As a response to my 2007 Financial Resolutions posting someone asked what dividend generating stocks I use. I do have a mixture of growth stocks and cash cow stocks. Some of the growth stocks generate a small amount of dividends (and I still count those towards my yearly dividend goals), but that is [...]

Peter Lynch is a great stock picker. He, like me, is also an advocate of early financial education for all American kids at school. I admire his knowledge and skill, even when his ego may be dangerously enlarged. Peter managed the Fidelity Magellan fund. Such fund was a wreck when he [...]

Book Review: The Big Money

February 28, 2007 | Comments Off

The Big Money: Seven Steps to Picking Great Stocks and Finding Financial Security from Frederick R. Kobrick.The book is about picking a few stocks that grow 10x or even 100x (10 or even 100 times) in value over the medium term. The rationale is that you only need a single investment of $10,000 on [...]

One of the first things any person should learn is to track their own networth. Many people discover that when they subtract the sum of all their debts from the sum of all their assets, they end up in negative numbers. By just calculating this value many people end up changing their habits and [...]

A Basic Savings and Investment Strategy: 10/10/10

January 27, 2007 | Comments Off

Most people want to save money and invest it so that they can secure their life and make sure it becomes even more enjoyable over time. The main issue most people have is a lack of strategy. A savings-wish with no strategy doesn’t become a solid, attainable goal. In this article you will [...]

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