Weighting Your Dividend Stocks: Q2 Update [View article]
Exactly right. In this case you would want to weight the yield more than the other factors. That's why this methodology is so nice: It allows for flexibility depending on the person's situation. However, keep in mind that it's still important that the company does not cut its dividend, so taking into account factors such as the history of dividend growth in recessions and otherwise is important.
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Bronco- Thanks for all of your good comments. I mentioned paying per trade, but I did not mention that it would be 8 total trades per year. The calculator does take into account every trade and the trading costs can be change be the user, so the results are realistic.
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I would never suggest owning only 3 companies. These are just 3 example companies that I like. I am diversified across about 20 different dividend payers in my retirement portfolio. The Vanguard ETF can be good for some, but it has way too many companies with too much debt in my opinion.
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Possibly, but the 10 year yield was 5% just four years ago while inflation was 3% or less. CPI inflation is about 3% today. So they're not always correlated.
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It's a good point that if you are reinvesting dividends then a stagnant stock price helps with the yield. However, I ran the numbers and even if you do reinvest, it's better if the stock price climbs as the price appreciation contributes more to total return each year than dividends. But, as you point out, it's not 1 for 1. For example, using the numbers I used in my article, if the stock prices climb 2% per year, this only adds about 1% year in total return because the investor is reinvesting dividends at a higher price.
Making Up For Cuts In Social Security [View article]
Yes, exactly. That has not been mentioned in many of the articles I have read about the subject. But the FICA tax cut has contributed to the acceleration in the demise of the fund.
Retirement Portfolio For An Uncertain World [View article]
They are only spending $40,000 per year. $760,000 won't last very long if they spend $70,000. The days of returns that would support that in retirement are gone, at least for now. The Fed has made sure of that. Check out our software at http://bit.ly/ylqKdW and run some numbers. You'll see that $760,000 doesn't last that long unless you assume returns above 6% in retirement.
I only selected four stocks for this piece. I of course am invested in many dividend paying stocks for my retirement.
Retirement Withdrawal Rates: It's About More Than The Math [View article]
Roger- Can you expand on your thoughts as to why you are assuming you will get nothing from social security? I have no faith in the federal government at all, but even I do not see payments being cut by more than 50% for even the wealthiest people.
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RS- It was $50K per year in expenses. It was not over and above social security. As to why Fidelity has different numbers, it's probably because in my first example this couple is 50% in treasuries. It sounds like in the Fidelity case you are invested 100% in div growth stocks.
In my second example where this couple moves out of treasuries, their money doesn't run out until age 103, which sounds closer to the Fidelity numbers. Hope this clears things up!
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I only selected four stocks for this piece. I of course am invested in many dividend paying stocks for my retirement.
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In my second example where this couple moves out of treasuries, their money doesn't run out until age 103, which sounds closer to the Fidelity numbers. Hope this clears things up!