The five worst investments we’ve owned

The five worst investments we've owned

I started investing in mutual funds and stocks shortly after entering the workforce. Back then, I didn’t really know what I was doing, so I followed many “ investment hot tips.” Over time, I made …

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Dividend Income – April 2025 Update

Dividend Income - April 2025 Update

Welcome to our latest monthly dividend income update!  We have been doing these monthly updates since the birth of this blog to track our financial independence progress. It is our way of showing that it …

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Dividend Income – February 2025 Update

Dividend Income - February 2025 Update

Welcome to another dividend income update. Since the creation of this blog back in 2014, I have been posting monthly dividend income reports to keep ourselves accountable, and also to demonstrate that it is possible …

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2025 Looking Ahead

2025 Looking Ahead

Happy New Year everyone! Wow, it’s 2025 already?  I still remember Dec 31, 1999, waiting and welcoming the new millennium, (and worrying about all those dire Y2K predictions) and here we are, 25 years later. …

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How we invest our own money

How we invest our own money

Long time readers may recall that my wife and I started building our dividend portfolio in 2011 after a financial epiphany. We focused on dividend stocks to provide us with some margin of safety so …

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