Steadfast Finances

 Dividend Investing,Investing 101         No comments

Cisco Systems, once touted as the 500lb gorilla of the high flying tech stocks back in the late 90s, showed its age maturity today by going dividend. In the dividend world, 6 cents on a $17 stock is virtually nothing, and with today’s growth is king mentality (see Apple, see Chipolte Mexican Grill, etc.), the [...]

 Dividend Investing,Investing 101,Real Estate         No comments

Better late than never… Call it the upside to the downturn in residential housing: apartment demand is back and that is profiting the multifamily sector. — Diana Olick, CNBC Realty Check [video] I called this in early 2008 as the bubble was collapsing (before I started this blog otherwise I’d link to it) for a [...]

 Dividend Investing,Investing 101         6 comments

Whether you believe that dividend investing is one of best forms of passive income or not, it’s certainly one of the most reliable ways to boost your ROI over the long haul and in a sideways market. So not surprisingly, one of the questions I’ve been getting on a regular basis is: How do you [...]

 Dividend Investing,ETFs,Index Funds,Investing 101         1 comment

Have you noticed that everyone seems more interested in the esoteric, out of the ordinary types of investments these days? I have. Some people might want to buy gold because they’re caught up in the fear trade, or others might want to buy raw commodities like oil or natural gas because they’re a dwindling resource. [...]

 Auto Sales,Buy on the Dips,Investing 101         No comments

In the last few days, I’ve gotten several emails that reminds me of the one (and only) time I sat in on a high stakes poker game. I say this facetiously of course, but I have received numerous requests from friends and readers who are repeatedly asking the same investing / trading question. It’s one [...]

 Buy on the Dips,Dividend Investing,Index Funds,Long-Term Stocks,Retirement         1 comment

Since Wall Street has thrown us such an unexpected curve ball and subsequently slammed the S&P 500 down ~35% (2008 YTD), most of us are justifiably thinking about readjusting our portfolios, reviewing our asset allocations, or even reducing our 401k / IRA contributions until this financial crisis is resolved. For my own portfolio, I’ve been [...]