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How to Manage Workplace Retirement Contributions in a Recession
I thought I would take this time of market uncertainty to discuss personal finance topics that pertain to how my family is treating the COVID-19 pandemic. First and most important … we are trying to stay healthy and safe. My kids won’t go back to school now for at least 2 months … likely through […]
Continue Reading3 Rules for Investing in Dividend Stocks
I am writing this as I sit at home following social distancing best practices as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Hopefully, when I look back a year or two from now … we all will be in a much better place. For the purposes of this blog (The Money Sprout), I will leave all […]
Continue ReadingHow Much Dividend Income Did We Earn in February 2020?
At the end of every month … I try and publish the results of our dividend income portfolio. More specifically … I post the dividend income (by stock) that we earned for the prior month. My wife and I have been investing (and tracking) the amount of monthly dividend income we earn … ever since […]
Continue ReadingHow to Grow a Dividend Income Stream the Lazy Way
Buying and holding blue chip dividend stocks has been an investment strategy my wife and I have been using for over the past decade.Most of the time … this strategy is boring to other investors. The companies that we invest in (with the exception of a few) are not high growth stocks that will double […]
Continue ReadingWhy I Closed my Robinhood Investment Account
How many investment accounts do you have? If you are anything like me … then I’m sure you’ve opened and tested out all kinds of different accounts.For over the past decade I have opened numerous investment accounts for one reason or another. Most of these were traditional brokerage accounts … or non-retirement accounts as some […]
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