Dividend Stocks, Free Lunch Experiment #8

Dividend Stocks, Lunch Experiment Update: This month, long with the Stock market overall (the DOW is above 12,000 again… hooray), I gained in both EVEP and CIM!  The stock ANH didn’t move staying the same price.  If I could, I would like to get rid of ANH and buy something more conservative.  So far, I’ve been impressed… Continue reading Dividend Stocks, Free Lunch Experiment #8

Hidden Value In Owning Dividend Paying Stocks

With non-dividend yielding stocks, you have to sole depend on capital appreciation of the stock price to get ahead.  Admittedly, you could latch onto a great stock and ride it up to the moon, but more than likely, this will not be the case. So today, I’m going to talk about the advantages of stocks… Continue reading Hidden Value In Owning Dividend Paying Stocks

Dividend Stocks, Free Lunch Experiment #7

Dividend Stocks, Lunch Experiment Update: This month, capital appreciation in the value of the stocks in the experiment has overall risen because of EV Energy (EVEP).  Ironically, EVEP is also the stock that I bought the least amount of.  Surprisingly, the market value of EV Energy has just surpassed the market value of ANH.  This… Continue reading Dividend Stocks, Free Lunch Experiment #7

Getting Wealthy By Swimming to Shore

Getting Wealthy By Swimming to Shore. Yesterday’s post: Defend Your Financial Fortress Against Spending Temptations!, prompted Sandy from First Gen American to ask the following question:  “I’m interested which budget categories you beefed up since your mortgage got paid”?  So in this post, I attempt to explain my position and answer Sandy’s question! Originally, I wrote: Stop… Continue reading Getting Wealthy By Swimming to Shore