Not exact matches
So many bloggers all seem to
focus on espousing the benefits of
dividend stocks, and quite frankly after a while it
gets repetitive.
It can make you more patient,
focusing on whether or not your
dividend checks are
getting larger with time, mostly ignoring the quoted stock market value.
Dividend stocks have been
getting a lot of play in the news the past few years, which I think is a big reason so many people are
focusing on them.
Now, as she
gets ready to retire next year, she is pulling back
on her more aggressive investments,
focusing on stocks that pay
dividends and diversifying her portfolio.
In the current environment of short - term volatility amid a long - term positive outlook for the Chinese economy, a
focus on growing, sustainable
dividends in China's equity markets could provide the opportunity to
get a slice of the region's structural growth and potential downside protection compared with a typical growth strategy, such as an earnings growth strategy.
It turns out a dependable income stream isn't the only reason to
focus on dividends when you
get close to retirement.
Conclusion: when the markets
get choppy I tend to ignore the «noise» made by the media and
focus on my long term plan — sustainable
dividend income
When reviewing my investing activities and performance in 2016 the common theme was allocation of capital and each year as I
get older the more I find my
focus is
on quality, prudent portfolio management and
on increasing tax efficient cashflow from my investments (
dividends).
(Will you pay $ 650 or $ 750 for the same 100 shares)(Yield helps to determine if one could
get a better investment for that extra $ 100 in another stock) Once you purchase the stock, you
focus on «yield
on cost» (If
dividends go up, your «Yield
on Cost» goes up, if the
dividend remains the same then your «Yield
on Cost» remains the same).
I have actually
focused more
on dividend / earnings growth and less
on current yield as I have
gotten older.
It found that while, as a group,
dividend stocks outperform the larger market, you
get an even better boost if you
focus in further
on the companies that increase their
dividend payout
on a regular basis.
My interest, and the potential upside I see, wasn't based
on the
dividend at all, so that doesn't really faze me — but, of course, that would be the
focus of many other investors... so many shares in this situation could
get (gradually) hammered.
Dividend growth investing is far from a
get rich quick investment strategy, rather you need to remain
focused on the long term goal to be successful.
If you want to
get better value investing returns, it's important to
focus on stocks that are cheap in relation to earnings, and consider a variety of other investment qualities like years of profit, years of paying
dividends, and manageable debt If you invest in good... Read More
I've been blogging now for over 4 years, and anyone who has followed along for awhile now knows full well that I don't very much like to follow any set rules... For instance, when we first
got the party started, I was extremely
focused on Dividend Growth Investing (DGI), and most of my early posts centered around that idea.
It also needs to cut its
dividend, reduce the number of stores in mature markets and
focus on getting its product mix and price levels right, as well as reducing or writing off excess inventory that
gets in the way of new trends hitting its shelves, he said.