At night, after the younger kids go to sleep, my wife and I will sit in bed and watch a TV show of some sorts. It’s a tradition as far back as I can remember. (We have recently added a third member in ole Pablo The Dog. ) As we were getting set up...
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Japan Is The Future
Let’s look at some charts comparing Japan to the U.S. Maybe there is something we can extrapolate to figure out what might be in store for us, here in the Good Ole U.S.of A. Let’s start with this from TradingEconomics.com about Japan’s GDP growth rate over the...
The “Retirement Crisis” is Manufactured BS to Expand Government
I’ve been hearing about this pending “Retirement Crisis” for as long as I can remember. The above is a headline from 1994. If you have a subscription to Newspapers.com you can go back even further to watch the “crisis” develop in front of your very own eyes....
Preferred Stocks Vs. Corporate Bonds, Which should you choose?
By Ashley Camp Source: Adobe Free Pictures There are many ways a business can fund its operation. These alternatives include public floating of shares, bank borrowing, franchising, government assistance, corporate bonds, and venture capital. In this article, we’ll...
Vanguard Dividend Growth Vs. Vanguard Wellington Fund Vs. S&P 500
VDIGX vs. VWELX vs. VFINX (Updated Dec. 2022) The news that the Vanguard Dividend Growth Fund(VDIGX) re-opened to new investors escaped me until subscribers on my Youtube channel mentioned it. Generally, I’m an index type-of-guy but I do appreciate a well-run,...
Vanguard Says They Can’t Retire on $14,428 a Month
Have We ALL Lost Our Minds? Alex writes in telling me that he needs help with his retirement plan because Vanguard doesn't think $14,428 a month will be enough to retire. See the video I did on this here. The funny thing about this is that Alex says...
Prepare For Low Stock Returns, Here’s Why
Let’s cut right to the chase and start with how stock returns are generated. John Bogle in his book Common Sense on Mutual Funds states: We can use the historical data to answer a simple question: Why have stocks provided long-term real returns of 7 percent?...
Investment History Was Made This Year – Did You Panic?
A couple little charts I created today. You can see my video on Rumble. Chart 1 Chart 2 The data I used to create these charts is from Robert Shiller’s website. The exact same data but two completely different perspectives. Weird, huh? The...
Bonds Look Good Now
See that? Now look at this: What do you see that jumps out at you? Well, let me tell ya. The 10 Year Treasury bond yield has dropped from 4.25 to 3.68 in a month’s time. That’s a 13.4% DECLINE, again in a month’s time. Now notice the Vanguard GNMA...
How I LOVE Thanksgiving
Maine, in the winter, is a scary place. It’s cold, dark and dreary…for months on end. Maybe that’s why I so love a flower and a butterfly. When they appear you know winter is behind you. No weatherman needed. After the gray of the long winter, the colors...
John is 61, Single, No Kids – Can He Retire?
So I get this email from John: I’ve been in my COJ nearly 20 years and I desperately want to take my pension and find part time work close to home and later in the day so I can sleep bc I have sleep disorder. my pension will only be about $1200 a month. If I take SS...
You’ll Never See This Again
Over 10% Returns on Bonds! Bonds returned 10.50% from 79-96 10 Oct 1997, Fri Iowa City Press-Citizen (Iowa City, Iowa) Newspapers.com