Category Archives for Investing
2011 Dividends
This will hopefully get more exciting as time goes on, but here’s my first annual dividend report for calendar year 2011. December is substantially higher because my International Small-cap equity ETF (SCHC) pays annually. For a detailed breakdown of the … Continue reading
Selling General Electric Stock in my DRIP
I just sold my GE stock today that I had been DRIPing directly through the company. I sold despite the fact that I feel it is a great stock, especially at its current price. (They even just recently raised the … Continue reading
Yield on Cost and Other Investing Terms
I’ve previously talked about the Dividend Reinvestment and Dollar-Cost Averaging spreadsheets that I made available on Google Docs. Today I made additions to them, including a Definitions sheet describing some of the more technical terminology that I’ve used. As always, … Continue reading
Update, Finally!
I’m finally going to start updating my blog again. Issue number 1 was dealing with the tons of tabs on dividend investing that I had open. I curated those down to two new pages on investing. My Investing Approach and … Continue reading
Dollar-Cost Averaging (DCA)
The question that everyone is asking is “Does it really work?” The idea behind dollar-cost averaging makes sense: buy more shares when the price is cheap and less when the price is high with the hope of lowering your average … Continue reading
DRIP/DCA Spreadsheets
I’ve added two spreadsheet templates for public use on Google Docs. I use these exact ones to track my DRIP in General Electric stock that I’ve had since 2004. It hasn’t done the best (through no fault of these spreadsheets), … Continue reading
Roth IRA & Schwab ETFs
Since I finally starting working and now have a salary, I thought it was a good time to start contributing to my retirement account. I set up a Roth IRA at Schwab, where I also have my checking, savings, brokerage, … Continue reading
Buy American Stocks
Below is a snippet from an Op-Ed piece that Warren Buffett wrote: THE financial world is a mess, both in the United States and abroad. Its problems, moreover, have been leaking into the general economy, and the leaks are now … Continue reading
Dont Throw Away Your Capitalism Just Yet – Freakonomics
Dont Throw Away Your Capitalism Just Yet – Freakonomics – Opinion – New York Times Blog. “Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.”