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    Professional? Boring!

    I love finance, I love learning, I love business, I love technology, I love reading coding books, but I also love being a goofball. That is why I believe in being professionally unprofessional. Sure, there are times that professionalism is called for, but for me, those don’t make the majority of my day. It’s easy…
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    FinCarn – Monday Yakezie Round Up

    Happy Monday WA readers! Last week we had a nice mix of articles. We talked about Burger King making a comeback to the stock market, I provided a video review of the Square credit card processing service, and we also finally made a profit from installing a dimmer switch! Also, and I hope you didn’t…
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    Our Dimmer Switch Revisited

    About 1 year, 8 months ago we published an article about installing a dimmer switch. Based on the math behind this article, we have now passed the break even point, and are now saving money on the enhancement. Saving Money Plan Often, I sit down and think of places I can save money. Sometimes I…
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    Square Video Review – Credit Card Processing

      Square is a credit card app for both iPhone & Android devices. 9 Days ago, I wrote about Restaurants that don’t accept credit cards, and how frustrating that is for customers. I also talked about how there isn’t really a good reason not to when companies like Square exist. To see if I was…
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    Burger King Problems

    Burger King, the number 3 hamburger chain in the United States, has had a very troubled past as it has tried to compete with their big (much bigger) brother McDonald’s (MCD). I’ve even written about Burger King’s problems in the past. Burger King has been a publicly traded company, purchased, taken private, gone public again,…
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May
31

A Thank You This Memorial Day

Thank You

Thank You Thanks To The Men & Women In Uniform  We write freely today because a veteran defended our First Amendment.  We openly celebrate and worship our God because a veteran defended our First Amendment.  We enjoy a safer environment, our own homes, our vehicles, the English language, clean water, electricity, literacy, books, and even…
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May
31

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Is This Your Emergency Plan?

What’s Your Emergency Fund? Very few people have a plan for when something bad happens.  In fact, some peoples’ plan seems to be to be to hope with all of their hearts that something bad doesn’t happen!  It seems to work really well until something does happen, and that’s when things fall apart.  Let us…
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May
28

What Are Dividends?

Fill This Up With Dividends

What Are Dividends Dividends are a disbursement of earnings from a company to its shareholders.  Ordinarily, dividends are paid on a quarterly basis but you can also find dividends that are paid out on a monthly basis.  The amount of a dividend is determined by the Board of Directors of the respective company and are…
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May
26

Dividend Payout Ratio (DPR)

Dividends are important, and consistent dividends turn pennies into dollars.

Are you looking for a Dividend Payout Ratio calculator? Use our Dividend Payout Ratio Calculator! You can input a stock ticker symbol, or type the values in manually to calculate the DPR. The DPR Acronym A Dividend Payout Ratio (DPR) is a ratio that tells you how much money a company is paying out in…
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May
24

Buying Before the Ex-Dividend Date, and Selling After

In this race, be the tortoise.

The ex-dividend date is an important date to keep in mind when purchasing a stock, but there are some that like to buy a stock before this date, and sell the stock to “scoop the dividend.”  Doing this is possible but difficult and some claim to make a profit. We’re sure that a profit can…
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May
21

Ex Dividend Date

This doesn't have much to do with the article, but it is a fantastic painting.

Don’t Be Late For The Ex-dividend Date You may hear the terms ex-dividend, ex dividend, or ex dividend date tossed around here a little bit, but if you don’t know what it means, then you may want to buckle in.  Ex-dividend dates are important, especially if you are attempting to rock your dividend boat, because…
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May
19

Maximize Dividends: Rock the Boat

Notice how "dynamic" investing, shown in orange, outpaces the lazier "flat" investing.

Don’t Find Comfort In Routine, Shuffle The Dividend Payers The team members of The Wealth Artisan invest on a monthly basis, and some almost on a daily basis. We all invest towards our main goal, and that is passive income. Most of us love dividends, and that is our choice for passive income, but did…
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May
17

Yield On Cost

The Other Yield

If you like what you read, then subscribe to our feed!  What Is Yield On Cost? When investing in dividends, an important idea is “yield on cost.”  If you’ve never heard this phrase before, it is OK, but it is terribly important to understand.  Yield on cost is basically a short way to say: “The…
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May
15

Strange Investment Satisfaction

An Angry Boss, A Tough Job, and Lunch Everyone has had a job they have hated, and not necessarily because the job itself was terrible, but because of the person in charge.  Some on our team have vivid memories of such a job, especially our team member Timothy.  We will let Timothy take over from here: Many…
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May
14

Creating Space Series: Relationships

Get off to a good start

Money and Marriage We have touched on finances in relationships in the past before but it is a very important aspect of financial stress because it affects multiple people and it can cause far more damage than any credit card bill could ever hope to.  We have stressed the importance of making sure that both…
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