Busted Bracket

Well, I’m completely cooked, my bracket is toast after the first round of the NCAA tournament!  Filling out your bracket with your favorite picks is a fun gamble that may or may not pan out.  Quite the opposite of financial planning which allows for more inputs in...

My best investments

When you think of your best investments, does a particular stock, collectable, digital currency, or real estate come to mind?  For me, I believe my best investment is my health.  As we mark the one-year point into this pandemic, it’s difficult at times to recall how...

What Investing is (and is not) 

Recently there has been a lot of attention placed on the wild financial gains of certain companies and trading platforms.  So much hype around what’s being made, who’s taking advantage of who, and stories of turning $20k into $200k in three weeks.  Top this off with a...

Dividends and Equities

Take a look at your 12/31 investment statements.  Specifically, review the dividends credited to your accounts on your statement.  They are not insignificant if your portfolio is constructed of many different companies.  Dividends from the equities you own are...