When I originally thought of creating this blog and forming the Financial Freedom is a Journey Community, my intent was to provide a forum in which a community of people could share ideas on how to become financially free. My wife and I became financially free several years ago. I can assure you that once [...]
Summary Brookfield Asset Management ("BAM") is an ideal investment for investors with a long-term investment time horizon; Its astute management team has developed a reputation which enables it to raise billions of dollars for investment purposes from institutional investors; BAM has exposure in geographic regions where others may not venture. Limited competition for some acquisitions [...]
When I initially created this blog I never thought I would encounter so many people who are passionate about taking their financial destiny into their own hands. Perhaps the #1 reason many readers have done this is because nobody else is going to treat their, and their family’s, financial future with the same level of [...]
The following is a list as at September 20, 2017 which reflects all the companies in which my wife and I own shares (not just those in the FFJ Portfolio). It does not reflect the number of shares per company we own nor our average purchase price. [...]
Summary After completing this Microsoft Corporation stock analysis I decided to purchase shares for the FFJ Portfolio. MSFT is only the second tech stock we own among all our investment holdings. It is 1 of only 2 companies rated AAA by Moody’s (Johnson & Johnson is the other) which provides me peace of mind that [...]
Summary JNJ warrants a position in your investment portfolio because of its financial strength, historical performance, and future growth prospects. It has been and will remain a long-term hold in our retirement accounts and in the FFJ Portfolio. JNJ is 1 of only 2 companies rated AAA by Moody’s which provides me peace of mind [...]
As a follow up to my Constructing a Dividend Portfolio post I thought I would touch upon my position as it relates to the basics of investing. What I share below are observations and findings based on my personal experiences over the course of many years as an investor in individual companies. [...]
By Stacy B. Miller Our personal financial goals are sky-high. Our goal is to be someone like Bill Gates or Warren Buffett, but the reality is something different. Most of us fail to reach 50% of our personal financial goals at the end of the year. We write our goals on a piece of paper [...]
I have recently modified the site’s format. You can now access my FFJ Portfolio and the FFJ Portfolio Dividend Income reports from the menu at the top of this site. I have also modified the reporting format of the monthly dividend income report in an effort to make it easier to read. During the month [...]
I have received a few inquiries of late as to: how much should an investor have before beginning to invest in individual equities; what is a reasonable number of equities to hold in a portfolio for proper diversification; how to construct a diversified dividend income producing portfolio. I don’t think there is a definitive answer [...]