Investing Basics, Portfolio Strategy

29
Oct
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5 Dividend Kings Paying Over 3% in 2025

Five Dividend Aristocrats yielding over 3% that prove high income doesn’t have to mean high risk in 2025’s volatile market.
5 min read
04
Oct
Thumbnail image with bold text “The Dividend Yield Trap” on a dark financial-themed background, highlighting the risks of chasing high dividend yields in investing.

Forget the Dividend Hype: Real Wealth Is Built Here

Chasing high dividends? Might as well chase your tail. Focus on Mr. Market’s quiet achievers for real gains.
2 min read
26
Sep
Graphic with bold text “Make Diversification Work,” a pie chart split between growth and dividends in bright colors, symbolizing balanced investing strategy.

How Diversification Plays Out in Real Markets

Diversification isn’t theory — it’s survival. From the tech crash to 2008 to COVID, real markets prove why spreading your bets keeps you in the game.
2 min read
20
Sep
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What is Portfolio Rebalancing?

Your portfolio won’t stay balanced on its own. Rebalancing is the gut-check that keeps drift from wrecking your plan.
1 min read
05
Sep
Illustration of a glowing credit card blending into a rising stock chart with the words “CREDIT SCORE INVESTING EDGE” on a dark background.

Your Credit Score Isn’t Just for Loans—It’s an Investing Edge

FICO’s five factors aren’t just for banks. They’re the blueprint for turning your portfolio into a wealth-building machine
3 min read
30
Aug
Split-screen graphic with a green shopping cart and rising stock line on the left, and a red storefront with a falling line on the right, symbolizing value investing bargains versus traps

Value Investing: The No-Bullshit Guide to Digging Up Gold

Value investing is the grind of buying strong businesses at cheap prices and waiting for the market to catch up. In 2025, with value ETFs up ~4% while tech soars, knowing the difference between real bargains and value traps is the key to steady wealth.
3 min read
25
Aug
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What is Passive Investing?

Passive investing is boring on purpose — and that’s why it works. Here’s how it builds wealth, why it beats most pros, and why you might need it.
3 min read
24
Aug
Dark blue graphic with bold 3D text “MUTUAL FUND.” Background shows a basket filled with coins and papers, symbolizing the pooled-money structure of mutual funds.

What is a Mutual Fund?

Mutual funds are the old-school way to invest. Before ETFs came along, this was the default. If you had a
3 min read
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