Buying Stocks For A Dividend Growth Portfolio: Postscript A

Introduction This posting is truly a postscript. With the completion of "Buying Stocks For A Dividend Growth Portfolio: Part 3 The Portfolio," Sep. 6, 2017 on SeekingAlpha, I didn't think there would be anything more to say. The logic of the portfolio had been explained in Part 1. Part 2 had discussed buying opportunities for each stock, and Part 3 presented the entire portfolio.
However, in response to one of the postings, there was a request to identify those stocks that currently look cheap and those that looked overpriced. That is a different approach from the portfolio focus of the postings. As described in the previous posting in this series (part 1a- here - and especially part 1b here), positions are initiated with a very long holding period in mind, and, consequently, they are often initiated by making a small purchase with the intent to add to the position at better prices over time.
The focus is on accumulating a stock over a period of time rather than in one purchase. Thus, almost every stock in the portfolio can be viewed as being one where accumulating more shares makes sense. The exception would be if the position has grown to the point where it makes portfolio sense to look elsewhere in order to avoid too much concentration in one stock. For years, that accumulation was done primarily through dividend reinvestment. In general, it would make no sense to hold a stock in a portfolio if one wasn't willing to accumulate more of the stock. At the... Read more