Warren Buffett’s legendary investment skills, folksy wisdom, dedication to shareholders combined with a frugality-effacing, witty personality have made him a darling of the global investing community (except Wall Street firms, which he deservedly chides). Many of us love to read his legendary annual letter to shareholders that he publishes in the latter part of February each […]
It’s that time of the year….at least, in the U.S. Let’s face it – no one likes filing their taxes, not even accountants; they just have a knack for it. But there are other ways of filing your taxes than availing your local tax accountant of his or her often costly services. Sure, you could […]
The following is a guest post from Good Nelly. Most TFR readers are probably well beyond their college years, but some may be pondering this for their kids or even to acquire a new degree for themselves in a field of their interest. College can provide a great head start in life and even help […]
Periodically, I will write about dividend stocks that we purchase or own, as an example of how the dividend growth investing (DGI) strategy works, the risks that you have to deal with in pursuing the strategy and the long-term patience that DGI requires. For a detailed review of this topic, see here. Today, we will […]
Using a retirement calculator for the first time is somewhat like going out on a first date. It is a rite of passage on your journey towards financial independence, much like the first date is a prelude to an enduring relationship. It explores sides of you that didn’t know existed! Were you a clumsy, […]
If you have stayed with the series till now, well done! You did better than me, as I needed couple of distracting posts in-between 🙂 This will, hopefully, be the last of this series unless I find something else not covered elsewhere. Over the first 5 articles, we analyzed dividend investing vs. index investing from […]
This article covers total return performance in dividend investing vs. indexing. If you landed here directly, you may want to read the series in sequence to follow this important subject for investors: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4 are preludes to this article. For easy reference, the entire series is organized in […]
In Part 2 and Part 3, we looked at how dividends provide flexibility to an investor’s cash flow needs. If you have landed here directly, you may want to start with Part 1. We also saw the high degree of customization afforded by dividend growth investing (DGI) for those who have the interest and temperament to […]
Today, we take a break from the investing series of articles. I didn’t want to bore you continuously with Excel charts and numbers! We will pick it up next week. Today, we cover a topic of growing interest to many, especially in recent times. Read on… You see them everywhere. Magazines, news articles, blogs, and newsletters. […]
In Part 1 of this series, we built a foundation that underlies the indexing and dividend growth investing (DGI) mindset. In Part 2, we built on DGI further with examples of three investors, Adam, Betty and Charlie. We left a poser at the end of Part 2 about the income focus of DGI […]