This past weekend I was browsing through my spreadsheet archives and came across an old spreadsheet that I created back in 2006. While the name of the spreadsheet — SWR.xls — gave me a hint at what I would find within, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect since I had not touched this spreadsheet …
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Over the last couple of months I have been working on adding some additional sources of passive income; however, before I embarked on that mission I needed to simplify things. Through a job change last year as well as a brokerage merger, I felt that I had too many different accounts and it was adding …
There is no doubt that Altria stock (MO) has been getting absolutely hammered lately. Over the last two months or thereabouts, Altria stock has declined over 30% and has caused some to run for the hills despite their long-standing history of consistent, rising dividend payments. While Altria certainly has some headwinds that may pose some …
As a father, there was apparently a point in time where I began to associate the amount of water being used when either of our boys takes a shower with the image of a raging waterfall. Hundreds of thousands of gallons pouring down the drain. Okay, that is surely an exaggeration, but usually at about …
With the turn of the calendar, it is a popular time to reflect back on goals from the prior year while shifting focus to the goals for the year ahead. The data nerd in me geeks out at the end of the year as I update all of my spreadsheets for the coming year, shift …