Updated 03/18/2017: Added more details and updated our passive income experiment with new results! In 2009, we wanted to test some of our theories on passive income, but we wanted to do it differently than creating a stock portfolio and leaving it. We settled upon the idea of writing articles for a website and watching the … Read more
Passive income and dividend investors might be interested to know that there are some ex-dividend dates coming up. We thought it would be a good idea to aggregate these dates from some of the more popular indices so it is all in one easy to reference place. There are a couple of ex-dividend dates coming … Read more
Passive income is a popular subject in personal finance, and it is a goal of ours as well. If you’re unfamiliar with passive income, it is an income stream that you don’t have to actively earn. There are many forms of passive income such as: Dividends from stocks. Interest from CDs, bonds and other accounts. Residuals in … Read more
Hello Dividend Readers, I know I’m a bit late on this, but I figured it would still be beneficial to get this out there, and I tried to provide a nice format. You’ll notice a new column that I’ve added this year which is the “New/Removed” column. It is pretty self-explanatory, but anything that was … Read more
This is an extremely simplistic view of your financial lifestyle. If you’re anything like me, then seeing things boiled down to their simplest terms is the best way to look at subjects. Most complex topics are built off of simpler ideas. An example is how computers operate off of an organized system of 1’s and … Read more
One of our first articles was about diversified income streams. If you’re not sure what that means, then here’s a quick run down. Have you ever heard the phrase “don’t place all of your eggs in one basket?” People try to avoid this all the time, except with their income. Too many people depend on … Read more
This article is written with politics aside. It is a simple informational article based on recent legislation being written into law. As of Friday, December 17, Americans now have the opportunity to continue earning tax-free passive income. President Barack Obama signed into law an extension of the Bush Era Tax Cuts which allows citizens to … 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
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 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
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 … Read more
Is Your Income Enough? Often times, people don’t believe that their income is sufficient. The problem isn’t the income, it is the spending. That point aside, we do highly value income, and increasing income but not the way most people do. We believe in using income to generate more income, and this new income is … Read more
What is wealth to you? To many people wealth is a big number at the end of many years of saving and investing, and to others it is a yearly or monthly income. To us, wealth is a dollar figure that will allow a person to continue their quality of life to the end of … Read more
“I Hate My Job!” If that sounds like you then why aren’t you profiting from your employer? Sure, you are probably drawing a paycheck, but are you going to forever get passive income from them? If your answer to that is no, then change it to yes! Turn Your Job Into a Passive Income Generator … Read more
On Friday, we discussed diversifying income by creating multiple streams of income. This will hedge against the impact of one stream shrinking, or being eliminated altogether. We will now discuss an example to help illustrate this idea. How Do You Diversify Your Income Streams? Let’s say that you decide to write articles online. There are … Read more
There are a number of ways to earn passive income, but by far the best performing ones that we have seen so far has been writing online. If you’ve decided that you want to write articles online then this is for you. Writing Articles Online First, you must decide how you want to get paid. … Read more
You diversify your investments just in case, you purchase health insurance, car insurance, home owners insurance, and countless other preventative products, so why do you depend on one company for your income? Often overlooked, people put all of their “income eggs” into one basket. Growing retirement income is an excellent and highly suggested path to … 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