Focus on the Core
Bruce Lee, one of the greatest martial artists of all time, used to believe that the abdominal muscles were the key muscle group to develop, since virtually every movement involved their use. A...
View ArticleExelon (EXC), We Have a Problem!
I should confess that the longer I invest in stocks, the more risk adverse I am becoming. However, I don’t feel like this is necessarily a bad thing – as the portfolio size and value grows, naturally...
View ArticleFuel Gauge: A Simple Way to Time the Market
If you are anything like me, then you get anxious waiting for the moment until the next paycheck arrives in the checking account. If you are even more like me, then you get even more excited...
View ArticlePart 1: The Secret Ingredients for Retiring Early (Using the Stock Market)
The secret ingredients for “how to retire early” using the stock market are not locked up in a vault somewhere. At least not anymore. Today, we live in the Information Age where information is readily...
View ArticleDividend Growth Investing and the Fiscal Cliff
The Fiscal Cliff has been getting all of the attention as of late, and for good reason. Unless our leaders in Washington can reach a resolution soon, with each passing day, it is looking more and more...
View ArticlePart 2: The Secret Recipe for Retiring Early (Using the Stock Market)
In Part 1: The Secret Ingredients for Retiring, I spilled the beans and let out a “secret” that a billion people probably already knew. Just like when somebody else comes along and introduces yet...
View ArticleExelon (EXC) Announces Dividend Cut
It finally happened. Exelon Corporation (EXC) announced a dividend cut that will become effective in Q2 2013. The quarterly dividend has been slashed from $0.525 to $0.31, a decrease of 41%. I was a...
View Article401k Contributions: Why I’m Stopping Mine
I’ve decided to stop investing in my company’s 401k plan. Since I started working full time in 2009, I’ve been putting in the maximum every year. It was supposedly the “smart” thing to do. My portfolio...
View ArticleThe Next Big Thing: Tesla Motors
Tesla Motors (TSLA) has been in the news a lot lately, and for good reason — the future has arrived. I live in the Bay Area, and it has become impossible for me to drive around town for a day without...
View ArticleThe Waiting Game Sucks!
Again, I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not the most patient person in the world. When I start a task, I also like to focus on it intensively until completion. When I was closing Rental Property...
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