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Here Comes the Bear Market! Now What?

As the stock market dropped down into bear market territory, I created this video with some of my thoughts on March 12, 2020. You can choose to watch the video or read the transcript below. Video Transcript Hi friends, I’m Rebecca, welcome to Squintillions! Today I am talking about what is going on in the market and how I am reacting. First, the news of the day is that the market is dropping into bear territory. In reaction to this, the Fed is offering $500 billion in a 3 month repo operation. You can read their statement about that on… Read More »Here Comes the Bear Market! Now What?

Making a Difference with Dividends, Part 1

This article relates to my dividend ETF focused TD Ameritrade Trust account. Find out how much I earned from dividends since I began investing in this account in the summer of 2019. I have a special plan for half of the dividends I earned. Click the title to learn more…

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…

Growing to $1000+ in an Acorns Account

Depositing $1000 over the course of a year with Acorns as part of the Grow Your Dough Challenge. Brief explanation of the deposit scheme I planned, how Round-Ups work, and other benefits of the Acorns platform. Includes link to my YouTube video where I show a walkthrough of the Acorns app. Use my Refer a Friend link to get $5 when you open a new Acorns account.

$1000 Growing in a Certificate of Deposit

Investing $1000 in a traditional investment – a Certificate of Deposit as part of the Grow Your Dough Challenge. I invested with Capital One, where I also have a Savings account. Includes my Refer a Friend link for new account owners to receive a cash bonus when opening checking, savings or money market accounts with Capital One.