Money and Finance
Hello Reader(s),
Remember when you were young (or still young)? Remember that question we all ask ourselves during our Doe Eyed stage? "Where do you see yourself 5 years from now?" Like all Doe Eyed young 20 something, I imagined my life to be special. I would be in a 40 hour a week high paying job (60k+) working overseas somewhere in Asia. Like all of us from birth to tombstone, I have no idea why I'm here or my role in life. For some odd reason, I believe working and traveling in Asia could answer a few questions.
So where am I now? I work 12 hours a day M-F, 10 hours on Saturday, and 8 hours on holiday (regular pay). I'm living in the Midwest and make on average 60k a year (40k base 20k OT) (my company loves to post our salary online....for some reason so talking about my pay is no big deal). I work in a normal unmarked building sitting in the seas of cubicles. Like most people, my work and employment wavers according to market demand. I could have a job today and be fired tomorrow.
After going through 2 bad years of unemployment, crappy job, and low paying job, I have finally found home with my current firm. As to date, I have $1,000 in the bank and a little bit of stocks in Scottrade. I have moved back home to my parents and love traveling 1 hour a day between two states for work.
So what is this blog about? It's my personal journey to reclaim that Doe Eyed Dream. Working in high paying job in Asia and maybe finding myself somewhere in the process. Most of you guys/gals are probably asking, why don't you just apply for a job over there? Simple, I'm a coward. I hate taking large risk and I have family obligations in the US. How am I going to achieve my plans? Dividend Investing. Yes, this is another dividend investing blog. I'm using this blog as a way to record my process (buy&sell). I'm a long term investor (20-30 years) kind of person. I will invest at max 2k a month. Some will be less and some will be more. I'll include some investing ideas as I go along. I know my one reader will appreciate my rambling nonsense. Will I achieve my goals or fall and burn? Won't you come and join my journey and laugh at me when I crash and burn.
For those interested, my first stock analysis article is a comparison between CORR and HASI. Two overlooked high quality REITS in the energy sector. I call it Turtle vs Grass. Or beauty and the Beast. *title still pending.
*note. I am not a professional investor/adviser, tax attorney, or anybody you should trust for investing. Invest at your own risk. If you follow my guidance, you must be insane.
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Money and Finance
Hello Reader(s),
Remember when you were young (or still young)? Remember that question we all ask ourselves during our Doe Eyed stage? "Where do you see yourself 5 years from now?" Like all Doe Eyed young 20 something, I imagined my life to be special. I would be in a 40 hour a week high paying job (60k+) working overseas somewhere in Asia. Like all of us from birth to tombstone, I have no idea why I'm here or my role in life. For some odd reason, I believe working and traveling in Asia could answer a few questions.
So where am I now? I work 12 hours a day M-F, 10 hours on Saturday, and 8 hours on holiday (regular pay). I'm living in the Midwest and make on average 60k a year (40k base 20k OT) (my company loves to post our salary online....for some reason so talking about my pay is no big deal). I work in a normal unmarked building sitting in the seas of cubicles. Like most people, my work and employment wavers according to market demand. I could have a job today and be fired tomorrow.
After going through 2 bad years of unemployment, crappy job, and low paying job, I have finally found home with my current firm. As to date, I have $1,000 in the bank and a little bit of stocks in Scottrade. I have moved back home to my parents and love traveling 1 hour a day between two states for work.
So what is this blog about? It's my personal journey to reclaim that Doe Eyed Dream. Working in high paying job in Asia and maybe finding myself somewhere in the process. Most of you guys/gals are probably asking, why don't you just apply for a job over there? Simple, I'm a coward. I hate taking large risk and I have family obligations in the US. How am I going to achieve my plans? Dividend Investing. Yes, this is another dividend investing blog. I'm using this blog as a way to record my process (buy&sell). I'm a long term investor (20-30 years) kind of person. I will invest at max 2k a month. Some will be less and some will be more. I'll include some investing ideas as I go along. I know my one reader will appreciate my rambling nonsense. Will I achieve my goals or fall and burn? Won't you come and join my journey and laugh at me when I crash and burn.
For those interested, my first stock analysis article is a comparison between CORR and HASI. Two overlooked high quality REITS in the energy sector. I call it Turtle vs Grass. Or beauty and the Beast. *title still pending.
*note. I am not a professional investor/adviser, tax attorney, or anybody you should trust for investing. Invest at your own risk. If you follow my guidance, you must be insane.
- A Novice Analysis On Hasi
Hello Guys/Gals, I have been getting a lot of comments/emails about CORR and HASI. I wrote a novice analysis on Corr earlier in my blog and Brad Thomas recently wrote an interesting piece on Seeking Alpha HERE. I just wanted to take a second and talk...
- New Year's Resolutions + Happy New Year
I hope you had a great Christmas. These are my goals for 2015. Investing Goals 1) Have a 12 month annual expected dividend of $1,500. 2) Receive $1,000 in dividends. 3) Create a sharebuilder Motif Loyal 3 account and invest regularly in defensive...
- How Did We Measure Up? 2015 Goals Review
Hi Everyone, Another year is in the books! Growing up, I constantly heard the phrase "enjoy life, it goes way too quick" but being young and naive, I just wrote it off and said "yea right"... Boy could I have not been more wrong. Sure,...
- My Amazing Wife
Hi Everyone, I might be just a tad biased, but I truly believe I have one of the greatest wives you could ever ask for. I've thrown around hints on various blogs that I work on average 50-60 hours per week year round. I'm doing this because...
- Investments, Money + Teenage Investor's Q & A
Hello, recently I received emails from new readers of my blog after my post was shared on Facebook. Honestly, I was quite shocked and a little gratified that readers found my blog post interesting and relatable enough to share on their Facebook page....