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A Brief Primer on REITs (Real Estate Investment Trusts) Part 2: The basics of evaluating a REIT
In part 1 of the REIT series, we discussed what REITs are, why we should be interested in investing in them, and compared them to being a more traditional landlord. Here, we’re going to review some of the basics of evaluating REITs. While REITs can be great dividend producing investments, they can’t be evaluated in exactly the same way as traditional stocks. … Read entire article »
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Chevron (CVX) Dividend Stock Analysis
Chevron (CVX) is the second largest US oil company and the fifth largest oil company in the … Read more »
Safeway (SWY) Dividend Stock Analysis
Safeway (SWY) is one of the largest food and drug retailers (better known as supermarkets) in North … Read more »
PPL Corporation (PPL) Dividend Stock Analysis
PPL Corporation (PPL) is a holding company for electric utilities in Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and the United Kingdom. … Read more »
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Should Americans Be Forced to Save For Retirement?
I have previously written about American’s poor savings rates. Even the rich are only saving on average … Read more »
Frugality is Just a Tool – Nothing More
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Chevron (CVX) Dividend Stock Analysis
Chevron (CVX) is the second largest US oil company and the fifth largest oil company in the world. Chevron is involved in the extraction, refinement and marketing of oil and natural gas. The company is divided into two main business units. The first is upstream production, which consists of exploration and production of oil and natural gash and accounts for … Read entire article »
11 Paths to Passive Income
Passive income, or income for which no or minimal work is required, is the key to securing a comfortable retirement or just financial independence. Passive income on a smaller scale can be a great way to boost your annual income, or supply some extra spending money. In this post I want to explore 11 different sources of passive income that can bring in a few dollars per year all the way up to millions. … Read entire article »
Weekend One Off: Machikado Keiki
I’ve been less active commenting in the blogosphere recently because I’m swamped with work and taking a bit of a quasi-vacation – both from work and blogging. Don’t worry, the content will keep coming. But this weekend there shall be no link love, because I haven’t been here to compile the links. Instead I’m going to keep with my trend of bringing you financial and economics related videos that you probably haven’t seen. … Read entire article »
A Brief Primer on REITs (Real Estate Investment Trusts) Part 1: What are REITs, why should you invest in them, and how do they compare to being a landlord.
Real estate investment trusts (REITs) are companies that specialize in investing in real estate by owning and renting commercial properties or by collecting mortgage interest. Investing in REITs is a great way to get your feet wet in real estate without becoming a landlord. You simply buy and sell shares of a REIT on a stock exchange like you would any other stock. Because REITs usually pay out almost all (>90%) of their taxable earnings you can earn substantially higher dividend yields through REITs than you could with traditional stocks. … Read entire article »
Safeway (SWY) Dividend Stock Analysis
Safeway (SWY) is one of the largest food and drug retailers (better known as supermarkets) in North America. SWY has about 1700 stores mostly located on the West Coast but also in the Southwest, Chicago and Mid-Atlantic. They even have stores in Canada. In order to support all of these stores, SWY has its own network of distribution, manufacturing, and … Read entire article »
Weekend Link Love: The coming market correction edition
This weekend link love is brought to you by the upcoming market correction. That’s right, you heard it here first – there will be a market correction. Right now, stocks are crazy overvalued. Either company’s fundamentals (earnings, dividends, etc) will have to rise to justify the increased stock prices OR the stock prices will have to drop to align with the fundamentals. I don’t know when this correction will happen, maybe this week, maybe this month, or maybe this year. But it’ll happen eventually. Until then, go check out the following links of awesome. … Read entire article »
Portfolio Status: May 2013
Continuing with my goal of financial transparency, I’m posting my portfolio as it is at the beginning of May of 2013. … Read entire article »
Grow Your Career to Achieve Financial Independence Faster: Part 2
Welcome to the next part of our career development series. We’ve already covered the rules of the working world. Now, we’ll begin delving into specific activities that will help grow your career. Specifically, we’ll focus on how to document our achievements and how to ensure that we look good and that people like us. … Read entire article »
PPL Corporation (PPL) Dividend Stock Analysis
PPL Corporation (PPL) is a holding company for electric utilities in Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and the United Kingdom. Though it’s various subsidiaries, PPL is involved in power generation, transmission, and distribution. PPL provides electric service to around 1.4 million customers. In 2011 PPL completed its acquisition of Central Networks, the second largest electric distribution company in the U.K. … Read entire article »
