The Life Cycle of the Dividend Investor

By Dividend Growth Investor:As a dividend investor my goal is to generate a sufficient stream of sustainable dividends from my income portfolio. I focus on dividends because this method is much less volatile than relying on capital gains and also is a more sustainable method to pay for expenses when compared with selling off shares. This was evident over the past week, when stocks dropped for the first time in several weeks.

By David Crosetti:One of the objectives of the Retirement Portfolio for Do It Yourselfers was to show that a portfolio of dividend growth stocks could deliver outstanding results for the older as well as the younger investor.

eChristian Investing submits:Yahoo (YHOO) was once a darling of the dot-com world. In a highly anticipated IPO in 1996, Yahoo shares opened at $24.50 per share and then soared 75 percent in the first hour of trading. By the end of 1999, YHOO shares had reached an astounding $432 per share.

Dobromir Stoyanov submits:As an individual investor and blogger I do what I preach. I have a dividend portfolio which consists of almost 40 individual issues, most of them dividend achievers or aristocrats.

By Bob Wells:Even as a Dividend Growth Investor, it's hard sometimes not to think about risk, what with the fiscal cliff, continued unrest in the Middle East, financial uncertainty in Europe, the "Dividend Bubble." The list just seems to go on forever.

By Todd Johnson:Many retired investors require steady dividend stocks to pay for their upcoming 2012 living expenses. Dividend income is required due to higher medical expenses and rising food costs. In this article I will focus upon potential ways to invest to protect your life savings. The focus is to increase your monthly income stream in fiscally sound securities.

David Van Knapp submits:This is the third article in a series on financing retirement as seen by someone who is retired (me). It’s a view from the front lines.

Dobromir Stoyanov submits:When investors put their hard earned money to work, they are always hoping that they would receive a positive return on their investment. The profits could come either through capital gains, from dividends or from a combination of both.