Hi Greg,
Just started going through this thread. Not sure what got me to click on it last week, but I did and have read the first 20+ pages so far. I opened up the brokerage account with Schwab, and hoping to put some money in there later today.
I do have a couple questions for you though if you don't mind.
1. I'm looking at Target(TGT) stock. I shop there weekly, so I have interest in it. If I look on the 5 year snapshop, it's low on the left, higher on the right, with increasing dividends. If I hit the research to Total Return on Schwab, the 5 year result is +65.7%. I know this probably isn't as high as some others, but would this be a good investment to get my feet wet?
2. On one of the pages you stated you owned 21 different stocks. But on another page I see you showed your dividends, which was more more than 21 different stocks. Is that right? I feel like I'm getting something confused. You also mention having only one account? as in one Schwab account? Not that any of this really matters, just trying to keep everything straight with all the lingo and such.
Thanks for writing all this up. You've inspired me and got me started towards investing. I always use to say that I didn't like investing in the stock market since I like tangible assets. For example, I have a second house that I rent out and since the tenants are paying the mortgage on that, I always felt like that was going in my pocket as a retirement. But I feel like that's just not enough. I'd like to own and rent out more houses, but I don't want all my eggs in one basket either.
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