08-21-2013, 05:13 PM
Thanks for the encouragement 
TomK, one of my personal joys from starting DGI is that I no longer have to worry as much about the current value of my portfolio. As long as the dividends keep growing I'll be good to go. However, I am well aware that I am investing at or near a market high, and in VERY uncertain times, and that investing on a dip may simply be investing at the start of a down or bear market. That is why I'm averaging in. I will most likely increase my core holdings each month... or maybe even each quarter... until I reach my target allocation. In the meantime I gotta do the research on those other equities so that I can expand the port.
EricL, that article was precisely why I starting looking into DGI! And yes, my international and emerging markets positions are for diversification purposes, so I will keep them. Once I've built up my domestic equities I will dump those ETFs as they're too dilute and too expensive.
TomK, one of my personal joys from starting DGI is that I no longer have to worry as much about the current value of my portfolio. As long as the dividends keep growing I'll be good to go. However, I am well aware that I am investing at or near a market high, and in VERY uncertain times, and that investing on a dip may simply be investing at the start of a down or bear market. That is why I'm averaging in. I will most likely increase my core holdings each month... or maybe even each quarter... until I reach my target allocation. In the meantime I gotta do the research on those other equities so that I can expand the port.
EricL, that article was precisely why I starting looking into DGI! And yes, my international and emerging markets positions are for diversification purposes, so I will keep them. Once I've built up my domestic equities I will dump those ETFs as they're too dilute and too expensive.