Archive for November, 2009

Making Money By Dividend Investing

Monday, November 30th, 2009

One nice way to get some passive income from the stock market is by investing in dividend stocks. The only thing that is required is that you have money to buy a dividend producing stock.

So, what are dividends anyway? (more…)

Selling Naked Puts

Monday, November 30th, 2009

Selling puts can be a very powerful strategy in the stock market and it is often overlooked. It is the only thing that I know of which will actually pay you for getting into a stock.

What are put options? (more…)

How Much Do You Need To Live Off Dividends?

Sunday, November 29th, 2009

We all would like to live off of the passive income produced from dividend stocks. Buying stocks that pay out a nice dividends is a way to obtain an extra passive cash flow. But how much money would it really take if you wanted to have the dividends suppport yourself? (more…)

IRA vs Roth IRA

Sunday, November 29th, 2009

IRA plans help people save up money for their retirement. They allow an individual investor to put money into their account and have it grow tax deferred. There are two different kinds of IRA plans, Roth and regular. (more…)

401k Plans, What Are They

Saturday, November 28th, 2009

One popular way of saving for retirement is by investing into a 401k plan. Now I’m sure some of you want to know, what is it? What is a 401k? (more…)

Covered Calls And Dividends

Saturday, November 28th, 2009

Income investing does not only mean investing in dividend stock, covered calls can also be a profitable way of pulling money out of the stock market. So, what are dividends and covered calls, and how can they help?

Great dividend paying stocks are stocks that pay a small percentage of their profits to the people who own their stock in a form called dividends. (more…)

401k For A Plan B

Saturday, November 28th, 2009

A 401k is a pretty popular method for saving up for retirement, but I think it works better as a backup plan. After all a 401k has that makes a good plan B.

I’ll explain my reasoning, but for those of you who aren’t sure what the plan is let us look at the question what is a 401k plan? (more…)

Reasons to Aviod Taking Out An Early 401k Withdraw

Friday, November 27th, 2009

There may be a time when you simply want to take money out of your 401k before retirement. But decideing to get money out early may be something you look back on as a big mistake. While there can be times where you have no other options, in general if you can afford to not pull money out of your account early it can be a very good thing. (more…)

Methods Of Investing In The Stock Market

Friday, November 27th, 2009

Buying and holding is an easy way to make money in the stock market over the long term. There are many other ways to buy and hold. Below I have listed a few of the major ways people invest in the stock market. (more…)

Stable Dividend Stocks

Friday, November 27th, 2009

Dividend investing has been a popular way of investing money into the stock market because it helps people develop a cash flow from their investments. One strategy people use to invest into dividends is to buy already well establish companies that are paying out a dividend.

There are a lot of investors who will go out and buy MSFT just because it is a great dividend paying stock that will probably be around for a long time. (more…)