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One Dividend Rule that Can Help Your Investing Performance

Stock Selection

If you invest in individual dividend growth stocks, then you know that there are inherent risks in buying individual stocks. That is why I advocate a basic core portfolio of index funds before venturing into individual stocks. With this structure in place, you drastically reduce the individual stock risk you take on by buying dividend growth stocks. That being said, there are things an investor can do to help their individual dividend stock performance. One in particular has to do with …

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How You Can Plan for the Unplannable with Dividends

Asset Allocation, Portfolio Building

The recent volcanic activity in Iceland really brought home the impact of things way beyond our control. As the airlines were forced to shut down air traffic throughout most of Europe the impacts were huge economically, socially, and even psychologically. If you had to do any traveling during that time (like I did), you saw just how beyond our control things really were. From a dividend portfolio perspective, this really highlighted the importance a couple of basic portfolio planning …

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Vanguard Dividend Lineup

Blog, Site Introduction

If you have been following me for some time now, you know that I often suggest investors build up a core index portfolio before taking on dividend investing through individual dividend growth stocks. One way to look at that core portfolio is to consider Vanguard's extensive lineup of dividend orientated funds.[ad#tdg-embedded] Vanguard is best known for their low cost indexing approach to investing. Personally, I hold Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock ETF, the Vanguard REIT Index ETF , the …

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What is My Dividend Strategy

Dividend Growth

Recently Dividend Growth Investor wrote a post about three different dividend strategies. To quickly summarize, they are: 1. High yield stocks with low to no dividend growth 2. Low yielding stocks with a high dividend growth rate 3. Average yield and an average dividend growth The question that any investor would obviously ask right at the outset is which one is the best strategy for most people. High yield stocks can be very enticing to investors looking for income due to the high …

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A Dividend Increase is Not a Reason to Buy a Stock

Dividend Growth

There are many common misconceptions about dividend investing. For example, all dividend paying stocks are stable companies. Or, a dividend from a stock will more than offset any losses you receive in share price over the long term. However, there is one that I find most persistent in both new and experienced dividend investors. It is often viewed as a reason to buy a stock, yet it should never be the only reason. I know I have been guilty of basing a buy decision on this misconception in …

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Why I Continue to Hold Procter & Gamble

Stock Analysis

As I look around my house I have identified at least 5 products that are distributed by Procter & Gamble. A few posts ago I started a series of posts on the various dividend stocks I hold, starting with Johnson & Johnson. Today I am going to have a look at Procter & Gamble (PG).[ad#tdg-embedded] Why I Continue to Hold PG PG has a number of things going for it that continue to make it a good investment for me still. Here are four reasons I like and will continue to hold the stock: 1. …

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