Welcome to the second monthly dividend income update for YourAverageDough. For more in-depth stock analysis, check out my articles on Seeking Alpha. Along with the few stock analysis articles I post on there, I also post quarterly updates about my daughter’s portfolio. Please be sure to review the disclosure at the bottom of these articles.... Continue Reading →
October 2020 Dividend Income
This is the first monthly dividend income update for YourAverageDough. These will likely be short and sweet, as I prefer to do my stock analysis in Seeking Alpha articles. Please be sure to review the disclosure at the bottom of these articles. I do NOT give stock advice, but rather share what our stock portfolios... Continue Reading →
Q3 2020 Dividend Income
Today’s post is the start of a new series: Dividend Income Updates. To start I will include a quarter recap and going forward I will likely do monthly updates. Please be sure to review the disclosure at the bottom of these articles. I do NOT give stock advice, but rather share what our stock portfolios... Continue Reading →
My Biggest Financial Influence
All my life I thought I was good with money. I never had any debt, other than credit cards I paid in full each month. I never spent more money than I had. I never had to borrow money from friends or family. I liked nice things, but rarely bought them for myself because I... Continue Reading →
Columbia Financial Inc.: Mutual Conversion
A lot has happened in the past year with one of my favorite investing topics: mutual bank conversions. Well, a lot in the world of mutual conversions which doesn’t happen that often, but when it does it can be extremely rewarding if you are deposit holder at the institution that is going public. As you... Continue Reading →
Can the Market Get It Wrong?
Investing in the market today can be tough, especially if you are trying to build a portfolio of individual stocks. With the US stock market at an all-time high, many people are starting to question the strength of the rally and when it will run out of steam. Now before we get too far into... Continue Reading →
Your Basic Guide to Retirement
Being a millennial, I realize that retirement sounds like a foreign, future concept to most people my age. Retirement? I’m only in my 20s/30s; I’ve got at least 30-40 more years of working left before I can retire. Why would I worry about that now? I want to use my money to enjoy my life... Continue Reading →
1 Million Ways to 1 Million Dollars: Investing
Today's post is a guest post from one of my fellow blogger friends. He's got lots of great posts, so after reading this one here, be sure to check out his blog via the link below. He is also one of the bloggers featured on my Resources page! Hello, my name is David and I... Continue Reading →
An Easy Way to Invest in ETFs
As I’ve been reading through other personal finance blogs, I have noticed something that keeps popping up on many of them: ETFs. While I know what ETFs are, I have never actually invested in one. If you have read my prior blog posts, my husband and I typically invest in individual companies rather than picking... Continue Reading →
3 Ways to Invest in Real Estate
Last week I posted about homeownership and I am continuing the real estate theme, but this time with a different twist. My husband and I went to go look at a condo this weekend. Not for us (as many of you may already know we own a home), but for a close family member who... Continue Reading →