Investing • FIRE
Welcome to this month’s report. ☀️🌱 Spring has finally arrived after a long break, and looking forward to the beauty of all the new growth. The markets have continued their steady monthly increases since the end of October, especially through this year. This has been an interesting stretch to buy into, as every small dip … Continue reading March 2024 Dividend Income & Recent Buys
Happy New Year 2024 ❄️ Welcome to this month’s report. There have been impressive gains in the stock market the last couple months after the Fed commented on beginning to lower interest rates this year after all the rapid increases. This led to above average returns for the market to close out the year. 1 … Continue reading December 2023 Dividend Income & Recent Buys
Welcome to this month’s report. The journey to financial independence continues on as summer has ended and the autumn colors have appeared. The US markets have been volatile the last few months. With some sectors greatly outperforming others. YTD Market returns in 2023 There is a big difference this year depending on if one is … Continue reading September 2023 Dividend Income & Recent Buys
Hello and welcome to this month’s report. The winter is now over and the journey to financial independence continues. The markets are off to a fast start as the YTD gains are pretty impressive so far. After last year, anything in the green is a nice change. Select US Indices YTD market gains in 2023 … Continue reading March 2023 Dividend Income & Recent Buys
Welcome to this month’s report. ☀️ Can’t believe it’s already mid July, the time has been going by so fast lately from being so busy with work. Looking forward to slowing things down a bit with financial independence one day. Well, the heat of summer is picking up, with inflation just coming in over 9%, … Continue reading June 2022 Dividend Income & Recent Buys
Greetings. Can’t believe the first quarter of 2022 is already complete and Spring is here. A New Years resolution was to take a break from social media/cutting back on screen time for a month, and that trend has continued so far. Definitely would recommend trying it out based on the results. Hoping to get back … Continue reading March 2022 Dividend Income & Recent Buys
Happy New Year, everyone. The year 2021 went by so fast, especially the last couple months. But it is always important to set aside time to reflect and not to take anything for granted. Wishing you all a healthy and successful 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣2️⃣ And now for this month’s special edition year end report, as the journey … Continue reading December 2021 Dividend Income & Recent Buys
Welcome. 👻 Wow what a difference a month makes in this stock market. The three month S&P 500 chart below perfectly summarizes what happened: After a September to forget, October came back strong with a 6% vengeance, reaching all time highs in a matter of weeks. 😤 The market always seems to climb a mountain … Continue reading October 2021 Dividend Income & Recent Buys
Welcome to this month’s report. It finally happened. The S&P 500 went 227 days without a 5% drop, and now that streak has been broken. Stocks had their worst September in a decade, and the lowest monthly return since March 2020. I remember those days. 😱 I think this is much needed healthy correction. As … Continue reading September 2021 Dividend Income & Recent Buys
Can’t believe it is September already. Where does the time go! Fall is right around the corner. The S&P 500 continued its usual 2-3% monthly gain, with the mid month dip being bought up in the next day or two as is tradition. I’ve become accustomed to stocks only going up and feel people may … Continue reading August 2021 Dividend Income & Recent Buys
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