Is Too Much Information a Good Thing?

Are you the kind of investor who keeps reading investment theories on the internet? Are the “top dividend stocks for the year” the type of articles that grab your attention? Come on… don’t be shy… we all like to see the investors’ top lists! I like to read them too! But sometimes, whe

Why I Decided to Ignore Bitcoins

Upon return from my trip, I’ve generated lots of interest and speculation about what I would do. After leaving for a one year sabbatical, I called my boss and told her I wasn’t coming back. I knew exactly what I wanted to do at this point. Interesting enough, many people manifested th

Tips from a Web Designer: On Widgets, Themes, and Essential Tools

Matt Sweeny, a blogger and web and marketing designer in Wisconsin, builds his clients' websites on WordPress.com.

How Do You Build a Stock List?

When you are about to invest, I believe the very first step is to determine your investing strategy. Your methodology should include considerations such as your risk tolerance, investing goal(s) and time horizon. Once this part is settled, you will get into determining which kinds of

How to Start Dividend Investing with Little Money

I was talking about investments with one of my friends last week and he mentioned something that made me think. He wasn’t at all interested in investments and told me that investing was only for people with lots of income. In other words; you need lots of money to start investing. Not

In the Search for Optimal Numbers of Stocks in your Portfolio Part 3

Last week, I asked 11 dividend bloggers 6 questions to learn more about their portfolio and investment strategies. You can read Part#1 and Part#2 if you have missed them. I thought it would only be fair for everybody to share my own perception of how many shares to manage in a dividen

In the Search for Optimal Numbers of Stocks in your Portfolio Part 2

Following Monday’s article here are the answers from 6 other generous participants:   Dividend Life #1 What is the size of your portfolio, Dividend Life? Size as in value? I hold both individual stocks and mutual funds. The individual stock portion is $35,376 as of end of June an

In the Search for Optimal Numbers of Stocks in your Portfolio Part 1

Each week, I read numerous dividend investing blogs. Most of them are authored by savvy investors who have been following their own dividend investing strategies. What is amazing about investing is that there isn’t a single strategy that trumps all the others. There are many ways to m

Growth by Acquisition – The Story behind the Purchase of a Dividend Paying Asset

As a dividend investor, my main goal is obviously to build a sizeable portfolio generating passive income. There is nothing more powerful than receiving an ever increasing payment each month. Over many years, a dividend growth investor is able to build a solid asset that will ensure a