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The Debasement Trade
Income Architect
Income Architect
2 weeks ago
The Debasement Trade
The "debasement trade" is an investment strategy driven by the belief that major fiat currencies (like the US Dollar, Euro, etc.) will steadily lose their real value and purchasing power over the long term. All one has to do is look at the

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High-Yield ETFs: The Truth About NAV, ROC, and Reverse Splits
Nim
Nim
2 months ago
High-Yield ETFs: The Truth About NAV, ROC, and Reverse Splits
High-yield ETFs have become increasingly popular among income investors seeking consistent cash flow, but they also attract criticism and confusion. Many investors assume that falling prices, large distributions, or reverse splits are red flags. In r

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What is YOUR Dividend Escape Velocity?
Geordie Pig Investor
Geordie Pig Investor
last month
What is YOUR Dividend Escape Velocity?
Reaching Dividend Escape Velocity Imagine reaching a point where your dividends pay for everything so your rent/bills, food, travel, even the fun stuff and your portfolio keeps growing without you lifting a finger. That’s Dividend Escape Velocity. T

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Building a Dividend Growth Portfolio That Actually Beats Inflation
Kfir Aharon
Kfir Aharon
2 months ago
Building a Dividend Growth Portfolio That Actually Beats Inflation
Inflation is the silent wealth killer. While your savings account balance might look steady, the real value of that money shrinks year after year. For investors seeking income, this poses a critical challenge: how do you generate returns that not onl

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The financial future of Visa and Mastercard: Tokenization and CBDC
Сool Head Investment
Сool Head Investment
3 weeks ago
The financial future of Visa and Mastercard: Tokenization and CBDC
Imagine that the usual plastic cards could turn into digital tokens tomorrow, and central banks around the world would issue their currencies on the blockchain. The Visa and Mastercard payment networks have long been the "infrastructural heart&q

From Fishing to Financial Freedom: The Story of Utbyttereisen
Utbyttereisen/Dividend Journey
Utbyttereisen/Dividend Journey
last quarter
From Fishing to Financial Freedom: The Story of Utbyttereisen
When people see my portfolio today, worth over 4.4 million NOK (~€385,000) and paying me dividends every single month, they often think it was always like this. The truth is very different. I grew up in a humble home where money was always scarce. As

If I Had To Start Investing From Scratch - I’d Do This
Ryne Williams
Ryne Williams
last month
If I Had To Start Investing From Scratch - I’d Do This
Something happened to me almost six years ago—and I’m not even exactly sure where it came from—but I had this epiphany that told me I needed to start investing. Maybe it was because I was unhappy at my job. Maybe it was because I was 26 and starting

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The Dividend Investor’s Toolkit: How to Track, Reinvest, and Grow Passive Income Smarter
Kfir Aharon
Kfir Aharon
2 months ago
The Dividend Investor’s Toolkit: How to Track, Reinvest, and Grow Passive Income Smarter
Investing in dividends goes hand in hand with proffering long-term wealth and passive income generation. As your portfolio grows and spreads out over different brokers, markets, and payout dates, it may soon become a hard task to monitor each and eve

ETFs Are Way Easier—So Why Do I Still Pick Stocks?
Ryne Williams
Ryne Williams
3 months ago
ETFs Are Way Easier—So Why Do I Still Pick Stocks?
One of the questions I get asked all the time is: Why in the world would you buy individual stocks when you can just buy ETFs and call it a day? Wouldn’t that be way less work? While that’s true—it would be way less work—the honest answer is that I d

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My BIGGEST Day of Dividend Income Ever
Ryne Williams
Ryne Williams
2 months ago
My BIGGEST Day of Dividend Income Ever
There are two types of investors when it comes to the stock market: shareholders and shareflippers. The goal of the latter is to buy a stock for a certain price and then eventually sell it at a higher price in the future. As a result, there can never

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My Dividend Portfolio Is Dropping Fast - 3 Stocks I’m Buying
Ryne Williams
Ryne Williams
last month
My Dividend Portfolio Is Dropping Fast - 3 Stocks I’m Buying
There’s a lot going on in the stock market right now. Not only are we knee-deep in the middle of earnings season (which always brings volatility), but on top of that, there continues to be noise around interest rates, tariff headlines, and shaky cons

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I retired early with dividend investing at 37
Jake
Jake
last quarter
I retired early with dividend investing at 37
Growing up in the early 90s, I was never taught about financial literacy. However, the building blocks were laid from a very young age when it came to understanding the importance of living below my means and not spending more money than I had. I lea

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