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Weekly Recipe #6: Japanese-Style Iced Coffee

A Faster Way To Get Your Cold Coffee Grove On A Quick Blurb Summer heat calls for a cool refreshing beverage. My vote is Japanese-style iced coffee. There is a technique different from iced coffee and cold brew coffee; which are also entirely different. Cold brew coffee recipe consists of soaking grounds of coffee in…
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How Much You Need To Invest To Live Off Annual Dividend Income from Apple (AAPL)

Financial Disclaimer: I am not a Certified Financial Advisor (CFA), I am a meteorologist. The blog posts about investing are my opinions and for your entertainment purposes. They should not be considered financial advice. Investing in the stock market is risky and you can lose money. If you want to invest in the stock market…
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Investing $50 A Week In Apple Can Make You How Much??!??

Investing in Apple (AAPL) Can Make Millions Hello and welcome to a new series! This is the first of many blogs where I invest $200 a month in a stock or exchange-traded fund (ETF) and we see how much it grows using a Patreon product called dividend reinvestment calculator. There are two versions of this…
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For Every Goal, Have A Bucket For It (From My Perspective)

The Start Finances can be scary due to the fact most of us weren’t taught how to balance a budget, learn about the stock market, or set up accounts for retirement. Once I got a job with a livable income, I wanted to know everything possible about finances. At the start, I felt as if…
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How I Set Up My Retirement Fund Part 1: What the Hell Is A Retirement Fund

What is a retirement fund?  For us gen-zers, you may have overheard your grandparents or parents talk about their retirement accounts. Now, before you shake your head and say “boomer”, retirement funds are powerful tools that can help you become a millionaire and rest easy for when you are old enough to retire.  So, what…
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How Much Dividends I Received In June from My Dividend Growth Investing Portfolio

Who Paid Me? Images gathered on Google Images. May flowers give us June dollars! This was the largest monthly paycheck I have received, so far. I received over $75 in dividends this month. The Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF (SCHD) paid me $28.15 based on 42.35 shares. SCHD, year to date, has severely underperformed compared…
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Funds For Fun Portfolio Update #5

Monthlyish Funds For Fun Update Hi Everyone! To be transparent, I will share monthlyish updates of my “Funds For Fun” portfolio account that I hold on M1 Finance. I treat this account as a super high total return savings account. I use an M1 finance account (Sign up today and get $10 for free!) because it…
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Dividend Growth Portfolio Update #7

Your Monthly Portfolio Update Guy Flynt: June 18tht, 2023 Facebook Twitter Youtube Instagram Tiktok Money-bill-alt Money-check-alt Hi everyone! To be transparent, I will give monthly of my main portfolio. If I have more time, I will give biweekly updates on my second portfolio, the “Funds For Fun” account. The main account is the Alex Dividend Growth…
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How Much Dividends I Received In May from My Dividend Growth Investing Portfolio

Who Paid Me? Images gathered on Google Images. April Showers bring May dividend flowers! This blog will be a quick recap of who paid me in May and how much. AIR Products & Chemicals paid me $5.09 at 2.91 shares, the most out of all 5 stocks this month. This stock has been on a…
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How Not Going Out For Coffee Can Buy You A Car: Part 1

I Love Going Out For Coffee Here and There, but Is it Worth it 3x A Week? https://fredyblogs.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/export-1676742485418.mov I Get It Grabbing your favorite Hot or Cold coffee beverage at your favorite local cafe or popular fast food-like coffee restaurant is sensational. It is on the go, you don’t have to make the coffee, and…
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