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 ReadingHow 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 […]
Continue ReadingFor the past 5 years, we have been tracking our net worth and periodically posting the results here on The Money Sprout. In that time, we have grown our net worth by over $300,000! A ton of that growth is a result of the stock market and the huge gains everyone has seen with their […]
Continue ReadingI recently had an issue with my credit score dropping by a lot … almost overnight. In less than 2 months time, two of my credit scores both dropped by 40 points!Before I get too worried about this huge drop … I wanted to point out a few things. First, at this time in my life […]
Continue ReadingIf you have children and are anything like my wife and I, then you’ve probably had some sleepless nights thinking about how to pay for college. And the more kids that you have … the more I’m sure the cost of college is on your mind. I know that I think about the rising costs […]
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