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

To: dealmakr who wrote (6240)	11/1/2010 12:31:57 AM
From: Steve Felix	Respond to of 34328

Thanks Dealmakr. Of course with studies showing that dividend stocks best the averages over any longer period of time, I would expect the same. By a fairly large amount is pleasantly surprising. Posting my portfolio isn't really about how I am doing. It is more to show that any average Joe can beat the averages, while building an income stream for retirement. They don't have to be a whizbang trader, or comb through annual and quarterly reports looking for some sort of edge. They don't have to hand their money to a professional because investing is too hard to understand. They don't have to watch the market every day, or week. Tomorrow, or next month, or for the next six months, they may trail the markets, but if they concentrate on the income, and keep from being total yield hogs, they'll beat the market in the end. I didn't see anyone else doing it. Reading a book is good, but having the ability to look back at what actually happened is better imho. I think most investors shy away from openly showing what they are doing because if it doesn't work out....... I'm probably in the sixth quartile <gg> so maybe I'm just too dumb to know better. This makes me look forward to the next dip. Returns since end of April market high portfolio update: My IRA +8.0% Dow +1% S+P Flat Nasdaq +2% What's the real yield on investment? Port. value Annual dividends Yield Jan. 1st totals $178,517.66 $10,844.80 6.1% Oct. 31st totals $214,508.53 $12,905.75 6.0% Yield on reinvestment: $178,517 + reinvested dividends of $10,044 + 7 shares VGR @ $18.67 = $130.69 + $14 cash in lieu = $188,706. $188,706 / $12,905 = 6.83%