This post is about creating cash flow by understanding ex-dividend dates. Buying a share in companies that pay regular dividends is way to creating passive income for yourself. Once invested, your money will be put to work. The dividends will come to you for as long as you own the shares. It’s a great way […]
I’ve been a big fan of Garth Turner, who blogs over at Greater Fool, for a few years now. He’s a big proponent of creating cash flows for retirement. Towards that end, he has written many, many persuasive posts about why people should sell their homes, invest the equity, and live off the investment income. […]
“Daddy, can I have some money?” asks a 6-year old Blue Lobster. “Sure – let me go pick it off the Money-Tree,” Daddy replied, in a tone I can now identify as sarcastic. “Wait! What? There’s something called a Money Tree?” Little Blue Lobster thinks to herself. “I need to get one of those.” And […]
Do you want to know a secret about burnout? Here it is… almost everyone keeps burnout a secret from everyone else. I’ve attended many graduation ceremonies in my time, my own and those of loved ones. I’ve also had various mentors over the years. While they weren’t all great, they all taught me something valuable. […]
Longtime readers of this blog are familiar with my plan to build an army of little money soldiers. Each soldier is a dividend-producing unit in my investment portfolio. Every month, I direct money to my brokerage account and buy as many units as I can afford in my preferred exchange traded fund. I’m not proficient […]
I’m a visual leaner so when information can be presented in a picture, then I absorb it a lot faster. That’s why I was so damned impressed when I came across the following link on one of my travels through the Internet: Cash Flow Diagrams. In all honesty, this is one of the best links I have […]