Investing Strategy

Last week, I asked 11 dividend bloggers 6 questions to learn more about their portfolio and investment strategies. You can read Part#1 and Part#2 if you have missed them. I thought it would only be fair for everybody to share my own perception of how many shares to manage in a dividend growth portfolio. Here are my answers; #1 What is the size of your portfolio? My retirement portfolio shows a value of $58,620 as of mid-September. #2 How many different company shares do you own? Only …

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Following Monday’s article here are the answers from 6 other generous participants:   Dividend Life #1 What is the size of your portfolio, Dividend Life? Size as in value? I hold both individual stocks and mutual funds. The individual stock portion is $35,376 as of end of June and my portfolio total is $202,994. #2 How many different company shares do you own? I own stocks in 45 different companies today. Some of the stocks are from spinoffs; not every company I hold is of …

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Each week, I read numerous dividend investing blogs. Most of them are authored by savvy investors who have been following their own dividend investing strategies. What is amazing about investing is that there isn’t a single strategy that trumps all the others. There are many ways to make money on the stock market. What really matters is that you find the one that works for you. This is probably the hardest part as most investors you encounter will tell you they have the strongest strategy of …

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