The Metamorphosis From Mutual Fund Investor to Dividend Investor
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Personal Finance blogger Moolanomy has a contest going to win a book by writing a post about our own investing story. I was intrigued by some of the posts that I have been reading in reference to this contest so I wanted to participate. My entry is about my metamorphosis from being a mutual fund investor to a dividend investor.
My interest in investing started when I was about 12 years old while spending summers at my grandparent’s cottage. Everyday few days my Granddad would go to the store to pick up a newspaper and he would sit down and read the stock tables. Being the curious 12 year old that I was, I asked him what he was doing. It was at that point, and during the rest of that summer, that I began my education in how the stock market worked.
Fast forward 6 years and I was now an 18 year old going into University and working part time at a hotel making good money in tips and hourly wage (but mostly tips). I also read the book, The Wealthy Barber
Over time I kept reading investing books and started reading that mutual funds were perhaps not the be-all-end-all their marketing materials were telling me. Specifically, I discovered the The Motley Fool
You will notice a theme here in my investing education through the years – books had a big part in my strategies and invest philosophy. My dividend focus began by seeing compound growth charts for companies that consistently increase their dividends in books like The Single Best Investment
This leads me up to today as an independent dividend investor who is skeptical of investment marketing and mutual funds and trying to build up a retirement fund on my own using high quality, dividend growth stocks. I know am not done learning yet but I beleive I have a strategy that I will be comfortable with over the long haul and look forward to seeing where it takes me.
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moneygardener said:
Good post.
I wish I had started so young. I didn’t buy my first investment until I was out of University..
November 26th, 2007 at 5:08 pm -
Pinyo said:
Great story. I was hooked on the Motley Fool too, at least when they were more focused on fun and free information, as opposed now.
November 26th, 2007 at 7:11 pm
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