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Strategies & Market Trends : Dividend investing for retirement -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: chowder who wrote (3473)	1/23/2010 8:17:02 PM
From: Steve Felix	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34328

I'd never use margin for dividends. Imho, last year was a special case for using margin. I have found that staying invested in dividend stocks, I am not always looking for trades, running scans, and looking at charts. I think staying 98% invested in dividend stocks has affected my trading in a positive way. For one thing, I could care if I have a trade on. Instead of looking at 50+ charts a night, I look at about 6. The same ones over and over, waiting for what I feel is the right time. Stocks I have watched for months. Not looking for a home run, just a few bucks to put back into something paying dividends. I just like to keep honest here with what I am doing. Too many people wear their trades on their sleeves. It is what it is. When I see an opportunity to add some funds, when I believe the trade leans heavily in my favor, I'll take it. However, I have been wrong many times when I was "positive". :O