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“Having emailed and spoken to thousands of investors over the years, I have come to the sad conclusion that only a tiny minority will ever succeed in managing their money even tolerably well” -- William J. Bernstein If I had to pick a favorite investment and finance writer, and one that every dividend investor should read it would be Bernstein. His newest book, The Investor's Manifesto: Preparing for Prosperity, Armageddon, and Everything in Between, is no …

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The Google Doc listed below represents my current dividend stock and ETF holdings. As with all the information on this blog, this is not a recommendation to buy these securities. Depending on my asset allocation, I am either:[ad#tdg-embedded] 1) Using additional funds to buy more of the stocks or ETFs that are below my target asset allocation 2) Selling partial amounts stocks or ETFs that represent too much of my portfolio 3) Keeping things status quo and doing nothing Disclaimer: …

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What I like the best about investing is that it is a never ending learning experience. Every time I turn around I have learned something new and will have become a better investor because of it. That being said, I just went through a bit of a process for the purposes of my blog to come up with the top 100 investment lessons I have learned to this point. I am going to break this up into 4 parts, with the first 25 in this post.[ad#tdg-embedded] 1. Asset allocation is more important than …

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It is a common understanding among dividend investors that high yield stocks typically have meant lower capital gains than lower dividend yield stocks. The thinking is that very high yields signal trouble with a company that ultimately leads to lower stock returns. A recent American Association of Individual Investors (AAII) article from May 2009 (subscriber status required) provided some interesting research that show that is not always the case. In fact, they show in their research that …

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