Protected Principal Retirement Strategy: Retiring Without A Million-Dollar Nest Egg - Part IX [View article]
Mercy: Thank you for the additional information on purchasing foreign stocks. Can you please provide some information on how you go about buying stocks on a foreign exchange? I've never done this but your reasons for doing so are compelling.
My Retirement Income Quarterly Review - The Final Wrap Up [View article]
Bob: Always look forward to your articles; good read and useful information from you and from the commenters.
Just a suggestion for those readers who follow you and even those who happen upon your articles for the first time: provide a link to your current portfolio holdings. I notice that many readers are interested in your specific holdings, such as dk0131 asking about the foreign stocks in your portfolio.
Again, really enjoy your articles and learn a lot from them and the comments.
A Dividend Growth Investor Looks At Earning Season [View article]
Bob: Great articles. I've recently gone back and read them all since becoming aware of them, as well as the excellent comments from Messers Fish, Chowder, Schwartz and others.
My wife and I are retired and we've kind of been flailing around trying to find a good strategy and we think your articles have guided us toward the plan you have outlined.
One clarification. It appears you do not have dividends automatically reinvested in the stocks you currently own, but have them deposited into your account. You then make a decision where to invest those proceeds based upon your business plan and investment objectives? Is that a correct assumption?
We have been reinvesting the dividends automatically.
Why Staples Is Not One Of My Dividend Staple Companies [View article]
Eddie:
Thank you for your cogent article on Staples. I especially appreciated your detailing the thought process that went into your decision. That was very helpful to me. Keep the articles coming.
The Method To My Stock-Picking Madness: Revised And Updated [View article]
J.D.
I sent you an email earlier requesting a copy of your Excel spreadsheet today after reading a couple of your earlier articles. Now I see you've updated your speadsheet, so I assume you will send me that version when time permits.
I'm certain I'm not alone when I say thank you, thank you, thank you for being so generous with your product. Many of us don't have the expertise in Excel to set up this kind of spreadsheet, although we'd like to be able to utilize the data so that we can make more informed decisions on our investments.
January 2013 Dividend Champions, Expanded Edition [View article]
Protected Principal Retirement Strategy: Retiring Without A Million-Dollar Nest Egg - Part IX [View article]
Thank you.............Tom
Illustrating The Factors That Affect Dividend Growth Investing [View article]
My Retirement Income Quarterly Review - The Final Wrap Up [View article]
Just a suggestion for those readers who follow you and even those who happen upon your articles for the first time: provide a link to your current portfolio holdings. I notice that many readers are interested in your specific holdings, such as dk0131 asking about the foreign stocks in your portfolio.
Again, really enjoy your articles and learn a lot from them and the comments.
Tom
Does Entry Point Matter To A Dividend Growth Investor? [View article]
What are some of the undervalued DG stocks out there now folks? Looking to add to my DG portfolio but wary of the next few months uncertainty.
Tom
Retirement Strategy: 'Team Alpha' Re-Balances For Balance, With Allocation [View article]
Tom
Seadrill: 3 New Rigs Should Have A Positive Impact On Q2 2012 Revenues [View article]
A Dividend Growth Investor Looks At Earning Season [View article]
My wife and I are retired and we've kind of been flailing around trying to find a good strategy and we think your articles have guided us toward the plan you have outlined.
One clarification. It appears you do not have dividends automatically reinvested in the stocks you currently own, but have them deposited into your account. You then make a decision where to invest those proceeds based upon your business plan and investment objectives? Is that a correct assumption?
We have been reinvesting the dividends automatically.
Thanks again and would appreciate your feedback.
Tom
Can An Intelligent REIT Investor Over-Diversify? [View article]
If I may ask, what's been the yield on VNQ?
Thanks......Tom
Building A 6% Income Portfolio For 2013 (Part 2b): Consumer Staples 'Buy Zones' [View article]
Thanks.............Tom
Why Staples Is Not One Of My Dividend Staple Companies [View article]
Thank you for your cogent article on Staples. I especially appreciated your detailing the thought process that went into your decision. That was very helpful to me. Keep the articles coming.
Tom
The Method To My Stock-Picking Madness: Revised And Updated [View article]
I sent you an email earlier requesting a copy of your Excel spreadsheet today after reading a couple of your earlier articles. Now I see you've updated your speadsheet, so I assume you will send me that version when time permits.
I'm certain I'm not alone when I say thank you, thank you, thank you for being so generous with your product. Many of us don't have the expertise in Excel to set up this kind of spreadsheet, although we'd like to be able to utilize the data so that we can make more informed decisions on our investments.
Tom
Our Dividend Growth Portfolio Produces Our New Retirement Paycheck [View article]
I'm pretty certain Bob mentioned in his comments that he allocates 2% to each of the 50 stocks in his portfolio, as does Chowder.