A couple of weeks ago, I asked you why you think you can beat professionals? This led to an interesting conversation about the difference between beating the market and reaching your goals. I think the most important thing is to reach your financial goals. It’s like registering for a run; when you register for a 10K, you don’t mind if you win the run or not; you focus on your own running objective. As long as you reach that goal, your run is a success. This is also a good mentality to apply when …
As Long as I Get The Dividend… You are SO Wrong!
I don’t really care where the market is currently or where it's headed as long as my dividends continue to be paid. I often read this on blogs when the market is going sideways. When you think about it, I guess it can make sense. First, dividend growth investing is for the long term. Then, you don’t need to worry about a bad month; a bad quarter or even a bad year; if you invest for the next 25 years, 12 months is nothing. When you select a solid company, you can sleep on it and …
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Why Do You Think You Can Beat Professional Investors?
Did you know that 95% of portfolio managers don’t beat their index? How can you be better than them? I’ve been bombarded by such assumptions over the past 15 years as an investor. Imagine that professionals surrounded by scores of analysts doing research 7/24/365 and fueled by virtually unlimited amounts of cash to support their work, can’t beat the market most of the time. And us… novice investors reading a few free investing websites and financial reports think we can beat those …
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How Easy is Retirement Planning with Dividend Growth Investing
One of the biggest issues we will face in the upcoming years is one of interest. In fact, we can say that roughly 90% of the population is in the same boat for this issue; we are on our own to plan our retirement. Fully funded pensions are more rare than Pandas in China and the Government provided pension is barely enough to buy ramen noodles once you have paid your rent. Which kind of retirement are you planning? I don’t know about you, but I don’t plan on working my whole life. …
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In the Search for Optimal Numbers of Stocks in your Portfolio Part 3
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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In the Search for Optimal Numbers of Stocks in your Portfolio Part 2
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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