Vanguard Dividend Lineup
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 [...]
Best Dividend Stock Investing Posts of the Week – May 1, 2010
I am now officially on some holidays for the next couple of weeks and really looking forward to it. We are going to drive from Norway to Venice via Denmark, Germany, and Austria finally landing on a cruise ship on its way to the Greek islands. I love living in Europe and the travel opportunities [...]
What is My Dividend Strategy
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 [...]
Best Dividend Stock Investing Posts of the Week – April 24, 2010
Bit of a stressful week with the volcanic activity and some current and future trips that we have being affected. Just goes to show you how so many things can impact our portfolios that are way beyond our control! Nonetheless, as usual things move on and like everything else this too shall pass and we [...]
A Dividend Increase is Not a Reason to Buy a Stock
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 [...]
Best Dividend Stock Investing Posts of the Week – April 17, 2010
Up. Down. Up. Down. Up. Down. Up. Down. That is the way the market goes. No worries because we are set up with a strong asset allocation, a core portfolio, and good quality dividend growth stocks. Just another week as a dividend investor. Each week I spend some time presenting links to these information sources [...]
Why I Continue to Hold Procter & Gamble
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] [...]
Best Dividend Stock Investing Posts of the Week – April 10, 2010
I kind of like the weeks like we just had where nothing drastic happens in the market and it sort of just ticks along. When I look at my Bloomberg app on my iTouch each day, some stocks in my portfolio were up and some were down. Just like it is supposed to be, right! [...]








