August is coming to a close and the summer is slowly coming to an end.  The market continues to set all time highs and kids…

My investing style has always been to invest in both index funds and individual stock investments.   I’ve been interested in individual stock since college,…

We’ve had a nice first half of 2021 in early retirement.  We spent five weeks in Hawaii this winter, made trips to visit friends, and…

Two years ago I delivered my early retirement notice.   This means I’ve enjoyed one hundred and four consecutive Mondays without attending a sales meeting…

Late August and September has brought a reading binge thanks to our local library reopening.   Thanks to some good recommendations and the benefits of…

What is a CARES ACT Distribution?    If someone has been negatively impacted by COVID-19, they are eligible to withdraw up to $100,000 from an…

The world is a challenging place right now and I wanted to write something a little less somber after the events of the last two…

March 2020 will be a month we all remember for the rest of our lives and I imagine we all had watershed moments when we…

It feels kind of odd to write any blog posts about early retirement, dividends, side hustling, or the financial markets at this point. It’s also…

“In like a lion, out like a lamb”.  If that’s what March stands for, what does February stand for?  For my investment portfolio, it meant…