I read a lot of investing blogs. In fact, right now in my Google Reader I have 154 rss feeds. Not all of them are investing or even finance related but the majority certainly are. These investing blogs teach me a great deal about investing and the investment process, including dividend investing, asset allocation, stock selection, portfolio management, tax planning and other related topics. I took some time to list 50 of those blogs here for you. These blogs are in no particular order - …
Pfizer Post-Mortem – Another One Bites the Dust
True to my dividend investing code, I have sold Pfizer after their recently announced 50% dividend cut to offset the purchase of Wyeth. Pfizer has been a stock that I have held for a long time, and held great faith in the company as a strong dividend growth company. However this changed quickly and the stock is no longer a component of my dividend portfolio.[ad#tdg-embedded] As I do with every stock holding that I own does not work out the way I planned I thought back to why I was holding …
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3 Free Sources for Dividend Data
One of the most common questions I receive through this blog is where to find a company's dividend history - payouts and growth of dividends. Although it seems like it should be a very easy question to answer it isn't. Unfortunately I have not found one simple and elegant method to obtain this data. It takes some work - not too much but not usually just a point and click. Oh well, who said makin' a buck was supposed to be easy![ad#tdg-embedded] There are websites and services available …
Why 2008 Was An Awesome Year for Dividend Investors
As I reflect back on 2008, I am caught by the overwhelming feeling that the year was actually a very good thing for dividend investors. It is easy to think that it was a terrible year for our kind! Both Bank of America and Citigroup - long standing dividend payers with wonderful dividend increases year after year - cut their dividend payments drastically. General Electric - the poster buy for dividend growth stocks - elected not to increase its dividend for the first time since the 1970's. …
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20 All-Time Favorite Investing Books – Part 1
These are my favorite books, ranked in order of how much value I have received from reading them. There is a wide selection of investing books here - some are focused on dividend investing, some are more personal financed focused, and others are just plain ol' investing books. The point is that as individual investors, the only thing that will make us successful is education on our topic and it is important to read the right books. These are my choice for "the right …
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What is Your Real Risk Tolerance?
To my female readers, pardon the expression, but it is aggressive bear markets that separate the boys from the men. The conviction to hold to a solid investment plan (such as a dividend growth plan) is the cornerstone of good portfolio management and amateur investors typically fare very poorly. I have been thinking about why this is a lot lately and the reason I have come up with is that many investors do not really understand what their true risk tolerance is. I have spoken with many …
