Simple Money
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Introducing Money Talks Podcast
As many of you know, I’ve been working to grow Strictly Travel while also working on another side project with stocks and finance. I’ve been able to start blogging about investing, personal finance, and stocks. I had the opportunity to create Everyday Traders, a discord group community that allows member to bounce ideas off one…
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Inflation: The New Federal Reserve Policy and What this Means
The Federal Reserve is one of the most important pieces of our economy, focusing on enacting monetary to keep the economy in balance. Yesterday’s announce from the Central Bank noted that the bank would “tolerate inflation moderately above 2%”. On average, inflation is slightly above 3% per year. What does this mean? With current monetary…
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Dividend Investing: 3 Stocks Still at a Rare Discount
Long term dividend growth investing is becoming a increasingly popular. As the market hit rock bottom during the onset of covid, a potential once in a lifetime buying opportunity was presented. Over the course of the last several months, I have added Coca-Cola(KO), Delta Airlines(DAL), Verizon(VZ), BP Inc(BP), Bank of America(BAC) and more to my…
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Cashing Out my Chase Ultimate Reward Points
After pondering whether to cash out my Chase Ultimate Rewards Points for investment funds, I finally pulled the trigger last week. With travel at a standstill, I figured my 200k points($2,000) would be better of invested in the stock market. With over a million American Express Rewards Points saved up, Chase points were a bit…
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Dividend Growth Investing?
Dividend Growth Investing is great long term strategy for building a nest egg. DGI for short, Dividend Growth Investing involves investing in mostly blue chip dividend paying companies. You would then reinvest those dividend into more shares of blue chips. What is Dividend Growth Investing? Dividend Growth Investing is a long term investing strategy focusing…
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Introducing Simple Money: Finance Simplified
In addition to writing about food, travel, and the points and miles game, I have decided to launch a personal finance section to help others better understand finance. The world of finance can be extremely daunting and I want to help readers get started with improving their financial situation. I am by no means a…