Personal Dividends - Money and Lifestyle

Shortly after Schwab started offering transaction fee free trading in it’s proprietary line of Exchange Traded Funds, Fidelity has now rolled out free trading in iShares ETFs to its retail and advisor accounts. For an ETF investor, these appear to be a great news and no doubt in the coming months more brokerages will likely [...]

As we countdown to the new year we should take some time now to reflect on our personal finances. We have collected some of the best articles from across the blogs that will inspire, help you plan and maybe just reaffirm some of the good personal finance management practices.

Being Responsible with Money
10 Money Mistakes to [...]

Investing in stock markets (stocks or mutual funds) require a great deal of discipline. If you invested based on emotions or a hot stock tip, you will very likely end up buying when the stock price is high and selling when the stock price is low, precisely what you want to avoid.
Dollar Cost Averaging (DCA) [...]

As parents of two very young kids, my wife and I constantly struggle to figure out a consistent parenting style that we can call our own. I am much more easy going, generally letting the young ‘uns explore and play as they wish and only intervening when they are about to hurt themselves or get [...]

White House released projections indicating that the Federal Budget Deficit will rise by almost $9 Trillion by 2019. The new figures also indicate that the national debt in 2019 would have risen to about $23 Trillion, or 76.5% of the GDP.

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How will we as a country spend $9 T more than [...]

Liliana Dumitru-Steffens at Pamil Visions in her piece on Social Media and Society Decline takes on the question of whether freedom of expression means anyone should be able to post content on the social media sites that can easily be termed as pornographic. “How much is too much?” She asks, and “Where do we draw [...]

Mutual fund investing can be simplified using styles. A stylebox classification for both equity and bond funds exist and are widely used. We review how to interpret mutual fund styles to develop a good investment strategy

Making your own organic fertilizer by composting yard waste and food scraps in your backyard is an excellent way to get inexpensive organic fertilizer for your garden. Backyard composting is easy to do and anyone with some available space can do it.

While the focus of the governments all over the globe shifts to reducing dependence on oil for our energy needs, Solar power is quickly emerging as one of the key potential energy source for the future. This coupled with new advances in wireless electricity promises to change the way we use and consumer electricity in the future.

Zero Hedge posts an open letter from Cliff Asness, the manager of AQR Capital decrying Obama’s strong arm tactics in pressuring the dissenting Chrysler bond holders to accept the White House plan of reorganization and accept proposed  reductions in the debt value. As a fervent believer in the capitalist system, Cliff argues that the primary [...]