Doubling the value of your investments every six years

Investment performance is closely linked to time of holding, with truly astronomical gains being possible over time given excellent and consistent returns. Thus, an 18-year old investor committing only $1,000 to a one-time investment that consistently doubles every three years will have $65,536,000 by age 66.

Investing in a social media age

There is a broad range of trends in the investing space that social media posters tend towards, with most being grouped at opposite ends of the spectrum in our observation.

Discipline builds wealth

Over the course of a working life, most people are capable of generating significant savings without adversely affecting their lifestyle. Some careful planning is required, but most of all discipline is needed.

themoneynarrative tips and pointers #22 (a balanced approach to investing)

One of our favourite topics is the time value of money.  In themoneynarrative tips and pointers #8 (time value of money), we looked at money as a tool to realize opportunities that yield a return, and discussed dividend-paying issuer examples and the effect of borrowing and taxation.  Today’s publication focuses on different approaches to

The power of dividend growth

A very important component of building a great investment portfolio is acquiring dividend growth stocks at a good price, and letting the income and gains build over time.  We have talked about it previously in

themoneynarrative tips and pointers #8 (time value of money)

In themoneynarrative tips and pointers #6 (understanding share pricing), we discussed smaller capitalization stock pricing, and two key factors that affect it (emotions and fundamentals).  As the first of a couple of follow ups, we looked at the timing of investments in themoneynarrative tips and pointers #7 (investment timing).