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Finally! Time for my first dividend report! I own ETFs in my portfolio which pays quarterly dividends. Q1 has had significant market turmoil. I saw it as excellent buying opportunities for long term investors. It’s a way increase the overall portfolio yield.

One way to identify dividend growth stocks is to look for dividend increases. Companies that pay rising dividends are likely to be financially healthy, generate consistent cash flow and regular dividend. I am interested in stocks with at least ten consecutive years of increasing annual dividend payments (Dividend Achievers). Here is a list of US companies that increased their dividends this week.

Tax-loss harvesting is a process selling equities (stocks, ETFs and mutual funds) at a loss to get tax benefits. This might sound counterintuitive. Why would you sell at a loss? The idea is to sell the equity to realize a loss and then buy back the equity at reduced a price. Effectively, realize a loss without any change in portfolio. In a way this can be considered as an indirect income. Interested?

Image: www.investmentzen.com One of my 2018 goals was to be financially independent by 2032. I also started associating a number with it to track my progress. I have had few comments asking me what it means and how I came up with this number. I will try to answer those questions as a part of this post.

One way to identify dividend growth stocks is to look for dividend increases. Companies that pay rising dividends are likely to be financially healthy and generate consistent cash flow. Here is a list of US companies that increased their dividends this week.

Image: www.investmentzen.com We bought our home on 06/2017. I was able to lock in a 4.0% rate for my 30 year mortgage. Up till now, I have been paying as per the 30 year schedule. I have read online that making additional mortgage payment is the way to go as it reduces interest payment and makes us debt-free early. But, is this really true? In this article, I explore various scenarios and try to identify the best scenario.

One way to identify dividend growth stocks is to look for dividend increases. Companies that pay rising dividends are likely to be financially healthy and generate consistent cash flow. Here is a list of US and Canadian companies that increased their dividends this week.

February is almost over and it’s time for my monthly status update. Volatility has been the main story of this month. S&P 500 dropped 11.49% to a low of 2,542.92. It has recovered some of the losses and is only down 5.54% from the beginning of the month. It’s offered us a rare opportunity to buy stocks at a discount. Unfortunately, I was unable to add more during this downturn (due to lack of capital).