Did you know?

Thomas Edison worked a 9-5 at Procter & Gamble as a mechanic

He installed their first telegraph

Thomas did not attend HS or college

He still made his mark

A 9-5 doesn't have to be a dream snatcher

I have owned $SBUX for over a decade

This is the bleakest environment I have seen

-Deterioration across multiple fronts
-Margin decline of 200bps+
-Dividend payout ratio above 60%

Before you jump in know it will be rough, Schulz isn't walking through the door this time

During my career I had both Mentors and Advocates

A Mentor helps when you are in the room

An Advocate helps when you are not in the room

Make sure you have an Advocate

Good Morning!

Happy April 31st to those who celebrate

New Episode is up..

A recent home improvement shopping trip gets me talking about housing and generational differences

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$1907- Average monthly Social Security Benefit

$4345- Average monthly living expense at age 65

Own assets

I consider all my stocks as dividend stocks

They either pay me a dividend through
-Growth
-Growth + Cash Dividend

The growth and dividend meter matters

I held off starting a position in $MCD

Todays report confirmed this is a 'hurry up and wait'

I'll keep this on the 'next one-in' list

$TSLA on the other hand, couldn't resist at $139 last week

Yelp released their first-ever list of the fastest growing brands in the US, based on openings and searches

Here are the Top 10

Some good names, some surprises.. Long $CAVA

1. CAVA

2. Scooter's Coffee

3. LongHorn Steakhouse

4. The Habit Burger Grill

5. Wawa

6. Popeyes

7.

Happy Tuesday!

The market is not open 24 hours today

The good news, you can still build wealth

$190,000 yr income and money stressed

What would you advise?

If you go wrong investing in a low cost US Equity ETF, It kind of means everything else has gone wrong

I'm not sure if $SOFI is going to $20 or if it won't

I am sure they send the most promo emails

SOFI take an unsubscribe hint

This week on Fintwit...

There will be others that invest more than you

There will be others that invest less than you

Chillax

Regardless of what you invest, just invest in 'you' this week

Happy Monday!

We begin another week of 'you being you' no imposters needed

Here are my individual holdings by time held

Two Decade Club
$KO, $WMT, $DUK

Decade Club
$SBUX, $O, $META

Half Decade Club
$ADC, $BTC, $COST, $ORI

Rookies
$CAVA, $HSY, $TSLA, $AAPL

What have you held the longest?

Your name wasn't called in the NFL Draft

Now what?

Puts the Sunday Scaries in perspective

Monday on Money Happy Hour, I'm talking baseball and investing with Raul Shah, Shah Financial CEO Raul Shah

Great conversation on his baseball and financial journey

ICYMI

Catch what Joseph Hadaway Joseph Hadaway has been up to

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Fintwit was chippy last week

Reminded me of office politics crap

This account will never make a disparaging post about another account

There are plenty of things to post about besides other accounts

If I run out of original ideas to post I'll just resort to posting lists of