DividendDeveloper.com » personal http://dividenddeveloper.com A Young Man's Journey to FIRE Thu, 09 Apr 2015 01:44:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1 The 2015 Review of My Investment Plan http://dividenddeveloper.com/2015/01/30/2015-review-investment-plan/ http://dividenddeveloper.com/2015/01/30/2015-review-investment-plan/#comments Fri, 30 Jan 2015 16:06:25 +0000 http://dividenddeveloper.com/?p=725 As many as you remember, one of my first posts elaborated on my investment plan. Before I started this blog, I never really used any serious criteria when I made my investment choices.… Read more

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An individual investor without an investment plan is like a company without a business plan: sooner or later, it’s going to fail.

While making the rounds of some of the blogs I follow, I came across a great post by My Own Advisor that summarizes some mistakes do-it-yourself investors make.… Read more

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Exhibit A: The story of my life.

Like most personal finance bloggers I’ve encountered, I manage my own portfolio. With the help of low-cost brokerages like Fidelity and Scottrade, and wonderful research sites like Morningstar, Value Line, and FAST Graphs, it’s easier than ever for individual investors to do so.… Read more

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