United Parcel Service (UPS) – Delivering Dividends in 2023

The year of 2023 has already started in turbulent mode.  The S&P 500 is up almost 4%, as inflation appears to have cooled on earlier reports.  However, I think the economy is being overlooked, as I predict we are still in for a rude awakening.

Given the rise of the stock market this year, so far, this makes it more fun to find undervalued, dividend growth stocks to buy.  Today, I wanted to cover United Parcel Service (UPS) to see if they can deliver dividends in 2023! Continue reading →

VOO vs. VYM vs. VIG – The Vanguard ETF Trifecta!

The GOAT of the industry.  Vanguard.  John Bogle.  Bogleheads.  The creator of the mutual fund and home of the best exchange traded funds out there.

It’s no question, I stick with Vanguard funds, specifically Vanguard Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs).  The dividend investing community knows that I am obsessed with Vanguard’s High Dividend Yield (VYM) and the S&P 500 ETF (VOO).  How about Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (VIG)?

We are going to look at all three investments from Vanguard, do a side by side comparison and talk a little about my new strategy that began the week of January 16, 2023! Continue reading →

Investing Lessons for Your Younger Self!

The goal with investing is to continue growing and learning more as you become more experienced. Quite frankly, that should be the goal for EVERYTHING in life, not just investing!  The two of us have been investing for over a decade. Trust us when we say this.  We have grown a lot and learned from a TON of investing mistakes over the years.  We are active participants on Twitter (Profile here) and love being a part of the DivTwit community!  Hearing our investing advice is boring…right? Plus, we may not provide a wide enough spectrum of advice and investing lessons.  Rather than write an article with just our anecdotes, we decided to ask DivTwit!  This article contains Investing Lessons for our younger selves!

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Fundrise: Real Estate Investment Lanny’s YE 2022 Update

Fundrise, Real Estate Investing, Crowdfunding

Fundrise is an online crowd funding platform that allows investors to invest into real estate.  The platform provides another avenue for passive income that can be helpful on the journey to financial freedom!  That is the exact reason we have been investing with Fundrise.

My wife and I have now been investing with Fundrise for approximately 4 years (this February).  We cannot wait to share another episode with you, the performance and the additional income that the investment can provide! Continue reading →