Comments on: Weekly Dividend Investing Roundup – 2008 Financial Resolution Edition

By: 2008 Financial Resolutions | Cash Money Life

2008 Financial Resolutions | Cash Money Life — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:34:30 +0000

[...] Dividend Guy has a goal to increase his stock holdings by $12,000. The current value is roughly $60,000, so that represents a solid increase of 20%. The Dividend Guy [...]

By: The Dividend Guy

The Dividend Guy — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:50:23 +0000

Hi Mike – thanks for the comment. You are absolutely correct that a short term equity gain can be completely random. However, I am going to use it to drive my decision to continue investing on a monthly basis and sticking to my strategy. I am not going to use the target to make rash decisions in the pursuit of more gains (which often comes with more risk). I am thinking long-term and this is one step to get to that long-term goal.

Thanks.

TDG

By: FourPillars

FourPillars — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 04:54:20 +0000

I’m intrigued by the goal setting carnival but isn’t trying to predict a short term equity gain a bit too random? Your portfolio might outperform everyone over the next 10 years but over one year anything can happen. Beside, since you invest for dividends wouldn’t a better goal be to predict a dividend rate or amount by the end of 2008?

I’m not trying to be critical but I just don’t know if the value of the portfolio at the end of 2008 has much to do with your investment ability (which I do think is pretty good).

Mike

By: moneygardener

moneygardener — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 04:13:34 +0000

The visual history…post was great, thanks for that link.

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