• W. P. Carey shares added to Medium Yield Portfolio

    W. P. Carey shares added to Medium Yield Portfolio

    Yesterday I added shares of W.P. Carey, Inc. (WPC) to my Medium Yield Portfolio. I needed some additional balance where the financials sector is a little heavy in that portfolio. WPC is now 1.4% of that portfolio raising my real estate percentage from 7% to 9% and reducing financials from 28% to 27%. I’ll be…

  • Verizon to sell Yahoo and AOL

    Verizon to sell Yahoo and AOL

    Verizon is 2.1% of my Medium Yield Portfolio. This is good news to me. I don’t know why they bought Yahoo! or AOL in the first place. Verizon had dreams I guess of being a multimedia conglomerate. Regardless neither of those companies would have brought them what they wanted. I wonder what they actually go…

  • The Yield – April 2021 Recap

    The Yield – April 2021 Recap

    April 2021 investment recap

  • Retail investors borrowing money to buy stocks

    I don’t think this is a good development. When individual investors are borrowing in order to increase their stock holdings it feels like the stock market bubble is ready to pop. It’s like gamblers using their credit cards or home equity lines of credit in order to roll the dice a few more times. I…

  • Episode 1 – About Me

    Episode 1 – About Me

    Introduction to me, the web site, and the podcast.

  • I’m fully invested now

    Today I updated my Portfolios Page. There you’ll see every single stock and fund I’ve purchased and there is a brief description at the top of each portfolio. I completed the sale of my house in Illinois and have used those funds to fully dive into income investing. I’m a little uneasy about the whole…