Every few months I update my watch list for my dividend investment portfolio. I wish it is something I could do once a month or once a week, but it just takes too much time to screen through the 100+ companies that have increased their dividends for the past 25+ years. So every few months… Continue Reading
Short Term Savings Investment and Debt Goals
My financial life for the past couple years has been really focused on accumulating as much cash as possible for the house purchase. While I saved, invested and paid down debt my real focus was cash. With the new house paid for that part of my life is over right now, and it feels ridiculous… Continue Reading
The Capitalist Class – Something to Strive For
I came across a fantastic article on About.com (something that almost never happens) titled, 10 Secrets of the Capitalist Class by Joshua Kennon. I have never heard this term before, and rather than paraphrasing Mr. Kennon’s definition of the class I think it is more valuable to look at his characteristics of the same. I… Continue Reading
Taking a Look at Actual Prosper Returns Over 6 Years
I funded my first prosper loan on February 27, 2007. I thought it was amazing that I would be able to act as a bank lending money to a person for a rate higher than I could get from a CD, bond or dividend. I still think it is an amazing alternative investment, but that… Continue Reading
A Review One Month into the Investment Club
Back in January I made the announcement that I was starting an investment club with some buddies. We are about a month into it and I wanted to share my initial thoughts, complaints and hiccups, so others can avoid some of the mistakes and problems we are having. As a reminder, in January I made… Continue Reading
April 2013 Net Worth Update
For the first time in 2013 I finally had a positive net worth growth month over month. This has been particularly painful for me since I only had one or two months of down months in all of 2011 and 2012. Hopefully this isn’t the last month of positive growth for 2013! Calculating my Net… Continue Reading
