Your Take; Dividend Investing; ETFs or Stock Picking?
When I started my series for new dividend investor beginners 2 weeks ago, I noticed that many people disagreed with ETF dividend investing. In fact, there were a lot of readers who claimed that investing in 1, 2 or 3 stocks (for $333 each including commission fees) with $1,000 would be better off than investing [...]
My Biggest Problem as a Dividend Investor
My biggest problem as an investor is the never ending desire to tweak and alter my portfolio. Even as a dividend investor focused solely on achieving long-term investment performance, the desire to constantly adjust my portfolio is huge. In this article I talk about the problem and explain what I have done to combat it. [...]
How You Can Plan for the Unplannable with Dividends
The recent volcanic activity in Iceland really brought home the impact of things way beyond our control. As the airlines were forced to shut down air traffic throughout most of Europe the impacts were huge economically, socially, and even psychologically. If you had to do any traveling during that time (like I did), you saw [...]
5 Actions to Restore Portfolios That Have Gotten Smacked
Has your portfolio been smacked in the last little while? Do you see the market going up and yours is losing money or just not keeping pace? Investing is a balance between risk and reward and if your portfolio is going in the opposite direction of an upwards market then your risk and reward is [...]
What Would You Invest in if you only had $1000
George emailed me and asked the following question: “I am a young person just starting my career and want to start investing. I like the dividend approach, however I only have $1000 available to invest right now and then maximum $50 per month for the rest of the year. What would you do if you [...]
Three Essential Dividend Portfolio Question Every Investor Must Ask Now
There are three components to an investment plan that every dividend investor must ensure is in place. In my opinion, before you make another move in your portfolio these aspects must be addressed. The risks of not doing them places you with too much risk and with too much risk comes emotional decisions which can [...]
Contributions Matter (Most)
When it comes to dividend investing, retirement, or any other investment related topic we as investors are always very focused on the return we are going to generate. What is the historical return of the stock market? What is my estimate for how the market will perform over the next 25 years. What rate of [...]
I Am An Active Procrastinator
My wife tells me I am a procrastinator. She is usually referring to things like cleaning the bathroom or putting my glass in the dishwasher. I know I also procrastinate on other things, but I never procrastinate in two areas of my life. First, is when it comes to my kids. If they need my [...]
