404 Carnival of Personal Finance – Dividend Investing Edition + MORE

The strong performance of the stock market YTD has left little attractive opportunities on the table for value investors to get interested in. I consider valuation of an individual stock paramount to long-term success, and it’s imperative that you don’t overpay for an ownership stake in even the most high quality business…

Getting a discount of 10%, 20% or even more is awesome. When it is on a big ticket item like a automobile, there are a lot of dollars to be saved and people have been known to drive great distances to receive the discount. Everyone loves a sale!

Well, maybe not everyone. When stocks go on sale it seems to depress a large number of market participants…

BRIC countries. Social media IPOs. And now dividend stocks? Two weeks ago, at the 15th Annual Investment U Conference, I was asked if dividend stocks were the next investment craze destined to fade. My response? Not a chance! Admittedly, investor interest in dividend stocks keeps perking up. But that’s a by-product of artificially depressed interest rates…

Welcome to the 404th Carnival of Personal Finance, hosted at Dividend Growth Investor blog. I am an individual investor whose goal is to accumulate a portfolio of income producing securities, that will provide a sufficient stream of growing dividend income to pay for my expenses in retirement. Check my complete archive of articles if you are new to my website…