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Strategies & Market Trends : Dividend investing for retirement
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To: Steve Felix who wrote (8559)4/2/2011 4:55:42 PM
From: chowder  Read Replies (3) of 34328
 
Nice job Steve and thanks for sharing.

I had no idea how our portfolios were doing with regard to capital gain or loss. I focus on the growing dividend income and forget about everything else.

I was surprised at your performance and actually surprised at how well the DOW was doing this year. I know that sounds nuts, but I don't follow anything other than the companies we own and their dividend performance.

Since I posted how well my Son's dividend income was growing, I decided to go back and check his portfolio value performance. He's up 7.77% Y-T-D. I was shocked by that too. Now I'll have to go back and see where that performance is coming from. Nothing stands out at me, just a bunch of steady eddie's and all dividends are being reinvested.

His dividends only account for 1% of the performance in the first quarter and I don't know how to account for the profits any reinvested dividends have earned.

Anyway, it was a pleasant surprise and again, thanks for sharing your IRA performance records.

EDIT - I just thought of it! 2.7% of that value has come from contributions. I feel better now knowing that. It's late in the day and I haven't had a cold one yet. I think better after a couple of cold ones.
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