Bob Johnson

Welcome to my author's site.

Someone once told me that you couldn't become a good investor until you'd lost enough money in the market. Well, I've done that and I now know Warren Buffett's Rule #1 well.

A man-with-a-plan, I am utilizing knowledge gained from my business degree and masters in another area, 25+ years in the business world and a similar number of years of investing experience, to manage my investments. I have created and maintain a stable and growing portfolio of individual US listed dividend growth stocks, over 30% of which are non-US based but headquartered in Canada, Great Briton, the Netherlands and Australia.

I believe that asset allocation is the primary decision an ...More investor must make considering his objectives, time frame and risk tolerance. I am fully invested and 65% of that is stock.

I believe that the small individual investor is often best served by low cost index funds. Stock picking, attempted market timing and frequent trading usually work to the disadvantage of the average small investor. However, you may define small as you like and nothing prevents any investor from emulating the market greats of our time such as Warren Buffett or Peter Lynch. Greater rewards can be obtained by buying and holding individual securities if one has background, the interest, the time and the disciplne to do so in an effective way.

There are many ways to make money in the stock and bond markets. My approach to is to take ownership positions in successful large cap companies and hold them a number of years. Dividend Growth Investing is a conservative approach which involves lower than average risks and higher than average rewards.

My writing experience began when I was a senior in high school. I was a local stringer for Maine's largest newspaper and covered school and amatuer sports. Concurrent with a successful career in the business world I wrote magazine articles, journal articles, short fiction, poetry and a devotional book.

A long time student of security markets I immensely enjoy the opportunity to write for Seeking Alpha, which is a very high quality well run organization with excellent editorial support. It is also possibly the best business forum on the internet and I am proud to be a part of it.

Most of my articles focus on several topics:

Income Portfolio Strategy

Mining

Canadian Banks and Telecoms

-- Bob J