03-26-2013, 06:31 PM
Welcome to the forum, Lost Fish! Glad you found us. As you can probably tell, we’re still in the very early days here, but I’m feeling very optimistic that we’re going to be able to grow a great community around this topic. Please let us know if you have thoughts about making the site better.
I agree whole-heartedly with your approach. You’ve stated well several principles that I think are shared broadly among dividend growth investors – valuation, long-term time horizon, lower risk. Dividends alone are not enough – the stock must also be sound on other metrics. And of course a high yield can be a sign of serious trouble with a stock, when the share price is tanking but before the dividend is affected. You have to look at all the factors.
I agree whole-heartedly with your approach. You’ve stated well several principles that I think are shared broadly among dividend growth investors – valuation, long-term time horizon, lower risk. Dividends alone are not enough – the stock must also be sound on other metrics. And of course a high yield can be a sign of serious trouble with a stock, when the share price is tanking but before the dividend is affected. You have to look at all the factors.