Six Figure Investor

2013-11-26

This is the week of Thanksgiving where I hope you are able to spend quality time with your family. This is a good time to decompress and reflect on your...

2013-11-07

The Empire State Building (ESB), along with some other less noteworthy real estate all in the North East were packaged up and put out in an IPO a few...

2013-10-26

IBM is testing the mettle of its investors right now. This inevitably happens to everyone, something happens to your investment in the market that removes...

2013-09-17

Let’s take a look at the performance of Philip Morris (PM) compared to its former parent Altria (MO) over the past 5 years. Which one do you think...

2013-09-12

The S&P500 is up nearly 20% YTD, after factoring in dividends. Looking at my portfolio, I noticed that Philip Morris (PM) was a few days ago flat...

2013-08-18

Why I was a younger investor, I was enticed by the hot internet stocks of the day. Who needs a 6% dividend when my stocks just went up 10% today? Although...

2013-06-05

Lorillard announced recently that they are doubling their stock buyback program from $500M to $1B. This aggressive program will take out about 6% of the...

2013-05-14

I’ve previously written that I rent. I live in a small town with public transit, restaurants and services just a few blocks away. If I were to buy, I...

2013-05-08

I was in the barber shop getting my hair cut when Domenic (my barber) mentioned that he was glad he kept a multi-family home that he bought about 40 years...

2013-05-02

The market swooned today, and I took an opportunity to buy into Kinder Morgan, Inc (KMI) at $38.50/share. I especially like buying into today’s market...