Exploring personal finance and investing
If you have £100 to spare each month, this is how you can invest that £100 per month and potentially turn it into an investment pot of almost £250k. What is investing and why is it important? Investing is putting your money into something that can grow over time and potentially provide income, e.g., shares, … Read More “How to Invest in the UK with Just £100” »
This is a cautionary tale about how chasing dividends may ultimately lose you money. What is Dividend Investing? Dividend investing is a strategy that involves buying stocks of companies that pay regular dividends to their shareholders. A company distributes a portion of its profits as dividends to the owners of its shares i.e., the shareholders. … Read More “Losing Money by Chasing Dividends: A Cautionary Tale” »
Do you think you need lots of money to invest in the stock market and make money? The case of Ronald Read shows that you don’t. Who was Ronald Read? Ronald Read grew up in Vermont, USA. Furthermore, he served in the US Army during World War II. Also, from 1945, he worked as a petrol … Read More “Stock Market and Janitor’s $8M Fortune” »
