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Market Correction in February 2020 and What I Did

The end of February 2020 saw a dip in stock market prices. This came on the heels of a 10 year long bull market. For the last few months we’ve watched as many companies hit new 52 week highs. According to Market Watch, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 12.4%, the S&P 500 lost 11.5%, and the Nasdaq was down 10.5%. Some gains were made on Monday, March 3 as the market attempted to stabilize. Then, on Tuesday, March 3 we had the Federal Reserve announce an interest rate cut of a half percentage point, which led to further action… Read More »Market Correction in February 2020 and What I Did

Grow Your Dough Challenge 2019 Final Results

The Grow Your Dough Challenge involved putting $1,000 into your investment choices, via whatever investing platform you liked, at the beginning of 2019. I ended up investing via seven different platforms: Acorns, Capital One, E*Trade, Fundrise, Lending Club, M1 Finance and Robinhood. Read more about my year of investing…

My 5 Dividend ETF Picks

Back in May 2019, I opened a new Trust account with TD Ameritrade. With the recent downturn in stock market prices, I was able to complete the process of buying five of the ETFs I had been keeping track of for this account. My goal with this account is to use up to 50% of the money that I gain from dividends and interest each year as charitable contributions for my favorite non-profit organizations for the following year. (Click title to read more about my selections …)