TD Ameritrade announced commission free trades online on US equities, ETFs, and options. Read the announcement sent to account holders. I give my thoughts on how the news plays into my investment strategies.
My number one tip for beginners on getting started investing is to invest in stock market index funds. This article explains doing so in detail.
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 …)
Time for the 2019 Grow Your Dough Challenge second quarter update! The Grow Your Dough Challenge involves putting $1000 into the investments of your choice via the investing platform of your choice at the beginning of the year. At the end of 12 months, we’ll see how the investments have progressed and which one can grow the most dough. For the challenge, I made investments across six different investing platforms, plus a special bonus category of investing in myself through my blogs and YouTube channel. (Click through to read more…)
I am deciding how I want to invest the money in this new TD Ameritrade Trust account. I am looking mostly for investments with good dividends or solid companies with some dividends and growth potential. In order to help fulfill my investing goals for this account, I decided to use the ETF screener at TD Ameritrade.
Following my investment choices in the Grow Your Dough Challenge. $1000 invested for 12 months in each of theses accounts: Acorns, Robinhood, Fundrise, Lending Club, E*Trade, and a Capital One CD. Also looking at costs to develop my blog and YouTube channel as part of investing in these tools and my education to use them.
Robinhood App Tutorial and FAQ for beginners, which I created on YouTube. Includes a walkthrough of selling and buying a stock. Also, get a free stock in your new Robinhood account when you use my Refer a Friend link.
A brief post with a link to my YouTube video on how to use Bankrate to choose a Certificate of Deposit (CD). Also includes my Refer a Friend link to Capital One for the Money Market, Checking or Savings Accounts.
I am so glad to announce that my Fundrise walkthrough is now available to view. This took a little while to make because after filming the first part I caught a rather nasty illness and LOST MY VOICE! Ever hear that expression that someone sounds like a frog? Yep, that was me. Croak. I was thinking of remaking the first part because I spliced so much of the video together, but with the delay and all the other content I have planned, I’m settling for this slightly rough, choppy version. But you do get to take a peak inside my… Read More »View My Fundrise Walkthrough
Investment strategy I developed for investing $1000 for the Grow Your Dough Challenge using the Robinhood App. Also get a free stock when opening a new Robinhood account if you use my Refer a Friend link.