Passive Investing – How’s it different from Active Investing?

Passive Investing – How’s it different from Active Investing?

What is Passive Investing? Passive investing has the following characteristics Advocates Buy and Hold Generally, uses ETF’s and Mutual Funds Prefers Index Investing (S&P 500 or Total Market). Makes no attempt to time the market or outperform it Seeks to minimize Taxes and Fees Buy and Hold is when you buy a stock and don’t…

IYW ETF

IYW ETF

My current favorite tech ETF: IYW Today we’ll look at one of my favorite tech ETF’s, IShares US Technology ETF, or IYW for short. When applicable, I’ll compare it to its peers XLK and VGT. These are the similar competitive offerings from SSGA (State Street Global Advisors) and Vanguard. IYW is an ETF for those…

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2019 in Review, Where to go from here?

First and foremost, I want to say that 2019 was a great year in investing for me. It marked my first year of really being an active investor. Previously, most of my investing choices were index funds. POSITIVES?-Increased my Cash Flow/Dividends tremendously -ROTH IRA which was three index funds was up 30%, Traditional IRA was…