Weekly Dividend Investing Roundup – October 12, 2007
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Welcome to the October 12th edition of the Weekly Dividend Investing Roundup. It was a busy week in the blogosphere with a whole slew of articles that increased my personal finance and investing knowledge. Each of the authors of these posts helped me out immensely with my feed problems. I wish to thank them all and hope you visit their sites to read the good stuff they write about for us. Let’s giddy up and get right to the articles:
1. Similar to a post a wrote about a week ago which went through the accounts I have in my portfolio, Growing Money ran through all the accounts in his personal finance repertoire, including credit cards, short term savings, long term savings, and account management.
2. As both a blogger and an investing addict, I am constantly checking stats on my portfolio performance and visitors, feeds, comments, etc. to my blogs. MoneyNing just posted an article about the Statistics Syndrome. In the post he asks for suggestions on how to better manage his stats – if you have any ideas be sure to check out his site.
3. Generation X wrote an amazing piece on how to benchmark your portfolio – I would call this mandatory reading for all investors. In the post he speaks about the Morningstar X-Ray tool and how to ensure you are comparing your investment performance against the correct benchmark.
4. If you make a decent living and are able to put food on the table, roof over your head, and other basic necessities, it is easy to take it for granted. JLP posted an article about how 41 million people in the U.S. are unable to afford the basics. Putting this into perspective, there are only 33 million people in Canada!
5. What would I do with $1 million? I would set up a passive income fund that provided me with a set amount per year, and then give the rest to my family. If you want a summary of what a lot of other blog readers would do, then check out Money $mart Life’s post on What Would You Do With a Million Dollars.
6. Even people on minimum wage can enjoy financial success. The Simple Dollar provides 10 steps that in my opinion anyone can benefit from as they strive for wealth.
Other articles I enjoyed reading:
1. Financial Tips for 20-Somethings
2. Stock Trading to Go lists 12 ways to compare your online stock broker.
P.S. Don’t forget to enter the giveaway
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Blain Reinkensmeyer said:
Hey thanks for the link
Solid roundup! The book giveaway sounds good to but I am bummed I can’t get an entry via RSS : /
October 12th, 2007 at 8:38 am -
Andrew J. LaPointe said:
Hi, I want to tell you that I look forward to reading your posts each day. I am a dividend junky and have many drip programs with pfe, bac, xom, jnj, duke energy, duke realty, KO, Pep, dis, bud, intc, K, ge, and sch. Thank you so very much for your great service to the blogging world. Andy, Salem, MA.
October 13th, 2007 at 5:28 pm -
The Dividend Guy said:
Hi Andrew – thank you so much for the kind comment. I am glad you enjoy my blog. It is a great passion of mine. I personally do not have any DRIP programs but have had them in the past.
Thanks again,
TDG
October 13th, 2007 at 11:22 pm -
Money Blue Book said:
Any advice or tips on Asian stocks that offer good dividends with decent growth? The bulk of my portfolio has been focused on the emerging Asian markets..I’m up quite a bit so far. Just wanted to branch into dividend investments.
-RaymondOctober 14th, 2007 at 12:52 am
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