Perhaps the biggest barrier to entry when it comes to the concept of achieving financial independence early in life is the very nature of the journey itself. Specifically, the length. It’s not like one can just have that epiphany and then go on to retire three or four years later. Not in most cases, anyway. So […]
Archives for October 2015
Recent Buy
The market goes up and down – sometimes wildly so – from day to day, but it mostly goes up over the long haul. That’s something I try to keep in mind while I routinely turn rotting dollars into growing and passive cash flow. There was a day, years ago, when The Coca-Cola Co. (KO)‘s […]
Dividend Growth Update – Third Quarter 2015
Welcome to another dividend growth update! Earlier this year, I started publicly tracking dividend growth as it relates to my portfolio. I’ll update this information every quarter, which will provide relevant and important information on dividend raises announced by the companies I hold equity in, the size of those dividend increases, and how that affects […]
Dividend Income Update – September 2015
Another month has passed by and it’s time for me to post an article on my favorite subject: dividend income. The reason why I love to publish articles updating my dividend income is because it’s pure numbers. It’s hard to argue the success of long-term dividend growth investing when you can slowly and surely see […]
Freedom Fund Update – October 2015
Well, the time has come to update the Freedom Fund once again as we start another month. The Freedom Fund is my portfolio, and I think it’s aptly named. My portfolio is my way to freedom; freedom from a job I don’t desire to purchase goods I don’t need to impress neighbors I don’t care about. […]