Last month, I wrote that September is historically the worst month for the stock market. But if you thought September 2023 was bad, October said “hold my beer”. War in the Middle East drove oil prices up, talks about a recession coming back, uncertainty about growth in big tech, etc. each contributed. But …

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September is historically the worst month for the stock market [1] and this September felt particularly bad. The S&P 500 is down 5% and the Nasdaq is down 5.8% during the month of September. But I took the opportunity to add to my current holdings and start new ones. I’ve been busy being active outdoors and …

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I can’t believe summer is almost over. It felt like only yesterday that the weather was getting warm. I didn’t get as much done this summer as I had hoped. The weather had been unpredictable, sometimes too hot and sometimes too rainy. During these past few months, I have not invested new money into the …

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Another month, another dividend income update. I haven’t been as productive as I thought I would be this summer. There are a few home projects that I want to complete before the end of the summer, but due to the rain and busy weekend schedule, that has been put on hold. The other thing that has been placed on …

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It has been a while since I read for pleasure. I used to be an avid reader in my early adulthood. But that changed as my career and hobbies took over. Recently, I made it a personal goal to start reading personal finance books. Late last year, I signed up for a free 3-month trial of Kindle Unlimited. The idea is that …

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Summer has officially started and I finally have time to write blog posts again, yay! I’ve been keeping myself busy these past few months continuing the activities that I participated in pre-pandemic, being a plant dad by clearing out weeds, planting new seedlings, and for the most part ignoring the markets. The …

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It has been 3 years since I started blogging about dividends. I signed up for a 3-year contract with a WordPress hosting provider. But like many of these providers and many domain registrars, the first year’s fees were low but increased over time. It shouldn’t cost this much to build a static website that …

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