In the last couple of days, I’ve picked up what I thought were “good values” in the market, and my cash position now sits at 75% cash and 25% stock/mutual fund investments. I say this to make myself feel better as we’re going through repeated days of stock market drops. How to explain what is…
I am tempted to buy some tech names at the current prices. I could purchase some Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Google… and hold on to those for ten years or longer. They are not great dividend payers, but it’s hard to imagine these companies going anywhere. They have billions in cash. Their moats are huge….
I probably shouldn’t post every transaction to this blog. But today, I just pushed another 1% of the cash into the stock market. Yesterday, I bought some good stocks at good prices. But looking at the results today, I see some unevenness in the dollar amounts invested. So today, I bought some more Manulife and…
Not to get too much into gory details, but I mentioned before that I sold a house recently. That money is just sitting in my checking account, doing nothing. Those guys at the bank are clever. Whenever I find myself with a bit of money sitting in my checking account, I usually get a call…
Last night, my cash on hand was roughly 87.9% of my overall investment portfolio. That is, I had only 12.1% of my investable assets invested. I woke up today determined to get at least “step one” underway. To lower that cash a little bit. As I write this, my cash balance has fallen to 78.3%,…
My cash increased yesterday because I got paid. I haven’t deployed any additional funds to the market since I wrote about my goals last week. Fortunately, I continue to get paid during that time, so the money will grow until I do something about it. The stock market has been falling, so I’ve been slow…
One of my goals, as mentioned in the last post, is to get to a point where I am always fully and efficiently invested. This means keeping only a minimal amount of cash on hand. I’m going to exclude from the calculation cash that is needed in the short-term such as for taxes. I’m only…
I realize that we’re one-third of the way through 2022, but it’s time to sit down and write some end-of-year goals. I’ll also list my 3-year and 5-year goals for my portfolio. How should I think about my investment goals? One thing I have struggled with, over my life really, is having investment goals. There…
I recently did something that you’re not supposed to do. I bought a (new) house before selling my existing house. This made moving easier. I didn’t have to worry about “timing” the close, nor have to entertain real estate agents/buyers until after having left the previous place. But financially, it made things a challenge. In…
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