The bread and butter of this blog is dividend investing. Buying cash flow rich companies and letting those businesses compound. This strategy has been proven to beat the S&P 500 over the long term. The key there is time. Years! Decades! This is probably why some of the most popular financial personalities got popular by promoting junk … [Read more...]
Covered Calls in 2022
It’s been a tough year for all of us. Some more so than others! Those invested in speculative, high-growth, low free cash flow companies continue getting killed. These companies have dropped 80% or more in some cases. The Dow 30 held up much better with the index only down around 15% for the … [Read more...]
Weathering the Storm
“If you want to see the sunshine, you have to weather the storm.” - Frank Lane The storm is here! From the time between my last article and today, we’ve entered a brutal correction. The S&P is down more than 10% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq is down over 20%. So, technically we are in a bear market, depending on which index you look at. … [Read more...]
Standing Ground
CRASH! March by far was the worst month of my investing career. At the bottom I was down nearly $50,000 or approximately 29%. This was a better performance than the broader market, which saw even steeper declines! The energy and travel sectors collapsed. Boeing, one of America’s largest, most important companies lost … [Read more...]
Bear Market
The bear market is almost here! The Nasdaq is nearing "bear" territory; when an index falls over 20% from its high. It has been an absolute bloodbath out there with tech, industrials, and financials leading the collapse. In some cases, growth stocks are facing upwards of 50% in losses. This activity is largely in response to … [Read more...]
Braving the Storm
On Wednesday the Dow dropped 373 points, the largest decline since September. This was due to a swirl of negative headlines surrounding the Trump administration. The concern was whether or not Trump would be able to act on his pro-growth agenda given the controversy. In reality, the Russia investigation has no merit. Even after a year of … [Read more...]