Portfolio Update and More

portfolio update

Since the website was down for what felt like an eternity, I thought I’d give you a little update on what’s been happening in the meantime. I will start with what happened to the site, and then tell you what happened to our dividend-paying value stocks portfolio recently, and what changes that will have on…

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Can I Make Money Investing in Stocks?

can i make money investing in stocks?

Have You Got Twenty Quid? One of the most common misconceptions about investing that I come across, is that you need to invest large amounts of money in order to make significant returns. Yet what most people don’t realise, is that you actually don’t need that much money to get started – and thus get started…

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Dividend Stocks Watch List

Dividend Stocks Watch List

April 2015 – Dividend Stocks Watch List Welcome to the April 2015 edition of the TV Dividend Stocks Watch List. Every month, I go through a list of FTSE 350 value stocks and dividend-paying stocks. I start off with all 350 stocks, and I rank them in different ways in order to whittle down the numbers towards…

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Quarterly Review – Q1 2015

There's Value Goals

Well, I can hardly believe it, but we have already seen the first quarter of 2015 go by! Amazing isn’t it? We are on this journey to slowly increase our wealth in order to have more freedom and hopefully retire early, but time is just flying by at such a rate, that I wonder if…

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Should I Invest in European Stocks?

should I invest in European stocks?

Is Now a Good Time to Buy European Stocks? Now that the Euro is at lovely cheap levels against the pound, it’s like there’s a super hot sale going on in the stock market. I have therefore been thinking about investing in Euro denominated companies, even more so because the US $ is too strong against…

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Recent Trade – Buy Bloomsbury Publishing and giftgaming

Well, I did it. I finally bought shares in Bloomsbury Publishing, after having no real reason to not do so for the last several months. My friend over at The Dividend Drive probably convinced me to finally take the plunge, as we have been commenting voraciously back and forth regarding this stock and we hadn’t…

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It’s An Exciting Time for Investors

man successfully plants a flag

It’s an exciting time for investors, when we have less tax, better savings and investment opportunities, and greater freedom over our pensions all being (potentially) given to us in the space of a few hours on a Wednesday afternoon. Yes, of course, I’m talking about the budget. I certainly felt pretty pleased with what George…

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How Will the Budget Affect Investors?

How will the budget affect investors

How will the budget affect investors, like you and I? Today, George Osborne announced his latest budget, and there are some welcome changes that will affect us those who make investments. The new budget will affect those in work – who pay tax, as well as those who are already, or are about to, draw upon…

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Stock Purchase List – March 2015

December Dividend Stocks Watch List

Which Stocks to Buy? So, we have been deliberating over which stocks to buy this month, and there are quite a few. There are several great companies that were highlighted by the screener results in our most recent monthly watch list. However, there are also a couple of companies that are not on that list, because…

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Dividend Stocks Watch List

Dividend Stocks Watch List

March 2015 – Dividend Stocks Watch List Welcome to the March 2015 edition of the TV Dividend Stocks Watch List. Which stocks made it into our third watch list of the year? You may remember that last month, we lost several stocks from January to February. What will March bring us, other than milder temperatures…

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