We recently covered the basics of dividend investing. I didn’t get in to the “how to”, so in this post I’ll cover the individual stock or passive dividend investment strategy that focuses on investing in …

Dividends have historically produced more than half of all stock market returns in the last 110 years, even with rapid historical price appreciation, or capital gains.
For a long time, dividends were all but forgotten, due …

“Dave Ramsey – that guy is extreme, man! He wants you to sell your extra cars and pay off your leases and stuff…”
As a personal finance blogger who isn’t always open about the fact that …

Last week I made a case for why you need to start investing, even if you have a fear of investing in small amounts because you do not think you have enough savings to do …

One of the biggest reasons people don’t invest outside of a 401K, beyond a fear of investing, is that they think their savings levels are too low to invest.
“How can I possibly invest when I …

Two of the lowest cost (and my favorite) online brokers, Zecco and TradeKing, have officially announced a merger.
I have had a non-retirement account with Zecco and a Traditional IRA and Roth IRA with TradeKing for …