By: Echo
From what I recall, Andrew handily beat the index with his investment club and personal portfolio, but then concluded that was mostly luck, not skill and switched his personal portfolio to indexing.
View ArticleBy: TM @ My University Money
You might be right Echo. Here is a relevant article I found on the Globe and Mail:...
View ArticleBy: FullyInformed
Great article but something is missing for a lot of dividend investors and it’s risk management. Many people look at dividend stocks for their dividend only and/or their ability to grow that dividend....
View ArticleBy: Canadian Couch Potato
Great discussion. I don’t have any data to back this up, but I do think dividend investing is much more popular now than it was 10 or 15 years ago. A big part of the reason is that dividend stocks...
View ArticleBy: Mike Holman
I agree that dividend investing has gained in popularity in the last few years. Which is not to say that is has gone mainstream. I think one of the reasons was Derek Foster – his first book sold a lot...
View ArticleBy: Echo
I climbed over the paywall to find this G&M post today – http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/investment-ideas/dividend-stocks-a-good-investment-but-too-pricey/article4959446/
View ArticleBy: The Passive Income Earner
I totally agree with your comment about sticking to a strategy and holding on in good and bad. The flip flopping probably does more damages than anything else.
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By: TM @ My University Money
All this guy did was take my basic argument and add tons of scientific reasoning and several interesting facts. I should still get some credit for generating the basic framework though right
View ArticleBy: TM @ My University Money
Interesting, I wouldn’t have thought Foster sold THAT many books. That actually begs another interesting question. Would DRIPs sort of skew dividend stocks higher because they buy no matter what?! Hmm…
View ArticleBy: Simply Rich Life
That writer touting dividend investing probably made a common mistake like comparing the total returns of dividend stocks to the increase in the index level with dividends excluded. Which would be...
View ArticleBy: Jiminy
Considering I can’t see any dates on either the article or the comments, I can’t say if dividend investing is more popular now, because I don’t know when “now” is. Possibly sometime in 2013, if I can...
View ArticleBy: Jiminy
No, I don’t think he sold that many. I think it was really only popular in Canada, and how many people are there in Canada buying investment books?
View ArticleBy: Jiminy
I don’t try to beat the market. I just want safe investments that give me a reasonable return For me, that means dividend stocks, REIT ETFs, and various dividend ETFs with low turnover that cover the...
View ArticleBy: Canadian Couch Potato
Great discussion. I don’t have any data to back this up, but I do think dividend investing is much more popular now than it was 10 or 15 years ago. A big part of the reason is that dividend stocks...
View ArticleBy: Mike Holman
I agree that dividend investing has gained in popularity in the last few years. Which is not to say that is has gone mainstream. I think one of the reasons was Derek Foster – his first book sold a lot...
View ArticleBy: Echo
I climbed over the paywall to find this G&M post today – http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/investment-ideas/dividend-stocks-a-good-investment-but-too-pricey/article4959446/
View ArticleBy: The Passive Income Earner
I totally agree with your comment about sticking to a strategy and holding on in good and bad. The flip flopping probably does more damages than anything else.
View ArticleBy: Kyle Prevost
All this guy did was take my basic argument and add tons of scientific reasoning and several interesting facts. I should still get some credit for generating the basic framework though right 😉
View ArticleBy: Kyle Prevost
Interesting, I wouldn’t have thought Foster sold THAT many books. That actually begs another interesting question. Would DRIPs sort of skew dividend stocks higher because they buy no matter what?! Hmm…
View ArticleBy: Simply Rich Life
That writer touting dividend investing probably made a common mistake like comparing the total returns of dividend stocks to the increase in the index level with dividends excluded. Which would be...
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