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As I prepare our 2025 Federal Tax return, I decided to compare what we earned in taxable interest in 2021 with 2024 on those tax returns.   ...

Wednesday, January 07, 2026

Making Monthly Investment Contributions

In 2025, I was waiting for the market drop/correction before investing funds.  Then in came around April 8, 2025.   While I did buy a little, I decided to wait and wait AND wait, since I thought a further extended drop was inevitable.   Unfortunately, the market didn't drop further and I missed out on the market gains if I had made newly invested funds in April.

For 2026, I've decided not to wait for the "inevitable" correction.  Each month, I plan to invest a set amount into the S&P index mutual fund or ETF.   If the market should correct, I will more to the set amount of funds.  If the market keeps going up, I will keep investing the set amount.

For my child's account, I will invest a minimum of $159 each month, since that regular contribution is expected to become $1 million dollars after 40 years if dividends are reinvested.

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