I’ve been tracking my income and expenses for a couple of years now and you guys have been able to follow along since I initiated this blog last year. December marks the final month of the first full year I’ve published my savings rate online. To top my already awesome year off, this month’s savings rate was through the roof again!
What’s more appropriate than a badass Donkey Kong, his buddy Diddy Kong, and trusty Rambi the Rhinoceros to depict the year 2015? Nothing in my humble opinion. DK’s smile, Diddy’s smug look, and Rambi’s forward-dashing stance clearly show how happy and satisfied I am with the progress I made this year and how dedicated I am to continue the same way in 2016. Also, it’s infographic time!
Boom shakalaka! What a month December turned out to be to round off my first full year as a dividend growth investor. Because most of my holdings forward a piece of their profits in the last month of every quarter it felt like Christmas lasted an entire month. Jingle bells, indeed!
About six months ago I wrote an article called Spending Money to Make Money. While this adage is used at the most inappropriate of times, I actually believed that I had found a way to make money by first spending it. On top of that I would be enjoying the hell out of it too. Sounds too good to be true? Let’s see what’s what!
A couple of weeks ago a bunch of us felt a disturbance in the Force – sadly it was not the new Star Wars movie. Indeed, something terrible had happened. Dividend growth investor darling Kinder Morgan fell from its pedestal after its stock price declined for months. On top of that the company had to announce a dividend cut, basically right after I purchased my first shares.
