Personal Finance Archives - Page 21 of 23

Dividend Investing

January 10, 2014 JustinRoG Financial Independence, Investing, Personal Finance

I love December. It’s dividend season for my mutual funds. Like a kid eagerly awaiting Christmas morning, I excitedly anticipate the arrival of my dividend payments. I don’t even have to unwrap them. They just

Enjoying Four Months of Early Retirement

January 5, 2014 JustinRoG Awesome!, Lifestyle, Moneyhacks, Personal Finance

Wow. Four months into early retirement! December was another very busy month in the Root of Good household. It’s usually a month filled with family, friends, and festivities. This December proved no different. Our house

Life Beyond the Ordinary

December 30, 2013 JustinRoG Awesome!, Financial Independence, Investing, Lifestyle, Personal Finance

Think about your life and what you want to accomplish. Have you acquiesced to a life of mediocrity? Or are you busily crafting the perfect life for yourself? It is a choice, after all. Make

Running Out Of Money In Early Retirement

December 24, 2013 JustinRoG Financial Independence, Investing, Lifestyle, Moneyhacks, Personal Finance

Panic washes over me. The realization that I’m broke, penniless and destitute sinks in. How will I provide for myself? My family? Where will I live? I wake up in a cold sweat, heart pounding,

I Have a Luck Making Machine

December 9, 2013 JustinRoG Awesome!, Financial Independence, Lifestyle, Personal Finance

I don’t have a money tree. However, I do possess a Luck Making Machine. You might be reluctant to believe me. But trust me, it is true. I have a Luck Making Machine. With this

The Fun Part of Trying to Hit Financial Freedom

December 6, 2013 JustinRoG Financial Independence, Lifestyle, Personal Finance

The following is a guest post from Martin of Studenomics, where he helps you with launching something right now. Why waste time when you can grab control right now? When we think of saving money,

Three Months of Early Retirement

December 3, 2013 JustinRoG Financial Independence, Lifestyle, Personal Finance

Thanksgiving is over and Christmas is less than a month away. Here I am three months into my early retirement. This is hard to explain, but it seems like I was working just last week.

Early Retirement Interview with AOL Daily Finance

November 27, 2013 JustinRoG Awesome!, Financial Independence, Lifestyle, Personal Finance

A few weeks ago I received an email from Erin, a journalist who writes for AOL’s Daily Finance. Erin, who also blogs at Broke Millennial, was working on a story about the plight of Millennials who

Carnival of Money Turkey Day Edition

November 25, 2013 JustinRoG Awesome!, Financial Independence, Lifestyle, Personal Finance, Travel

This week I am hosting the Turkey Day Edition of the Carnival of Money. The posts selected for inclusion in this week’s carnival are varied, however they all have “money” as the central theme. Making

Investment Management Using Asset Allocation Targets

November 23, 2013 JustinRoG Financial Independence, Investing, Personal Finance

I use my asset allocation as a tool to manage my current and future investments. I always aim to have a fixed percentage of my investments in each asset class. In my previous post, I