Mikey Moran · Investing in Public

30 years of investing. No safety net. All of it in public.

I'm Mikey Moran, a 50-year-old entrepreneur with no inheritance to fall back on. I show my real portfolio, my mistakes and the math, so you can skip the expensive lessons.

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How much of your life do your dividends already pay for?

Most calculators tell you what your portfolio is worth. That's the wrong number. This one tells you what percentage of your monthly bills your dividends actually cover.

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5.6%

Example: $250/mo of dividends against $4,500/mo of bills.

1.7 days of every 30, already paid for.

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Build the pile, then decide how to split it.

Free calculator · no signup $100,000 When do you hit your first $100K? Put in what you have and what you add each month. You get the month you cross six figures, and how much came from growth instead of your own money. Find your date → Free worksheet · 8 pages How should your money be split? Five questions decide how much goes to growth, dividend growth and high income. It's the same worksheet I run on my own portfolio. Find your split →
Mikey Moran

Who's behind this

I lost almost everything once. Now I invest in public.

I've been investing since I was 15. In 2010 a currency crash took down my first company, and I lost nearly everything except my house. I rebuilt with Private Label, paid off every debt at 40, and got serious about the stock market when I realized I wasn't liquid at all.

Now, at 50, I show the real portfolio so you can skip the expensive lessons.

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Investing in Public

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I Own 2,499 Shares of SCHD. Here’s What I’m Buying NextNewest · Oct 7, 2026 I Own 2,499 Shares of SCHD. Here’s What I’m Buying Next Mikey Moran owns 2,499 SCHD shares and is about to buy SCHY, its international cousin. Why is he capping it at 10% and holding it in a taxable account?

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Mikey Moran holding GLZD body glaze

Building in public

I could've just bought the ETF.

I've spent a year building GLZD, a men's body glaze I use every morning out of the sauna and every night before I go out. On a spreadsheet, parking that money in a dividend ETF was the smarter move. I built it anyway, because this one's personal.

I'm building it out loud. Come see what happens next.

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