The most concise guide to dividend investing

It’s been a while since I put any thoughts to paper. Though the sam­ple port­fo­lio I cre­at­ed is doing quite well with over a 48% raise in the three years since I start­ed think­ing about the project “the Elephant in the Room has a Paycheck.”

Over the week­end, I sketched out a more focused table of con­tents in the hopes that it’ll be eas­i­er to ship. It looks like this:

1. Introduction. When I first learned that my mon­ey could make mon­ey while I was doing some­thing else, it was love at first sight.
2. Dividends. The gift that keeps on giv­ing.
3. Isn’t stock mar­ket invest­ing risky? Yeah, but we can make deci­sions that make it less so while still cap­tur­ing the ben­e­fits we want (income).
4. The Elephant’s Paycheck Investing Strategy. Here’s how I invest.
5. What should I do first? This will be step-by-step, even for peo­ple who have nev­er invest­ed before.

This out­line does­n’t address all the things I’d like to even­tu­al­ly share (you can see the full list on the 401K rollover land­ing page) but is a great way to start. I imag­ine it’ll be a great primer for peo­ple try­ing to fig­ure out how to get start­ed and cre­ate a basic habit of sav­ing for the future.

It’s time to get writ­ing. Wish me luck.

— Update February 12, 2016

I noticed in my ana­lyt­ics log that some­one saw this post, but that I haven’t updat­ed it. I released the book on PDF last August and it’s sell­ing quite nice­ly. I’m work­ing through some final edits before I have it for­mat­ted for print/Amazon/iTunes.

I’ve also begun sem­i­nars to help groups of peo­ple under­stand how to build long term wealth. In par­tic­u­lar, I’ve giv­en pre­sen­ta­tions to groups of peo­ple who’ve lost their jobs and want to know what to do with their 401(k) mon­ey (oth­er than cash it out!)