzing and re-balancing my 401(k) since May, 2010 and haven’t actually done anything about it since August of 2009! That is ridiculous, for anyone, nevertheless a guy who works in the financial industry and runs this fantastic personal finance blog. So today, I am going to analyze my 401(k) using… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Investments
What is a Conduit Municipal Bond?
Someone at work gave me an article from the Wall Street Journal titled “When Muni Bonds go Private” by Jeannette Neumann and I was immediately intrigued. Call me ignorant but the title of the article just didn’t make sense…how could a municipal bond be private? But the article provides the answer and to put it… Continue Reading
Creating a New Alternative Stream of Income–My First Non-Blog Website Part I
Since I started this blog, I have talked about why I believe that multiple streams of income is the best way to accumulate wealth and why I want multiple streams of income. To meet my goal I have used this personal finance blog, my dividend income portfolio, my very small law practice…and now my newest website, Pregnancy Pool. … Continue Reading
Tradeking Almost Gives me a Heart Attack with an Erroneous Margin Call
I haven’t really talked about it too much on here, but I have an account with TradeKing. The reason I don’t talk about it is because I have moved away from the original purpose of the account, so the account just sort of sits there dormant with a few holdings fluctuating between $1,500 and $1,800.… Continue Reading
Dividend Portfolio Review
Evan from here at My Journey to Millions has given me, Dividend Monk, the opportunity to add my two cents regarding his dividend portfolio. In doing this, I first posted my thoughts regarding his selection criteria for picking Dividend Stocks, and now I will provide my thoughts regarding his individual dividend selections. Dividend Portfolio My… Continue Reading
What to Consider When Choosing Dividend Paying Stocks
Dividend Growth Investing is a great strategy to build wealth and passive income over a long period of time. I’m a firm advocate that one doesn’t need to be a guru to be a successful investor and that do-it-yourself dividend investing is a solid way to go. Dividend-paying companies as a group, and especially the… Continue Reading
