In Part 2 and Part 3, we looked at how dividends provide flexibility to an investor’s cash flow needs. If you have landed here directly, you may want to start with Part 1. We also saw the high degree of customization afforded by dividend growth investing (DGI) for those who have the interest and temperament to […]
In Part 1 of this series, we built a foundation that underlies the indexing and dividend growth investing (DGI) mindset. In Part 2, we built on DGI further with examples of three investors, Adam, Betty and Charlie. We left a poser at the end of Part 2 about the income focus of DGI […]
The following is a guest post from Grant Swann. While we are in the midst of our investment series on Dividends vs Index, this post addresses a basic question on why to even bother investing. Since a shocking 80% of the millennial generation don’t invest, fundamental topics like these serve as guidance for millennials and a reminder for the rest of […]
This article takes off from the groundwork we established in Part 1. In writing this series, I have started with the well-supported premise that over the long-term, equities are the best asset class to remain invested in. In addition to my article on the efficient frontier, there are several excellent books and good resources on […]
Saving regularly and having a zero or manage-ably low debt are important prerequisites for efficient long-term investing. You can’t think of investing until your savings is building up. If you are a diligent saver or have sizable funds already, this series of articles is for you because it is about investing those savings. After you are […]
This website is fortunate to have high quality of visitors, based on what the analytics tell me. TFR is also fortunate to have a global audience and people from various industries (both working and retired). So, I am counting on your advice in this post. This is my first attempt at discussing a specific stock holding of mine. […]
Whether you invest in the stock market via index funds or individual companies for your retirement, the success of your investments depends on the profits of publicly-traded companies. As Benjamin Graham said, the stock market is a weighing machine in the long term and only a voting machine in the short term. What it […]
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This post is a confession of my screw up where I passed on a rare chance to retire early….real early. Read this tale and avoid the mistake I made, so you can catch the express train to early retirement. Otherwise, you never know if it will stop by your station again. (more…)
Raman Venkatesh is the founder of Ten Factorial Rocks. Raman is a ‘Gen X’ corporate executive in his mid 40’s. In addition to having a Ph.D. in engineering, he has worked in almost all continents of the world. Ten Factorial Rocks (TFR) was created to chronicle his journey towards retirement while sharing his views on the absurdities and pitfalls along the way. The name was taken from the mathematical function 10! (ten factorial) which is equal to 10 x 9 x 8 x 7 x 6 x 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 = 3,628,800.
Fear is everywhere. Our politicians scare us about a doomed future if they aren’t elected or if any of their policy proposals are rejected. TV reporters paint fearful pictures of our communities, our nation and our world by the images and news that incite fear and negativity – right in your home’s 75 monstrous inches of full HD 1080p resolution […]
This is not a topic you hear about much in mainstream finance. Even if you understood the efficient frontier and also that risk and reward are probability-based, there is a fundamental difference in our approach to risk that mainstream financial planners don’t bother to even ask. This is about risk tolerance vs. risk affordability.
Raman Venkatesh is the founder of Ten Factorial Rocks. Raman is a ‘Gen X’ corporate executive in his mid 40’s. In addition to having a Ph.D. in engineering, he has worked in almost all continents of the world. Ten Factorial Rocks (TFR) was created to chronicle his journey towards retirement while sharing his views on the absurdities and pitfalls along the way. The name was taken from the mathematical function 10! (ten factorial) which is equal to 10 x 9 x 8 x 7 x 6 x 5 x 4 x 3 x 2 x 1 = 3,628,800.