08-16-2013, 11:54 PM
I'm excited I found this forum, Kerim. Thanks to Dan Mac for mentioning it on his blog.
I originally owned KO back in 1996 but had to, unfortunately, sell it all to help pay for school. I knew nothing of dividend growth investing then either. Really wish I would have held onto it! Anyway, I'm now starting to invest in dividend growth stocks and Coca Coca is definitely one that I will be buying soon with a holding period of forever.
I've always tried to purchase, at a minimum, $2000 into a stock. My trades are fairly cheap at Schwab ($8.95), but I'm worried that too frequent trading will eat into profits. My concern is that I don't have the capital to purchase $2000 currently, but if I wait until I do I might miss on this minor dip. If the ex-dividend date were sooner I might make an exception to the >$2000 at a time rule. Is this a concern that you guys have or in the long run won't really matter.
I originally owned KO back in 1996 but had to, unfortunately, sell it all to help pay for school. I knew nothing of dividend growth investing then either. Really wish I would have held onto it! Anyway, I'm now starting to invest in dividend growth stocks and Coca Coca is definitely one that I will be buying soon with a holding period of forever.
I've always tried to purchase, at a minimum, $2000 into a stock. My trades are fairly cheap at Schwab ($8.95), but I'm worried that too frequent trading will eat into profits. My concern is that I don't have the capital to purchase $2000 currently, but if I wait until I do I might miss on this minor dip. If the ex-dividend date were sooner I might make an exception to the >$2000 at a time rule. Is this a concern that you guys have or in the long run won't really matter.