Author Archives: FI Warrior

Crush The Market Tool

Posted on January 23, 2017 by FI Warrior

My core investing approach is to only buy stocks that are on the Dividends Aristocrats list. I learned this approach in 2005 when I read the Future For Investors by Jeremy Siegel. I have not been able to find a … Continue reading →

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Failure Porn

Posted on January 20, 2017 by FI Warrior

I wish I could take credit for the phase but I heard it when listening to a James Altucher podcast.  Basically, we all tend to pull out our mistakes, look at them, and start stringing them all together.  And you can … Continue reading →

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Look At Your Portfolio Every Day

Posted on January 16, 2017 by FI Warrior

Yes, I am serious. Actually, look at it multiple times a day. As a dividend growth investor, you will need to get used to your capital moving a lot. It can move both up and down quite a bit over … Continue reading →

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It Pays Dividends

Posted on January 16, 2017 by FI Warrior

Dividend: A dividend is a payment made by a corporation to its shareholders, usually as a distribution of profits, straight from Wikipedia. Let me show you what a quarterly dividend payment looks like with real numbers from one of my stocks. … Continue reading →

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How Do You Beat The Market So Often?

Posted on January 11, 2017 by FI Warrior

After reading The Future For Investors by Jeremy Siegel in 2005, I bought a little bit of Phillip Morris.  PM was the number 1 stock in his book over the study period from 1957 – 2003, about 46 years.  At … Continue reading →

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Year By Year Portfolio Stats

Posted on January 9, 2017 by FI Warrior

First, let me tell you why I am posting this.  When I am reading other sites, it helps me see how they did it with real numbers.  It triggers something inside me and it just makes it more real or … Continue reading →

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I Wish I Would Have Bought……

Posted on January 6, 2017 by FI Warrior

Have you ever wondered how much a stock would be worth today if you had bought some in the past?  You can now with this easy tool, Stock Chocker.  Man, I love the Internet! It has data that goes back to 1/2/1970, if … Continue reading →

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Investment Gain Update – 2016 Edition

Posted on January 3, 2017 by FI Warrior

It always helps me to see real, actual dollar numbers when reading other people’s posts. Something about seeing hard numbers makes it more real. So here are ours. I started with 2012 because that is when we started using Schwab … Continue reading →

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Our $1,182,742.41 Mistake

Posted on January 1, 2017 by FI Warrior

Yep, that’s not a typo or misplaced comma. That is how much we would have as of 1/1/2017 if we would have invested the $200,000 gain from the sale of our house when we sold in December 2005. I definitely … Continue reading →

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Why FI?

Posted on December 17, 2016 by FI Warrior

Freedom. Security. Choices. Fun.  Those are all words that describe Financial Independence to us. Wouldn’t it be great to have the freedom to choose fun, important work and know that you have the security of a regular income stream?  Now … Continue reading →

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