Nice to be among friends

[Robandcindy2]

I "financially" grew up in the Boglehead World Bogleheads.org. Still think about the economy, retirement, investing through that lens. Then one day after the company I work for declared bankruptcy I couldn't shake a troubling question that I had never really thought about before: "How do you LIVE off of your savings in retirement?"

Weeks of research and playing with on-line calculators led me to a series of incredible articles on Seeking Alpha about DGI. Other than the guilt that I wish I had started DGI 30 years before, we are very comfortable now with the prospects for a contented retirement when I retire my wings in 3-5 years.

I want to thank the following authors (in no particular order) for helping me get on track: Dividends4Life, David Crosetti, Chuck Carnevale and his FAST Graphs, Chowder, David Van Knapp, David Fish and the CCC Spreadsheet, the "Kid" Tim McAleenan, Norman Tweed, Dividend Growth Machine, Dividend Monk, Dividend Pig, Dividend Guy, Dividend Growth Investor, Bob Wells, and Bob Johnson. There is a lot of very modest talent in this list and we should all heed their advice.

Thanks to this group, my wife and I are currently looking at a 3.87% yield from a very diverse low to moderate risk portfolio of mostly stocks.

I also highly recommend "The Single Best Investment" by Lowell Miller and "The Bogleheads' Guide to Retirement Planning" all available for download.

Shouldn't we consider an annual "DGI Convention" such as the Bogleheads have every year? I think it would be a kick to raise a glass with all of you.

Cheers!