Unless I receive any additional dividend payments in the next 13 days, my dividend income has increased 68.82%! But I am pretty bummed about it.  How could that be possible? The problem is that the whole number is still damn unexciting.  In 2012 my (very distant) perpetual income machine provided $458.18 in dividends for the The post […] Read more:  My Dividend Stream is Growing but is Still So Unexciting

 Please note that this is a Guest Post So here we are at the end of the year again, it seems to come around so quickly. These are financially uncertain times and this means that many investors have not reaped the rewards they hoped to from their investment portfolios. Globally, we have seen governments implement The post Top 5 investments tips for 2014

I always hated those articles that take a moment in time and provide the reader with the “best” stocks using just a paragraph of justification. They don’t seem to make any sense to me, but I am sure they sell magazines. Every year or so I take a look at the list and actually call The post Reviewing how Kiplinger’s Stock Picks for 2013 Performed

A stock split shouldn’t actually matter in terms of valuing a company, but for some reason they do.  A stock split is when a company divides its stock (often you’ll see 2 for 1 or 10 for 1 stock splits) to shareholders on a date certain.  For example, MasterCard announced a 10 for 1 stock The post Stocks Splits Shouldn’t Matter…But they do

Since we all know the main purpose of life insurance is to provide for those when you aren’t around the conversation often focuses on the beneficiary and almost no time is spent discussing the owner.  I think this is a huge shortcoming of both the legal world and the financial world because usually one side thinks The post Ownership of Life Insurance may be Important

Personally, I try not to make broad market calls because it seems like every time I do I am wrong. Notwithstanding, you are unable to visit any financial website without seeing some type of headline about a market top or a bursting of an equity bubble.  When the media starts to “turn” on the market there is The post What Does Shorting a Stock Mean?

On November’s Net Worth Update a commenter made note that my net worth has not increased nearly as much as the market.  My initial reaction was to think about all that was done financially this year (house purchase, house repairs, etc.), but upon further thought it leads me to the question of whether correlation is The post My December 2013 Net Worth Update

Saving money was underrated for a long period of time, and in some ways unnecessary since things were moving financially stable. Come 2007 we were hit with the financial crisis, where essentially the bubble burst for the great majority. We have been dealing with the consequences ever since, and more and more people have run The post Saving Money Effectively for a Better Future

There’s an app for everything nowadays. Whilst most of them are pointless or are a fantastic waste of time when you should be doing work, there are some that are incredibly helpful and are usually incredibly cheap. These smartphone apps are for people who want to keep an eye on their energy consumption, whether you’re The post 3 Great Energy Efficient Apps That Can Save You Money

If you are lucky to enough to receive a tax refund, it is no cause for celebration. A tax refund is your money in the first place that you have lent to the government interest free. Additionally, this is money that you have not been able to gain value from in terms of something you The post Thoughts on What to do With a Tax Refund