It’s difficult to beat Index Investing with individual stocks. Not saying it can’t be done, but very difficult long-term. A big portion of my own investing portfolio is Total Market Mutual Funds and ETF’s. In addition, I use Mid Cap Value funds as well.
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 …
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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 and Vanguard. IYW is an ETF for those that want more of …
Here are my DIVIDENDS for the month of May. If you’d like to compare to last month, here you go: First up is my BROKERAGE account, here they are: Putnam Municipal Income Closed End Fund paid me 0.13 cents. Ha, if you haven’t seen my post before, I bought into this over a year ago …
What is a Total Market ETF? A total market ETF is an ETF that invests in the larger scope of the market. It doesn’t limit itself to only Large caps; it invests in smaller and mid cap stocks as well. Important-A Total market etf isn’t a global ETF, so you’ll still be lacking international exposure …
I started the first week of 2020 by buying more Netflix and Akamai. I want to increase tech/growth exposure in my portfolio going forward. What have I sold? I sold all of my Kroger in my IRA for around 17-18% profit, I sold all of my shares of 3M for about a 5% gain, Verizon …
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 …
Index Funds vs. Dividend Stocks The old question of whether one should invest in an index funds or try their luck at dividend investing. Online I see many people advocating for one over the other. However, I personally don’t have this mindset. I see no reason a person can’t do BOTH. That’s what I do …
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