Archive for November 2010
Retiring Baby Boomers
Next year the first baby boomers will reach the “standard” retirement age of 65 years. I read in the news the doomsday reports of the stock markets collapsing and the health care system falling apart.
Read MoreYield On Cost
The reason that patience and discipline are such strong virtues of the dividend growth investor is because of yield on cost.
Read MoreMutual Fund Investing
Mutual funds are a very popular investment. For many people they are the core investments in their portfolios. But, a lot of people are too complacent about their holdings
Read MoreChanging The Way We Think About Mortgages
Personally I don’t believe that spending only 2.5 times your gross salary on a house is even close to being realistic anymore. Even 2.5 times gross salary on your mortgage seems like a stretch.
Read MoreThings I Wish I Had Learned Earlier
They say it’s better late than never, but thinking over the things I’ve done (or not done) in my adult life, there are some lessons I wished I had learned sooner.
Read MoreUpgrading Our House: Part Two
When it comes down to how much we can afford to spend on a house, the bank has a different opinion than I do. I take what the bank calculates with a grain of salt, as I don’t feel that anyone should extend themselves to the very limits of what they’ve been approved for.
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