DRIP Question From a Reader
I recently received a question from one of The Dividend Guy’s readers. Let’s call him William (my son’s name) to preserve his identity. Here’s the email he sent me: “I have an investing topic that I hope you can shed some light on. I’m what you might call a “catch up” investor. In other words [...]
Three Unique Problems I and Other Dividend Investors Face
Dividend investors are a unique and frankly, quite a passionate bunch! Those of us who have research the topic extensively and believe strongly in it’s benefits understand the impacts it can have on our own portfolios over the long-term. As such, I continue to invest in dividend stocks. However, this has created some unique problems [...]
DRIPs Are a Means to An End, Not A Reason to Buy a Stock
As a dividend investor, it is usually assumed that I love dividend reinvestment plans (DRIPs). Truth is that I think they are a great thing to use to save investment costs. However, I have met a lot of investors who believe that the use of a DRIP is an investment strategy in itself as opposed [...]
Should you Re-Invest Your Dividends?
(This post was written by DGI on his blog, Dividend Growth Investor. He has been kind enough to allow me to post this article here.)[ad#tdg-embedded] One of the components of every stock analysis I have done at my blog has always been to show the effects of dividend reinvestment over a ten year period of [...]
Reinvested Dividends Comprised 41% of the Stock Market’s Total Returns
Every once in a while I run across some research that speaks to the power of dividend reinvesting. I have a whole series of posts, available in my sidebar about what I call The Dividend Key. I recently saw a document from the folks over at Legg Mason (pdf) that provide us with more research [...]
