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 the first post of the new year ☀️ The motivation is as strong as ever towards investing and ready to keep actively pursuing financial independence in 2023. And now for this month’s special edition year end report, as the journey to financial freedom continues… 2022 Results: Unlike the prior year, the major US … Continue reading December 2022 Dividend Income & Recent Buys
Autumn is finally here, bringing in some new change to the scenery. The markets, however, have remained in a continued downturn throughout the year. With any momentary gains being sold off steadily after. From a recent WSJ article, the ‘buy the dip’ strategy hasn’t worked out so far this year: It is the worst year … Continue reading September 2022 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
Welcome to this month’s report. If the numbers here were given as a company’s earnings report after market close, the stock would be tanking after hours. Results below analyst expectations… Fortunately the lack of YoY dividend growth is just due to downsizing some positions, but it still doesn’t look too good on paper. As a … Continue reading July 2021 Dividend Income & Recent Buys
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