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Trip to the Water-park

2008-07-22T21:04:02Z

Last week, my girlfriend and I took a little road trip up to Waterloo, Iowa to a neat little water-park by the name of Lost Island. It was a cool place, and well worth the visit (check it out if you ever happen to be in the area), but at the same time was a [...]

Rebalancing my Portfolio

2008-07-14T23:07:18Z

For a while now, I’ve been shifting some money around in my portfolio to try and ready myself for an extended bear market. At this time last year, I was a little too heavily exposed to growth stocks. Ever since the credit mess began to be exposed and we began seeing massive inflation due largely [...]

Passive Income for June 2008.

2008-07-03T22:21:01Z

I think I’m going to start posting my monthly passive income streams here as a way to document their growth. Although it’s a small amount right now, I am working diligently to protect and grow my sources of income away from the job. For now, this includes my dividends and my blog income. I realize [...]

Saving For a Snowboard

2008-06-28T22:05:44Z

Last winter, I went to a local winter park and tried my luck at snowboarding. While I was absolutely terrible and spent the night being shown up by 10 year olds, I was hooked. I decided then and there that snowboarding was something I really wanted to pursue. Last winter was my first in over [...]

My Miserly Summer Ways

2008-06-23T21:31:35Z

With a huge tuition bill looming for my sophomore year at Simpson and high gas prices burning a much larger hole in my pocket than ever before, I’m being extremely frugal with my money this summer. I’m trying to stash away as much as I can for this upcoming school year, both for tuition [...]

The Civic Rolls Past 100,000

2008-06-16T22:14:23Z

That was kind of a bittersweet day for me. My Honda has been extremely loyal to me since I bought it in late 2006, and she’s (I should give her a name ;))been an incredibly efficient and reliable car. On the other hand, 100,000 is no longer fresh off the showroom, and she [...]

What I do With My Dividends

2008-06-12T20:52:44Z

Dividends are easily one of the greatest sources of passive income. Keeping up on your portfolio and doing taxes once a year are well worth it to receive payments that arrive like clockwork. More so than a lot of other income sources, dividends are entirely dependent on how much capital you have. For this reason, [...]

How I Invest in Solid Dividend-Paying Securities

2008-06-06T13:41:59Z

I absolutely love receiving dividend payouts from my holdings. Many investment gurus would advise investors my age to hold primarily growth stocks since I have a long time to retirement, but I don’t buy it: I crave some guaranteed results. Growth positions are a vitally important part of my portfolio, but I haven’t [...]

The Incredible Power of Passive Income

2008-05-29T22:20:17Z

Recently, I’ve become an avid reader of Living off Dividends, an excellent blog with plenty of awesome reads. The subject of passive income is the key pillar in this financial blog, and it is incredibly intriguing. Passive income, or income that is stable with little or no upkeep, is the ultimate way to [...]

Defining Your Savings Goals

2008-05-22T23:40:30Z

In my mind, making an effort to save is only half the battle. An equally important skill is the ability to identify your saving objectives. Rather than having one lump-sum savings account, I believe we should keep our money in different places for separate purposes. Just as all long-term goals need short-term benchmarks to measure [...]