Fall is in the air. Little league baseball is over and football, soccer, and cross country for the kids are just beginning. We took our final family camping trip of the summer this past weekend, and the kids started school this week. Yard work, gardening, work, and chasing an ever more able toddler keep me…
February was a whirlwind of a month with several projects keeping me busy at work, kid’s schoolwork and activities busy at home, and then potty and sleep training a new puppy on top of it all. This post was actually started several weeks ago, but I wasn’t able to get it finished in time for…
January is in the books, and what a month it was. Not only was it another month of gains for the stock market, but there was plenty of other news to go along with those gains. The impeachment hearings have come to an end, as the Senate acquitted President Trump, removing one variable of uncertainty…
Hello everyone, I hope the new year is treating you well. My apologies on the long absence from the blog, it’s been way too long since I’ve written an update on the portfolio. This is the first post made on the site since September, so it feels great to get back in the saddle once…
My favorite part of dividend growth investing is declaration day, the day when a new dividend rate is announced by one of the companies I own. People generally get one raise per year at work, but with a portfolio of 53 stocks, I average better than one income increase a week! I keep a log…