2026 Looking Ahead
Happy New Year, everyone! Can you believe this decade, the 20s, is halfway over? It’s also hard to believe that both of my kids are no longer little babies anymore. In fact, Kid 2.0 will …
ETF Investing
Index ETF investing, the other pillar of investing strategy that we deploy. Index ETF investing essentially tracks the different market indices. When market goes up, index ETFs go up; when market goes up, index ETFs go up. A simple and straightforward investing strategy.
10 lessons I’ve learned from 25 years of investing
I started DIY investing while I was in university. Back then, I bought a few stocks based purely on recommendations. Honestly, I didn’t have a clue what I was doing. I didn’t know much about …
2025 Wrap up
Happy holidays! I hope everyone enjoyed their breaks and spent time with their families. 2025 was a great year in terms of the stock market. Just about everything was up! On the blogging front, it …
Dividend Income – November 2025 Update
Welcome to another monthly dividend income update. The market was somewhat volatile in November. The S&P 500, NASDAQ, and TSX all started November relatively strong, then ran into AI bubble concerns in mid-November. This caused …
Dividend Income – October 2025 Update
Hello everyone, welcome to another monthly dividend income update. Can you believe that we’re now in the final stretch of 2025? I feel like 2025 has flown by in the blink of an eye. Who …
Early Retirement Q&A with Dividend Daddy
The financial independence retire early (FIRE) community is a very supportive and tight-knit one. Because the community is made up of folks who have different backgrounds and different ages, it’s very diverse (not just Caucasian …
Avoiding 25 big investment & retirement mistakes
Before I started blogging, I used to read many different personal finance and investing blogs. Over the years, some of these blogs have disappeared or changed ownership. One blog that is still around that I …