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Old 04-20-2012, 10:56 AM
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U a brave man, Greg. heheh

When u mentioned that stock a month or so ago, i've "eyed" it on occasion and noticed it dropping.
Well.... yes... and also STUPID. However.... I also pick up a $9,366 dividend per quarter while waiting...
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Old 04-20-2012, 11:12 AM
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Well.... yes... and also STUPID. However.... I also pick up a $9,366 dividend per quarter while waiting...

lol true. very true.
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Old 04-20-2012, 11:34 AM
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Seriously -- that's where getting a dividend REALLY REALLY helps - because it keeps pounding money in your pocket... where a pure growth stock does not. If I've learned ANYTHING over the last 30 years -- it's that.
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Seriously -- that's where getting a dividend REALLY REALLY helps - because it keeps pounding money in your pocket... where a pure growth stock does not. If I've learned ANYTHING over the last 30 years -- it's that.
yeah.. when i first opened my investment account in roughly 2008, i got $50 free. So i bought $25 of google. (well, 21 after commission).. its worth a whopping like 30 today. sure would of been nice to also get a dividend during those years.

on the other hand, i also bought $21 worth of Apple, which is worth like $100 now. heheh. got lucky on that one. but, not enough to write home about. but it was a "success" story for me. but, ive flopped some too. But that was before i understood what we're doing here now.
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Seriously -- that's where getting a dividend REALLY REALLY helps - because it keeps pounding money in your pocket... where a pure growth stock does not. If I've learned ANYTHING over the last 30 years -- it's that.
And for those that reinvest the dividends, it automatically averages down your cost / share. As an example with STD, I own 600 shares at an average cost of $7.50. They pay a dividend on May-09-2012 of $0.2291 / share. At the current price of $6.34, I would get 21.681 shares. My new average cost per share is $7.235. Assuming a similar dividend and price / share next quarter, my cost / share could be under $7 without doing anything. This is where the yield vs. cost basis becomes exponential. Extrapolate this out 5 or 10 years.....
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And for those that reinvest the dividends, it automatically averages down your cost / share. As an example with STD, I own 600 shares at an average cost of $7.50. They pay a dividend on May-09-2012 of $0.2291 / share. At the current price of $6.34, I would get 21.681 shares. My new average cost per share is $7.235. Assuming a similar dividend and price / share next quarter, my cost / share could be under $7 without doing anything. This is where the yield vs. cost basis becomes exponential. Extrapolate this out 5 or 10 years.....


EXACTLY
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I have 12 stocks spread across several sectors in the Schwab account I opened in January. Now I want to invest some additional money. Some have done considerably better than others. A couple are down a few percent and I have a handful that are well above 10%. Should I invest the additional funds in the better performing stocks, or spread it evenly across the board? I also have a few that have done well in my 401k, would it be a good idea to add them to my Schwab account?

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Old 04-20-2012, 06:04 PM
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I have 12 stocks spread across several sectors in the Schwab account I opened in January. Now I want to invest some additional money. Some have done considerably better than others. A couple are down a few percent and I have a handful that are well above 10%. Should I invest the additional funds in the better performing stocks, or spread it evenly across the board? I also have a few that have done well in my 401k, would it be a good idea to add them to my Schwab account?

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I would ALWAYS choose MORE diversification over anything else. It's easy to load up on the current winners.... but they won't always be the winners... a year from now the loser could be your big winner!

I'd like you to look at ALL of your investable funds as one giant account... and don't duplicate - and get the most diversification you can get taking into consideration ALL of your investments.

It's ALL your money! Just because they are in different accounts doesn't really make any difference. That should only be a consideration when you're looking at investments inside the IRA - because you don't need tax advantaged investments in there -- they're already tax advantaged!
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Old 04-20-2012, 06:58 PM
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Thanks Greg. I appreciate the time you take to answer these questions. I've learned quite a lot and made a little money thanks to you and this thread.

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Old 04-20-2012, 07:01 PM
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That's making my day right there Don!

Today I've Uninstalled the '32 roadster rear end -- made some money in my stock accounts (a nice up day) and helped somebody while I'm at it! That's a good day!
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