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Portfolio Status – January 2013
We all have to start somewhere. In the interest of transparency, I’m posting my portfolio as it is at the beginning of January of 2013. For this year, the goal is pretty simple – keep shoveling money into my brokerage account and building passive income streams. … Read entire article »
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Intel Corporation (INTC) Dividend Stock Analysis
Intel Corporation is the world’s largest chip maker for microprocessors and personal computers and has been a major player in the business for years. The company has three main business segments. 1) PC client group, which focuses on making chips, chipsets, and motherboards for notebook and desktop computers. 2) Data center group, which focuses on chips, chipsets, and motherboards for servers, storage, data centers, cloud computer, etc. 3) Other Intel Architecture, which focuses on chips … Read entire article »
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Weekend One Off: Illinois Pension Crisis – motivation to save massively
I have a policy of not trusting Social Security, pensions, or any IOU money. Until it’s in an account with my name on it, it doesn’t exist. Government employees in Illinois are unfortunately learning this the hard way. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Retirement, Weekend one off
The Big Blog FAQ Part 1
Suba at WealthInformatics left a comment on my previous post about my asset allocation. Which was very awesome of her. Unfortunately, she asked so many good questions that just one comment reply couldn’t hold all the answers. And the comment reply filled up and filled up until it hemorrhaged out into a blog post. Thus, we have the this blog’s first FAQ. And why “part 1″? Because I’m sure that more parts will follow as … Read entire article »
Basic asset allocation of my dividend growth and income portfolio
Currently, I have a tripartite investment strategy intended to both produce income (dividends) and capital gains (price appreciation). Below is a brief outline of what I invest in and why. … Read entire article »
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I thought what I’d do was, I’d start a blog
It’s a brand new year. 2013 to be exact, but you probably already knew that, unless you’re still wasted from that New Year’s party. As a present to myself, I figured I’d grab a domain name and start a blog to track my journey to financial independence (FI for short). Achieving early financial independence is something that I’ve been interested in and actively pursuing for some time now. So here’s my blog about it. Read on … Read entire article »
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