11-11-2014, 12:02 AM
(11-09-2014, 05:46 PM)Joey Batz Wrote:(11-06-2014, 04:27 PM)Kerim Wrote:(11-05-2014, 03:46 PM)Joey Batz Wrote: A friend and I share a Scottrade account
Like an investment club type of thing? How do you find making joint decisions?
Not an investment club. It's just a regular account that we both funded 50%, so we both have 50% ownership of the portfolio. Making investment decisions together is actually pretty easy. He's more knowledgeable than I (I learned all about what dividend investing is from him), but he's also a lot more conservative than I (and I'm no speculative player). We don't always agree 100%, but the "disagreements" (which would amount to me simply being a little more open-minded about a specific company than he) have been easily manageable. I can say that we've never had a purchase, sale, or passed up a purchase or sale as a result of one person giving up and acquiescing to the other, or anything like that.
That's pretty interesting. Is it an old portfolio? In other words, how long has this experiment been underway? I'm curious if you feel like having a partner to vet the decisions with has helped performance.