- August 27, 2025
Lock In Your Entry Price Before It’s Too Late
The metaphor of a magician’s hands can be applied to many things. One hand distracts the audience’s attention, while the other hand performs the trick.
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- July 2, 2025
From the Mailbag: How to Know If A Dividend Is Sustainable
I love getting questions from you all. It makes me look at companies I might not dig into otherwise. It also reminds me to circle back on topics we haven’t hit in a while.
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- June 18, 2025
VIP Status Is the Secret to 2025
My Marriott status reset this year. Although I had been traveling a lot, I hadn’t been the one booking the hotels. I didn’t like the “peasant” status—no late checkouts, no surprise suite upgrades.
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- May 14, 2025
Create Your Own Pantry Rebates
I spent last Thursday and Friday sitting at a rooftop pool bar with my mentor. He hates it when I call him that, but he hired me from a temp agency and taught me the business of financial newsletters.
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- April 30, 2025
Advertising: Art Form or Nuisance?
I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that even the real estate next to the soap dispenser has been monetized.
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- April 16, 2025
Are Dividend Cuts on the Horizon in 2025?
If I had a dollar for every time I heard or read the word recession in the last week, well, I’d have enough not to be financially worried about one.
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- January 29, 2025
The Trends Set to Make Us Money in 2025
Explore how to profit on travel spending trends and the window of opportunity to lock in high yields from BDCs.
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- January 22, 2025
From the Mailbag: Fast Food Dividends and Pot Real Estate
The slide in Wendy’s stock has pushed its yield to 6.8%. But a high payout ratio could warn of trouble ahead.
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- January 15, 2025
Get “Cash Back” from Your Favorite Restaurants—No Credit Card Required
I went out for steamed crabs with some friends last weekend. We were all Maryland transplants and have our favorite food joints in Florida that we’ve deemed worthy.
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- December 18, 2024
In an Uncertain World, There’s One Sure Thing
Well, I guess if I’m going to quote Benjamin Franklin, there’s actually two things he claimed as certain—death and taxes.
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