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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 …

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I was recently asked by a reader (thanks Edwin) about my take on using a hedging strategy in a dividend investing portfolio. Although I have never done any true hedging (other than covered calls) in my dividend growth portfolio, it has been a huge topic of discussion from many financial pundits as a way to help limit the downside with a sliding portfolio. I did some research on it and wanted to provide a quick overview here, and provide my take on it.[ad#tdg-embedded] The intention of …

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Typically on Saturdays I post my Weekly Roundup, which links to a number of the posts that I have found particularly valuable over the past week. However, seeing that we are in a brand new year, I thought it would be appropriate for me to link to a number of the articles I have published over the past year. It has been a busy year both at the blog and in the market. Thanks to everyone for continuing to come back time and time again. I really do appreciate it.[ad#tdg-embedded] January …

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