Watching Dividends Rise: Putting Together a Focused Dividend-Growth Portfolio

In 2008, I re-tooled an existing aimless portfolio to become a focused dividend-growth portfolio. I did this in conjunction with publication of the first in what has become an annual series of e-books on dividend investing. The current edition is TOP 40 DIVIDEND-GROWTH STOCKS FOR 2011: How to Create Wealth or Income from Dividend-Growth Stocks. When I retooled the portfolio, I gave it a great name (Dividend Growth Portfolio) and used the e-book as a guide not only to what stocks to select but also to how to manage the portfolio. I created a strategy document and set of rules to govern the portfolio.The Dividend Growth Portfolio's purpose is to demonstrate the results that can be achieved by following sound dividend-growth investing principles. I consider it in many ways to be a typical portfolio of its type. It is not a hypothetical, model, or back-tested portfolio. It is real,... Read more