Portfolio Review – April 2018 – China trade wars
China Trade Wars : Episode IX Welcome to the ongoing saga of the China trade wars. On today’s episode, we look at my portfolio and see how much it has fallen! The last few months in the stock market have definitely been interesting. These months seem out of the norm because of the rather easy road we’ve had in the past few years. It’s easy to forget that the market can have negative returns when so much has gone right in the past decade. There was some volatility since 2008 but it was all relatively short lived. That means the fact that 2018 started off with a negative quarter seems…
Time in the Market dividend review – March 2018 – mutual fund dividends
It’s March and that’s good news for those cool cats with a lot of mutual funds or ETFs. Mutual fund dividends are back on the menu as the quarter wound to an end. It’s time for most funds to payout accumulated dividends for the quarter. This mutual fund or ETF payout schedule is familiar to many investors. We know that while our January of February dividend months may be light; March is coming up with a big payout. That’s just how mutual funds usually work. Funds are required by law to pay out income at least once a year. There are funds that follow that bare minimum and pay out…
This blog is now about bunnies
Bunnies are cute and fun. Finance is not cute and fun. I own a bunny named Bun Bun and this blog is now about him. We adopted Bun Bun from the bunny lady. She in turn adopted Bun Bun from a hoarder house where he was being underfed. Poor bun-bun! Lesson one about bunnies, don’t adopt a bunny if you don’t plan to take care of him. Here’s some bunny facts. Bunny Facts Bunnies have a lot of babies. Our Bun Bun is neutered since that helps with their health. He can’t have babies; poor Bun Bun. They like their own space and thump if you annoy them. Sometimes after…
