Comments on Dividend Growth Investor: When to sell your dividend stocks? Part 2

What do you think of ACAS? I have some shares and ...

2008-06-27T21:16:00.000-07:00

What do you think of ACAS? I have some shares and was thinking of buying more. Do you think the dividend will continue to rise over the course of this next year?

That's a tough choice to make Anon. If I were you ...

2008-06-27T09:03:00.001-07:00

That's a tough choice to make Anon. If I were you I'd research the companies I really wanted to buy, and then determine if they are suitable for you or not. Just because the stocks are cheap now doesn't mean that they can't get cheaper. Would you still be holding them if the price falls 40%?
I am looking into ACAS and O right now. I have lost some money on them, but I plan on never selling.. So let's see how this works out for me.

Hello, I live in paris and i read your blog from g...

2008-06-26T19:44:00.000-07:00

Hello, I live in paris and i read your blog from google. U.S. stocks are so cheap now bc of the weak dollar I wanted to know which dividend aristocrats you would purchase if you had to pick just 2 to buy at the current levels. I'm tempted by KMB and KO, please tell me which 2 you think will be good, I like PG but it has not fallen too much yet

MBL,Thanks for stopping by. Actually in order to g...

2008-06-26T11:10:00.000-07:00

MBL,

Thanks for stopping by. Actually in order to get into the dividend game it might be a good idea to select companies where the dividend is well covered from the companies earnings and cashflows. An example of that could be JNJ.
However purchasing stocks after a cut and holding for a specific amount of time as a trading strategy is something which could be a profitable endeavour. But in this site I try to preach a long-term buy and hold philosophy. I simply mentioned that selling after a dividend cut might not be the best strategy,since most of the dividend investors are selling at that point.

Anonymous,

Thanks for stopping by. I don't have Cake financial. In my opinion you might want to get more stocks for diversification. A good starting point are the companies in the Dividend Aristocrats list. Or you could check my previous analyzes as a starting point and determine for yourself which companies have a higher chance of growing in the future both their revenues and eps but also dividends.

Another useful list to start might be the dividend champions:

http://dividendgrowth.blogspot.com/2008/05/dividend-champions-watchlist.html

sorry that whole link didnt come out my cake finan...

2008-06-26T10:39:00.000-07:00

sorry that whole link didnt come out my cake financial sn is DNM....do you have cake financial by any chance?

Hey I left you a comment a little while ago about ...

2008-06-26T10:38:00.000-07:00

Hey I left you a comment a little while ago about what div stock to purchase with the extra cash i had. I was wondering if you could give me a little insight on my portfolio using my cake profile. Its a little aggressive but I am 23 so no need to be to conservative yet. Please let me know what you think I should add or sell. Im thinking of adding more KO at $53

https://www.cakefinancial.com/app/pubPeople.do?sn=DNM

This is a pretty good article. It didn't mention ...

2008-06-26T08:23:00.000-07:00

This is a pretty good article. It didn't mention anything about your approach with the ED stock from your first post in this series.

As someone who is interested in getting into the dividend game, my question is when is a good time to buy?

Your post provided me with some food for thought about when to buy especially when the stock prices fall after dividend cuts. It sounds like a buy low, sell high strategy for capital gains purposes but dividend-wise, how does one know when it is worth buying a dividend stock after dividend cuts?

D4L,Thanks for stopping by. Remember that I reserv...

2008-06-26T06:28:00.000-07:00

D4L,

Thanks for stopping by. Remember that I reserved the option to sell on a case by case basis.

Interesting view. I am still firmly in the "sell,...

2008-06-25T10:45:00.000-07:00

Interesting view. I am still firmly in the "sell, if they cut the dividend". Once management does it it becomes easy the second time.

Best Wishes,
Dividends4Life