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October 2019 Expenses And Dividend Income

November 6, 2019 Mr. Tako 14 Comments

Wow! Another month is gone already? Holy-heck did October ever fly by fast! I was pretty productive this October, mainly due to the kids being back in school/daycare. With the kids away, I can generally get a good 24 hours per week to work on various projects around the house…

Which is exactly what I did for most of the month of October! I was so busy trying to get all my outdoor projects done before our ”monsoon season” started, that I even missed International Octopus Day…

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September 2019 Expenses And Dividend Income

October 5, 2019October 5, 2019 Mr. Tako 25 Comments

What? September is over already? When did that happen? Time really does fly! Unlike last month, the Tako family spent our September primarily at home. School started back-up and Tako Jr. #1 began the first grade!

Now that I don’t need to be watching the kids all day, I took advantage of all that extra time…

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Investing Ideas: September 2019

September 18, 2019September 18, 2019 Mr. Tako 8 Comments

Wow, what a summer! Every month I try to write-up a post detailing my current investing ideas, but I failed horribly in August. Summer happened. I was so busy traveling and vacationing around in August, that I didn’t manage to write that post! Ooops! Sorry about that folks! Summer was busy!

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July 2019 Expenses And Dividend Income

August 17, 2019August 17, 2019 Mr. Tako 20 Comments

Whoa! It’s already the middle of August and I’m just getting around to posting July’s numbers? Sorry folks! It’s been that kind of summer!

I’ve been busy hanging-out with the kids a lot this summer, and July in particular was filled with a lot of fun family activities at very affordable prices…

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Investing Ideas: July 2019

July 28, 2019August 2, 2019 Mr. Tako 1 Comment

Investing? Who has time for investing? Like many families, we’ve been enjoying a very busy summer in the warmer weather. Investing has been on the back-burner compared to other activities like going to the pool, BBQ’ing, riding bikes to the library, and working on summer projects.

Even with investing on the back-burner however, I still find myself reading 10Q’s and news about all the investments I’m interested in. Call me crazy, but investing is where my interests are. Some people like to watch TV, but I read a quarterly earnings reports…

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May 2019 Dividend Income And Expenses

June 5, 2019June 5, 2019 Mr. Tako 24 Comments

I think May has to be my favorite month of the year to live in the Pacific Northwest. Everything is green and blooming from previous rain showers, and the weather finally gets warm and dry enough to spend an entire day outside with the family.

Most of the year here is cold, cloudy and wet. We spend a lot of time indoors playing board games, reading books, watching movies, hanging out with friends, and trying to stay dry….

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April 2019 Dividend Income And Expenses

May 4, 2019May 4, 2019 Mr. Tako 16 Comments

Now that spring is here, the rain is finally starting to dry-up in the Pacific Northwest (PNW). For all the readers that don’t live in the area, we have a very bipolar weather pattern — 4 months of constant rain and clouds in the winter, and then 4 months of absolutely no rain in the summer.

It’s a weather pattern as regular as clockwork…

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Should I Be Investing In Master Limited Partnerships?

April 27, 2019April 27, 2019 Mr. Tako 12 Comments

I need to admit I made a mistake. At first glance, master limited partnerships ( ‘MLP’ for short) always seemed like the kind of investment I would automatically dislike — With flat share prices, large debt levels and high dividend yields. They ticked a lot of my “don’t invest” boxes pretty quickly.

It should come as no surprise, that I’ve essentially ignored MLP’s for years…

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Avoiding The Stink Of High Yield – How Much Is Too Much?

April 24, 2019April 24, 2019 Mr. Tako 20 Comments

It’s long been a goal of mine to have a dividend income that roughly matches our family’s annual expenses. I say *roughly*, because in any given year we might have a random irregular expense that causes us to overspend our cash generation a little.

(The purchase of a new car, an expensive family vacation, or repairing the roof on our home would be good examples of this)

This year, I’m going to be pretty close to that goal…

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