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KTC> Ten stocks would be too many since she doesn't intend to actively trade


KillTheCat,
The idea is NOT to actively trade.

My thinking is that ten stocks is the bare
minimum - to achieve diversification.

That old saw - safety in numbers thingie?

Back in 2008 . . . I lost my butt on two mortgage
companies who's tickers were TMA and AHM. Thanks
to the power companies and other holdings who did
NOT collapse and all those lovely dividend checks
I came out OK.

With $100,000 dollars . . I'd be very tempted to
select ten (large blue chip type) companies and
put $10,000 in each. Then forget about them till
next year.

(You could always select a pretend portfolio . . .
go back to 2004 and find the share prices then
track what it would have done . . . remembering to
add in the dividends.)

Zim.




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Re: Dividend Increasers
By: killthecat
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Tue, 06 Mar 12 12:03 AM
Msg. 52684 of 65535

Thanks Zim! Ten stocks would be too many since she doesn't intend to actively trade or manage her 401k. T

I thought it might be interesting for us to layout and then follow a simple portfolio online that may provide income, growth, safety or adventure. She really doesn't need the money. It is a retirement vehicle with many years to run.


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