Comments on: Where Dividend Stocks Fit in Your Portfolio

By: eric

eric — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 22:31:39 +0000

I really like this guest post! It’s something I’m definitely going to look into more in the future.

By: thedividendguy

thedividendguy — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:29:54 +0000

Thanks for the opportunity to guest post. I have thoroughly enjoyed reading this blog and am glad to be a part of it now.

By: Shirley

Shirley — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:56:28 +0000

Thank you for that insight.

By: aua868s

aua868s — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 07:54:23 +0000

never stared to invest other than 401k and roth ira….starting a schwab account in a day or 2…will get the ball rolling.

By: Izalot

Izalot — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:09:27 +0000

I’m a big fan of utility stocks as they pay high dividends and are very stable.

By: Foo Finance

Foo Finance — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:17:29 +0000

I would like to add that once you reach retirement, or the time in which you start to draw from your portfolio, you can stop the reinvestment of the dividends and take some as income.

By this time your asset mix should be a lot different but the portion you have left is a good way to draw income at low tax cost and can be reasonably stable.

- Foo

By: Investor Junkie

Investor Junkie — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:11:51 +0000

@PennyStock: Yea I had that happen to me. Pfizer (PFE) did just that with their 8% dividend and cut to 4%. They did this when they announced purchasing Weyth (WYE).

So what I did is sell PFE and buy WYE with the hopes of making money on the arbitrage. In the end I made 12% in less than one year, beating the 8% dividend Pfizer originally had. More than one way to skin a cat.

By: Investor Junkie

Investor Junkie — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:58:01 +0000

Great summary! Dividends should be part of any portfolio. Unfortunately the are commonly overlooked, as being “boring”.

By: PennyStock

PennyStock — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:37:01 +0000

Great article. With the drop in the market recently it was a good time to buy stocks with dividends. Some of those dividend percentages were up over 10%. Of course at that time you risked the chance of dividend being cancelled.

By: CK

CK — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:11:03 +0000

Wachovia paid a great dividend.

By: Adam@RabbitFunds

Adam@RabbitFunds — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:07:03 +0000

Interesting. Thanks for your thoughts on using dividend stocks in my overall investment portfolio.