2018 is passing by quickly. We are already in the final quarter. 🙂 My stock portfolio’s value dropped a little in September. But I still managed to grow my net worth by half a percent for the month thanks to my multiple income streams. By January 2019 my goal is to have a net worth of $1 million. 🙂… Read More »
Freedom 35 Blog’s Growing influence It’s been a few years since the last post featuring mean comments. I hope this time people will be nicer. 😳 Most of my regular visitors have positive and encouraging discussions in the comment sections on the blog. Thanks guys! 😀 But of course it’s also important to hear opposing views to understand personal… Read More »
Investment Tracking When we keep track of something it tends to grow. Building up investment experience is no different. That’s why every investor needs to track their investment decisions. This is going back to basics but it’s crucial to becoming better investors. This can be done by creating a simple table or spreadsheet like the following, and updating… Read More »
We are now officially in the longest bull market in history. Hurray! 😀 Generally speaking a bull market begins when the market rises 20% from the end of a bear market. The last low set by the benchmark S&P 500 index in the U.S. was on March 9, 2009. It’s been 3,465 days of fairly steady growth since then,… Read More »
According to a recent Northwestern Mutual study, nearly 1 out of 3 Americans have less than $5,000 saved for retirement. The average retirement savings for all Americans is $84,821. That’s a far cry from enough. Experts typically recommend building at least $1 million in savings by retirement. So it doesn’t look good for the average American. And we… Read More »
The idea that higher minimum wage helps the working poor is utterly ridiculous. It’s a lie spread by liberal politicians and their supporters so they can take more tax money from individuals. According to the Calgary Herald, rising minimum wage was the cause of 25,700 jobs disappearing in the city. But things will likely get worse as Alberta’s… Read More »