• Time in the Market Dividend Review – September 2018 – Late Dividends

    September is over and we’re right in the middle of my favorite season. I absolutely love fall in the northeast. The weather is perfect, we can wear hoodies and the colors around are just amazing. There’s not much better than those crisp cool fall mornings. It’s unfortunate that it comes before my least favorite season but such is life. September was a great month for me culminating in my wedding which was just awesome. We had perfect weather which made the day extra great. The end of September also means it’s time to review one of my biggest dividend months. This one had some surprises as I had some late…

  • I am getting married this weekend and I have a new job

    Quick life update here to explain my lack of posting. I’m getting married and I have a new job and my free time has been sucked away into some big dark void where blog articles don’t exist. It’s true, it has happened to many hobbies and now it happened to me! I’ve mentioned this before but I proposed to an awesome person over a year ago. Back then it seemed so far away but time moves fast and the day is finally here. We’ve spent the last few weeks getting everything finalized and by this time Monday, we’ll be man and wife. It’s pretty awesome and I’m pretty excited to…

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    Portfolio Review – September 2018 – Domestic Stocks reign supreme

    [This portfolio review about domestic stocks may contain affiliate links at no cost to you] Domestic stocks continue to kill it this year leaving everything else in the dust. That was no different this month as domestic stocks outperformed foreign equities again. The information below from Personal Capital shows what I’m talking about. Since the last update, both the S&P 500 and Dow were in positive territory while foreign stocks lagged again. That’s no different from what I saw last update when I finally started lagging the market for the year. Having a 20% allocation to a struggling foreign stock base will do that to an investor. Still, the You…