Investing Part 3: Income through Dividends (with real numbers)
2019-04-22
As I mentioned in the previous blog posts on investing (Part 1 and Part 2), one way to generate passive income is through dividend stocks and funds. Today I’m going to walk through my investments, discuss some numbers, and provide some simple information if you’re interested in pursuing passive income yourself. Dividend Basics First, it’s important to realize that not all funds have dividends. Some don’t. Many tech stocks in particular, such as Alphabet/”Google” (GOOG), Amazon (AMZN), Netflix (NFLX), and so on don’t offer any dividends. Some stocks, such as Apple, pay a low dividend (say 1.4%, we’ll cover this in more detail below), whileRead More →