Part Time Investing, Wealth Creation, Financial Independence, Passive Income and Military Finance
There should be no price barrier when it comes to investing your money. Sure owning a single stock of Apple or Amazon will set you back over $1,000 but you can still make wise investment decisions for your future. In my experience, there are two preferred methods. The first is a retirement account. I put... Continue Reading →
It's been awhile since my last blog post here at the Part Time Investor. I've been going to college full time while deployed to Kuwait with little free time. I've still been investing in Acorns and M1 since those portfolios are automated. In my spare time I have been able to read The Book on... Continue Reading →
I re-balanced my Dogs of the Dow pie on M1 Finance today. It was a very simple process: First I removed the holding GE, which I no longer wanted, from the pie. Next I selected the new holding, JPM, and balanced it to 10% of the total pie to get equal weight with the other 9... Continue Reading →
2019 is right around the corner and it is time for The Part Time Investor to start looking at re-balancing his portfolios. My first step is to analyze my Dogs of the Dow portfolio on M1 Finance. Part of the strategy is to select the top ten paying dividends by yield from the Dow Jones... Continue Reading →
I picked up Frugillionaire - 500 Fabulous Ways to Live Richly and Save a Fortune by Francine Jay the other day while doing homework at my base library. It was an easy read and a good starting point for anyone looking into saving money and creating wealth. As I have been on my Financial Independence... Continue Reading →
I was recently asked how I validate investing on multiple platforms. I currently use Acorns, Robinhood, and M1 Finance as my online brokerages of choice. To answer that I need to provide a quick breakdown of the three: Acorns has a brokerage fee of $1 a month that allows unlimited transactions. It takes the spare... Continue Reading →
Have you ever wanted to own Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, or Google (FANG stocks) but the price point kept you out? Initially I too was priced out until I started to understand M1 Finance's investing platform a little better and realized fractional share investing was the way to go. About a month ago I started investing... Continue Reading →
