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One common question I get from readers appears in this type of email: Dear Trent, My husband and I are finally on the path to financial freedom. We have only a debt or two remaining and have built up an emergency fund. We would like to start investing. Please tell us how. Signed, Sally Saver When I read this email, I know what they’re looking for. They have money beyond what they feel that they need in an emergency fund that’s just sitting in a savings account and they’d like to feel as though they’re doing something more useful or… Read the whole article...

Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Robert Wilkinson - February 4, 2011 at 10:04 am

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Investing in Bonds: A Look at Treasury and Corporate Bonds

When it arrives to bond investing, most individuals are only acquainted with one kind of bond. That kind turning into monetary financial savings bonds. Financial savings bonds are often given to a great deal much more youthful individuals to help invest for lengthy phrase academic expenditures like college. Even even though monetary financial savings bonds are fantastic, there are other kinds of bonds that are far a great deal much more attractive. You can make money investing in bonds. Let’s get a appear at two kinds of bonds that are correctly-liked with lengthy phrase traders. Treasury Bonds Preliminary up are… Read the whole article...

Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Robert Wilkinson - January 20, 2011 at 8:08 pm

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Why You Should Be Reinvesting Dividends

I’ve been investing in a few dividend stocks lately because savings account rates have been pretty abysmal. The prospect of earning a percent or two on my money is great for an emergency fund but lousy for anything long term. One of the important ideas behind dividend investing is that you should reinvest the dividends if you don’t need the income. Public companies offered dividend reinvestment plans, or DRIPs, that let you buy shares directly from them and have your dividends reinvested for free. Nowadays, many brokers offer this service for free and I take advantage of them. However,… Read the whole article...

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by Robert Wilkinson - March 16, 2010 at 2:20 am

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Transferring Brokerage Assets from E*Trade to TradeKing

When I learned about E*Trade selling their banking business to Discover, I knew my days with them were numbered (I later learned that only bank accounts with no brokerage relationships were moving… but alas the ball was already rolling). Brokers are finding it increasingly difficult to differentiate themselves and when you can get good customer service at a cheaper cost elsewhere, even the pioneers are going to find their businesses suffering. Those who have been reading for a while may remember me mentioning my investments at E*Trade and how I’ve been doing any new investing… Read the whole article...

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by Robert Wilkinson - February 25, 2010 at 6:20 pm

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Buying the Dividend and Dividend Dates

One once popular way of dividend investing was called “buying the dividend,” where you buy a stock just before the ex-dividend date. The argument was that you could buy a stock just before it would record who it’ll pay a dividend to, pick up the “free” cash, and then sell the stock afterwards. The problem with that strategy is that once the company’s ex dividend date passes, the stock would fall by the same amount on the ex-dividend date. This represented cash leaving the company and going to shareholders, thus making this strategy meaningless. To… Read the whole article...

1 comment - What do you think?  Posted by Robert Wilkinson - December 30, 2009 at 8:20 am

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