Shoebox Investor

What is a shoebox investor? An investor who generally pays himself first. The idea is that any money you can store in a shoebox or piggy bank, should be invested in the market. It is not how much you invest, it is the time value of money you should focus on. The earlier you put the money in the market, the longer you keep it in, the higher the chances of reaping the benefits of accumulating dividends. The reinvested dividends will buy you more shares.

Pay yourself first

Friday, February 29, 2008


Washington Mutual is a well branded bank everyone has heard of. Unfortunately, the EPS is negative given all the issues they have had with the mortgage side of the business. Regardless, they continue to provide a 3.6% dividend yield and I highly doubt this company is going to go down the drain. The company market cap is fairly large with over 13B. I have been buying WM for a few years now at high prices, but now I continue to buy with discounted price. Since the EPS is negative the PE ratio is not calculated. This is a good buy for the long-term buy to hold


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