It’s not only a neat rhyming phrase, it is a rule of thumb that you should consider employing if you aren’t already. Use that you can lose is simple in philosophy, but abundant in knowledge. The idea is that you should invest money with the understanding that you can and may lose it all. Another … Read more
Some people dislike things because they just aren’t cool any longer. Remember the walk-man cassette players, then the portable CD players, and now the mp3 players? What about the cellular phones in a briefcase, then flip phones, and now mini computers that you sometimes talk into? Have dividends become so unattractive in today’s shorts, calls, … Read more
In the world of retirement investing, there is one term you should get extremely familiar with: Roth. This is especially important if you are a young person. Right now, we will focus on Roth IRAs and the less common Roth 401K. Essentially, Roth accounts are funded by after-tax money rather than pre-tax, but we will … Read more
Money.CNN has an article titled “What Went Wrong At Burger King?” in response to the recent acquisition of Burger King by an investment firm. The article is well written and gives a great “macro” perspective, but we wanted to give a more “micro” perspective of the problems in the Burger Kingdom. I find the acquisition interesting because, in my … Read more
Just the other day we did a book review of “Why Are We So Clueless About The Stock Market?” by Author, and President of Classic Value Investors, Mariusz Skonieczny. We had a chance to catch up with him and do a little interview about his book, his past, and his investment philosophies. Let’s begin: Question … Read more
Recently, we’ve had the pleasure to read a great finance book titled “Why Are We So Clueless About The Stock Market?” by Mariusz Skonieczny of Classic Value Investors. The book is a fairly short read, weighing in at only 164 pages, but don’t let its length fool you. What We Liked: Extremely easy to read Easy … Read more
Dividend Investing If you are currently investing for dividends, passive income, or have any plans to begin dividend investment then you should sit down and familiarize yourself with the Dividend Aristocrats. No, these are not cats that pay dividends nor are they snobby men that hand out money, it is an index of stocks that have something in common: they … Read more
What If Scenarios What if you placed a cent into a bank account @ 1.29% interest for 1,000 years? After 4.5 years you would have 2 cents! Not bad right? OK, bear with us. About 2.5 years later you would get another cent! Not much, we understand. What we want to point out is that … Read more
If you like what you read, then subscribe to our feed! Privatization Of Water Many people believe that water will be privatized in the next few decades. Without question, we’ve already seen a move in that direction just by the dominance of bottled water in the beverage industry, and private companies taking over the water … Read more
What is the difference between the business of investing and investing? Creating art is different from selling art, and the same goes for investing – the business of investing is different than actual investing. Not knowing the difference may cost you the opportunity to retire with enough money to enjoy the rest of your life.
Dividends are a disbursement of earnings from a company to its shareholders. In less fancy terms, they are a paycheck that you get from owning certain stocks. 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 … Read more
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 … Read more
The ex-dividend date is an important date to keep in mind when purchasing a stock, but there are some who like to buy a stock before the ex-dividend date, and sell the stock after to “scoop the dividend.” Doing this is possible but it’s a controversial topic and you need so much capital to make it worth it that … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 current return you are getting on a security compared to the … Read more
Many people think water will be a privatized commodity in the future. In fact, a google search of the phrase “water privatization” yields about 641,000 results. Another search for “how to invest in water” yields about 31,000,000 results. There are many crazy ideas for investing in water. And some of them might even work… if you’re Ted … Read more
Build Wealth With Passive Income You may have read about how passive income is important and that even millionaires and billionaires use it to their advantage. Passive income is very much a “brick by brick” approach, and won’t result in your being rich over night, but over time it will build a nearly impenetrable wall … Read more
Dividends are one of the most basic forms of passive income. They tend to be consistent, and they aren’t hard to obtain. Dividends are paid by stocks, bonds, ETFs, mutual funds, and are often noted to be one of the best ways to invest. The main reason, when looked at on a longer timeline, is … Read more
If you have been following The Wealth Artisan then you may already know about our affinity for passive income and you may have heard of “The Passive Income Tidal Wave.” Passive income is, and will be a common topic around here because we feel so strongly about it. Passive income is one of those subjects that … Read more