I don’t have an elaborate formula to determine how much cash I should keep outside of brokerage accounts. Currently, I keep $20,000.00 because, to me, that amount represents the most I am going to need in an “oh shit” moment. I would probably keep more…
I hope one day to have a steady stream of income provided by multiple companies with a long standing history of increasing their dividend annually. In my mind it is almost like creating my own private pension. Due to other focuses right now (specifically, pay…
The Wife and I have always wanted a pool. We even consider building one at our old house (now a rental property), however, it would have been tight on the property (side note: boy am I glad we didn’t as it would be one more…
I was not particularly excited to prepare this net worth update as in the last month or so, we made some financial moves that are likely to cause a good dip for the next couple of months. Specifically, in April 2021 I wrote, I need…
With another month in the books, it was time to update my net worth to see how I did over the past 30 or so days. I enjoy keeping my spreadsheet updated and sharing those results for me to see for years to come (since…
With another month in the books, it was time to update my net worth to see how I did over the past 30 or so days. I enjoy keeping my spreadsheet updated and sharing those results for me to see for years to come (since…
Screened and Written Sunday February 21, 2021 Every 4 to 6 weeks I create a watch list of possibly undervalued companies that have grown their dividend for at least 20 years. That means when disaster hit in March of 2020, they raised their dividend, when…
A day late, but hopefully not a dollar short (ba-dum ching), it is that time of the month to provide a net worth update and share those changes with…myself. Even last night, when I was talking to The Wife about the topic of our son’s…
My very specific goal with this particular account is to create a dependable, future income stream with dividend growth companies as the foundation. The problem I have is just how slow of a process this has been. I started this little project a long time…
So long 2020! With another month in the books, it is time to take a look at my assets and liabilities and see how my family did with net worth. I have years and years of history, but it wasn’t until I started “Accumulating Assets”…