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Designing a Dividend Growth Portfolio for a Specific Retirement Yield Objective: Part 1
2015-10-01
Introduction Managing an investment portfolio is a very personal matter. Consequently, the most important consideration is to design a portfolio that meets your own unique goals, objectives and risk tolerances. Everyone is different, and consequently, every investment portfolio can and should be appropriately different as well. Stated more straightforwardly, I do not believe in cookie-cutter […]
Choosing Common Stocks That Make Sense for Your Retirement Portfolio: Part 2
2015-09-17
Introduction Choosing the most appropriate stocks for the common stock portion of your retirement portfolio is vitally important. In part 1 of this series found here I presented the 6 broad categories of stocks (businesses) that renowned mutual fund manager Peter Lynch presented in his best-selling book “One Up On Wall Street.” I contend that […]
The 2 Keys to the Magic Formula for Long-Term Investment Success
2015-09-03
Introduction Investing in anything comes with a degree of uncertainty because all investing returns happen in the future. And even though the future is unpredictable, the future is what everyone that invests is investing for. These realities present important challenges that every investor must face and deal with in order to succeed. But even though […]
Understanding Fair Valuation: A Common Sense Approach To Long-Term Investing Success
2015-08-28
Introduction In order to understand what the intrinsic value or fair value of a common stock is, you must think like a long-term business owner and not like a stock trader. Additionally, you must think like a business owner that has no intention of selling their business. Put another way, your business generates your livelihood. […]
12 Attractive Fast-Growing Dividend Growth Stocks for High Total Return
2015-08-27
Introduction The current market environment is presenting many challenges to the conservative retired investor in need of current income. Interest rates are near all-time lows and the valuations of many blue-chip dividend growth stocks have become extended. Consequently, it is becoming very difficult to find quality investment opportunities that can provide safety through sound valuation, […]
Was Warren Buffett a True Value Investor When He Bought Precision Castparts?
2015-08-11
Introduction When I first got interested in investing in common stocks some 50 years ago, I thought it would be wise to research and then study the investing behaviors and philosophies of the recognized investor greats. My efforts first led me to Ben Graham, and from there to many other famous value investors such as […]