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

To: Delfino R Zavala who wrote (5261)	8/2/2010 12:08:25 PM
From: Steve Felix	Respond to of 34328

EX-DIVIDEND date: the day on which if you buy the stock, you would not be entitled to that particular dividend; or the first day on which a shareholder can sell the shares and still be entitled to the dividend.

To: Delfino R Zavala who wrote (5261)	8/2/2010 12:48:59 PM
From: Steve Felix	5 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34328

"Thanks for sharing your info" There are those who think I shouldn't. And if you notice there are few recs on those posts. I figure, it is what it is, and it is what I am doing. For a place like SI, there are very few that are willing to share what there real portfolio looks like. Oh, they jump in and say "I sold X at 32 this morning, after buying it at 16 in January", or I bought on the big dip yesterday", but not mentioned until today. I honestly believe that dividend stocks are the best way to go for the vast majority of people. I could just come out and say I am up over 10%, with no credibility. I choose to wait until my statement comes out and copy and paste, each one linked to the previous for complete transparency. Dividend stocks have done well this year, but it won't always be so. I firmly believe that over the long run, dividend stocks beat the averages, which is more than the average investor does. How else to prove it and share it? This post isn't meant to step on anyones toes, just explain my reasoning.