If there’s one stock evaluation metric that people love to throw around, it’s definitely the old staple: the PE ratio. Just open up any money magazine or financial article, and this will usually be one of the first values that they highlight. But even though there’s really not much to the PE ratio formula, its importance is warranted because it can reveal a lot about the company and investors belief about its future. … [Read more...] about Understanding the PE Ratio Formula and Why It’s Such a Popular Stock Metric
My Post Retirement Ideas for When I Become Financially Free
We spend an awful lot of time on My Money Design talking about not only how to successfully plan for retirement, but even some strategies for how to get there as early as possible. Why? Because I think that financial freedom and the ability for you to choose what you do with your time are some of the most gratifying things you can accomplish in your lifetime. The big question then is: What is it that I want to do with all this time once I finally have it? - That’s a very good question, and not one to take lightly. Having some post retirement ideas and goals for what you’ll do with yourself is just as important as the planning it took to get you there. … [Read more...] about My Post Retirement Ideas for When I Become Financially Free
Happy Wedding Anniversary, Father’s Day, and Favorite Posts
What a weekend this will be! First of all, congratulations to my wife for putting up with me for 11 years. Today is our anniversary! I’m very humbled to say that everything I wrote about our love for each other in last year’s 10 year wedding anniversary tribute post is still just as fresh as ever. Unfortunately timing was bad this weekend. So we celebrated last weekend with a date night last, and will be taking a short weekend trip coming up soon in July. … [Read more...] about Happy Wedding Anniversary, Father’s Day, and Favorite Posts
Building My Money Earning Sites – Niche Website Update Part 6
Unfortunately after many attempts, my niche website has still not broken into the ultra competitive Top 10 in the Google search engine results (SERP) for my main keyword. While some may call that a disappointment (since the goal for most money earning sites is to make it to No. 1 and start generating revenue), I’m not completely sure that all hope is lost just yet. I have noticed a few very interesting things that put a little bit of sunshine over my situation. Let’s take a look at them: … [Read more...] about Building My Money Earning Sites – Niche Website Update Part 6
Is There Still Gender Inequality in the Workplace? Yes If You’re a Money Manager
Women everywhere be prepared to take one step backwards from 100 years of progress against gender inequality in the workplace. In a very sad display of male chauvinism, CNN Money recently ran an article about investor Paul Tudor Jones. What was the story about? His candid statement that: “… you will never see as many great women traders as men”. … [Read more...] about Is There Still Gender Inequality in the Workplace? Yes If You’re a Money Manager
My Broker Lets Me DRIP Stocks – Why That’s Great
Time and time again on this blog we’ve proven that we sometimes don’t know we can do something until we ask for it. That was exactly the case this week when I learned that I can DRIP stocks with my broker. Until now I didn’t think that my account had this feature, but I was glad to find out that it does and I will certainly be putting it to use. For those of you who don’t know, DRIP stands for dividend reinvestment plan (or program). It is also sometimes abbreviated DRP. When people say you DRIP stocks, they are usually referring to some system you enroll in where instead of receiving your dividend payments by check or cash each quarter you instead automatically buy more shares of that same dividend paying stock. There are a lot of … [Read more...] about My Broker Lets Me DRIP Stocks – Why That’s Great
School’s Out for Summer Break!
I think my obsession with early retirement must have started at an early age when I couldn’t wait for Summer break. I can’t believe that May is already over and it was my children’s last day of school yesterday (and the last day of work for my teacher wife!) So now my whole house (minus me) will be able to sleep in, relax all day, play in the sun, and repeat each day for the next three months. … [Read more...] about School’s Out for Summer Break!
My Affiliate Marketing Ideas for Targeting the Right Audience
For as long as I’ve ran this blog, I’ve tried on many occasions to market affiliate products. Why? Because as far as blogging goes, the right execution of your affiliate marketing ideas can be very lucrative! It is one of those passive income methods where you really and truly don’t need to lift a finger to make money. For anyone reading this who is not a blogger, here’s what we’re talking about: Affiliate marketing is when you put ads on your website. Those links can either be in the form of images or just simple text. When a reader clicks on the link and either fills out a form or completes a sale, that results in a commission for the website owner. Get enough of the right kind of visitors to come to your site and click … [Read more...] about My Affiliate Marketing Ideas for Targeting the Right Audience
