My Dividend-Focused Portfolio: Past, Present, Future

I wrote a series of articles last year on investing in international stocks. I was personally interested in finding value in European markets which were in a tailspin following the Eurozone crisis and the imminent default of Greek, Spanish and Portuguese economies. I ended up buying a handful of foreign dividend yield stocks last summer. However, I was unable to invest as much as I wanted, since some of the stocks that I had identified as value rose quickly and became "fairly" valued. Separately, I have continued to sell my U.S. stocks in order to book some profits, as I feel that the markets have gone up too fast without underlying recovery in employment, job creation and a long lasting solution to the government debt and mortgage issues. Over the last few months, some fellow readers of Seeking Alpha have asked me about my holdings and trades. I present my... Read more