I made my usual $1,000 contribution to my Robinhood individual stock account as well as $1,000 to my Vanguard VTI (Total Stock Market ETF) account. I didn’t buy anything new this December –...Read More
I did yard work almost every day this month. It felt great to get outside and do some projects I’ve been wanting to do for months. I did a little fall cleaning in my portfolio as well! My divide...Read More
I made two large purchases this month. The first was Vanguard’s Total Stock Market ETF (VTI). The second was Northrop Grumman (NOC). This continues my objective to offset individual stock picks ...Read More
I focused on my quest to balance my individual stock portfolio with a broad market index fund. At the end of September, my taxable portfolio is roughly $44,000. $9,250 is in VTI and $34,750 is in indi...Read More
After this post, I will be all caught up until September is over. It’s been fun looking back. I thought I might learn some lessons, but the realization that I didn’t max out my Roth IRA in...Read More
My portfolio continued to grow, powered by new contributions. Every $1,000 invested produced about $25 in dividends per year. If my hourly wage amounts to about $50/hour, then every $2,000 invested wi...Read More
June 2017 was a busy month for me! I made quite a few purchases, but only added one new holding in CAH. The rest of my purchases were just to strengthen my existing holdings. I even sold some early pu...Read More
My dividend growth portfolio was really taking shape. I spent a lot of May bolstering my current porfolio with some heavy contributions, but I also picked up a few new stocks. Here’s what I came...Read More
If March was a quiet month, April was an exciting month. I started paying more attention to tax shelter options. Older, wiser people have always praised the Roth IRA, and I realized I hadn’t mad...Read More
What a quiet month!! I was setting money aside for my Roth IRA purchases. I also fronted some of my own money for reimbursable work expenses. Here’s what I came out with in March 2017. I am writ...Read More
