Michael Tagaris
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Compound Interest
Compound interest is the concept of investing in something like a CD (certificate of deposit) or a bond. These two both have fixed rates and a fixed sell date (called maturity date). This means the CD or Bond is worth its max on that date and you can acquire your money at that time. So…
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Dividend Reinvestment
Dividend Reinvestment, what exactly does that mean? First, you need to understand what a dividend is. If you need a refresher, please check out Tunaman222’s post called “What is a Dividend?”. So now you understand what a dividend is. The idea of dividend reinvestment will take your portfolio to the next level, and it is…
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Saving 101.1
Continuing our saving posts, I’d like to explain what to do when you’ve acquired your paycheck. So I will walk you through a 5 step strategy that we use. This will be structured for a monthly paycheck and how we would divide it up, but this strategy can be applied to any paycheck you receive.…
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Saving 101
Taking a step back from what our investment strategies and goals are, I would like to take the time to create content on how to save money for your investments. This will be the first of many posts talking about strategies and theories we use and follow that help us build our investment portfolios. Now…
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Our Ratios
Something new to us is the ratios you see in the sidebar. These ratios are used to get a feeling for a company’s liquidity, activity, and profitability. The ratios are broken into three categories called Solvency (liquidity), Efficiency (activity), and Profitability. So what do these mean?
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Financial Freedom
When we bought our first stock, we were lost. No direction. No mentors. No accounts. Little money. We had no idea what we were getting ourselves into. Even though we started at level zero, we knew the stock market would become an essential part of our financial life, which lead us to derive our end…
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Investor VS Consumer
A portfolio can say a lot of different things about your investment strategies. Are you looking for long term or short term gains? Are you investing in startups or fortune 500 companies? Are you playing earnings reports? I personally follow a specific guideline when deciding what stocks to purchase. An investment portfolio is the idea…
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SPY Hits $300.00
Wow, the SPY has finally reached $300.00. Tuna and I have been talking about this day since we first bought the SPY in December 2018. Not only has the SPY reached its personal 52 week high but it’s parent, the S&P 500, along with the Dow and Nasdaq have also hit their 52 week high.…
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Hello Blog
I am a rising junior who has a passion for financial investments. My first investment was senior year of high school in May 2017. Since then I have invested all the money I could get my hands on because I believe in the long term success of several Fortune 500 Companies. As Warren buffet says…
Financial Freedom 101 