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Author Archives: Opinionated

A case for dividend growth investing

Investing directly in the stock market is a risky thing, and it can be quite scary for the individual investor, indeed. In my quest to DIY, I am on the hunt for returns (higher than inflation) while mitigating risk as much as possible. That may sound like an oxymoron, granted; I am investing directly in … Continue reading »

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Do It Yourself Investor – Community

You probably have caught on by now, the intent and purpose of this blog is to document the journey of investing – do it yourself style. While the initial thought of that can be quite daunting and even scary, as with everything that one sets out to learn or dig a little bit deeper on, … Continue reading »

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Some hard and fast facts on performance

Something a little bit more hard core – for the brave out there! Very number based read, yet, for the ones into it, a little bit of reinforcement and validation of the “Dividend Income” path less travelled. SP500 Dividend Aristocrats Index Fact Sheet – February 2014

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How to – evaluating Dividend Paying Stocks

Good morning, Looking out the window today, everything around is covered in fog, visibility is down to almost nothing. Leaning back, sipping on my coffee and starting to read a bit. After a while, the fog is starting to lift, and bit by bit, things take on a clear outline. The same can be said … Continue reading »

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How to – covering the basics

I thought I would intermingle a short post to talk about covering the basics. Once you made up your mind to begin your own personal investment journey, where to start?? To get acquainted with the topic and gain initial overview of what is out there, terms and terminology, visit The Motley Fool. Great site for … Continue reading »

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Finding our stock ticker

Hello class, nice to see you back. To quickly recap our strategy from the last post: a) dividend yield greater than current market rates (banks, CDs, etc.) b) either stable or increasing dividend payout over the last 5 years c) stock price between $20 (high) and $5 (low) Which filter did you end up using? … Continue reading »

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Strategy – Final Steps

Happy New Year! Part of your new year’s resolutions should have been to actually read up on the suggested links below from our last discussion. Yes, seriously! Building on the concept of dividend paying stocks, preferably stocks that continue to increase their respective payouts over time, we will go through the Dividend Aristocrats and DRIP … Continue reading »

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Strategy – continued

In the last post we touched on how to best find investment candidates. Not just via a simple throw the dart approach, yet using a strategy that provides both income growth as well as stock price appreciation. Remember, the dividend approach? In the vast digital realm, a lot of (very smart) people have already written … Continue reading »

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Interesting Read

In may regular quests to keep up with the myriad of information available on the subject, I occasionally run across a good and educational article that opens up a new perspective for me and my approach to investing. I did run across such an article just today:http://seekingalpha.com/article/1647512-dollar-cost-averaging-viable-for-individual-stock-portfolios?source=email_investing_income&ifp=0    

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That elusive strategy

Strategy – what type of investments to buy with my money? A big word, how can I best get my arms around it? In the technical lingo of financial investments, how risk tolerant am I? Can I tolerate to lose all the money in the account and still be able to pay my daily cost … Continue reading »

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