I literally didn't know dividends existed until I got 0.04 cents in NVDA. Then I went into research it and found out about dividend stocks. Before all I had was growth funds. Sort of a funny way to find out dividends but here we are now!
Why I invest? Because I enjoy doing it and find it much cooler than owning "things" most of the times. And to give me back money for the few things I do want to buy, and eventually one day maybe for financial freedom
I know this sounds cheesy... but use your "why" as your north star to guide you in what you invest in. It makes things so much easier and it helps you to stay consistant in both good and bad economic times.
My biggest mistake would be not sticking to a specific plan or ideology with investing. I went from dividend investing to stock picking to factor investing to eventually realizing dividend investing works best for me, wouldve saved myself a lot of time with what I knew worked for me
I am right there with you! I wasted my 20s on penny stocks and day trading... I missed out on the 2008 - 2017 bull run. I missed out in my 20s, but thankfully I course corrected and didn't miss out in my 30s! The best day to course correct was yesterday. The second best day is today.
My mistake was not knowing the difference between dividend paying stocks and accumulated stocks. I thought that every stock was paying dividend so the first stocks I bought didn't pay and I was like:"Why am I not getting any money from these investments". I did however got a solid 200% gain on my investments over a couple of years so I didn't complain. I then started to read up on stocks and the differences and now all my stocks are dividend stocks. Some low yield and some high yield.
When i started investing, I was told to avoid dividends because you could get better growth in tech stocks, I wish I could go back and tell them to shove it 😂😂 tech stocks are great, but for me I much prefer having mostly dividend stocks with some tech mixed in
Very good thoughts shared here! In my current investing era, I have held on to a majority of my holdings and only sold 2 stocks (for tax reasons). Aside from that, I have happily held companies for years.
Hey Jacob, recently came across your channel and I’m very thankful I did. I’m fairly new to this and your Channel has been a ton of help. Thank you sir.
I started investing recently for the dividends while balancing a bit with growth for icing on the cake and higher dividend yield (as I buy on low side). Trying to see if I can retire early, and this is definitely, the way to go. Initial goal, dividends to pay living expenses, thus holding.
Biggest newbie mistake I made was to fall into high dividend trap and not analyzing balance sheet and history of those companies I was about to invest in. But gradually I have been picking quality over quantity and also realized that low expense ration ETFS are best way to stsy invested. A quadruple combo of Dividend ETF, Index ETF both US and international and growth ETF. I keep only 10% or less in speculative investments. Hoping to reduce it down to less than 5% within next 12 months.
I think we have all been there! I think this is more common than you think. You aren't alone!! I love investing in high quality dividend growth ETFs. My favorites are SCHD/DGRO!
Oh my biggest mistakes is worrying too much about short term, trading in and out of positions instead of letting them build up and compound over time, aka the snowball! I'm a lot better of an investor now than what I was even last year, and I can say that with 100% confidence!
Now imagine for a second how much more confidence you will have next year and the year after. Not only does your dividend portfolio compound, but your experience and confidence does as well!
Everything I own I plan on owning forever and leaving it to someone. The only exception I can really see happening is I do own a bit of my employers stock. But that's a small percentage that I'm not worried about.
Jake your dividend videos were one of the very first videos I have watched, before I started investing into dividend funds. When I earned my first dividend through DGRW, I wanted to say thank you to you 😂
I'm a very visual learner, so i appreciate putting the numbers into a graph like you did with the Coca-Cola stock... makes all the numbers i've been looking at with all these stocks make sense as a group. Is that on Seeking Alpha?
I work in Film Production Lighting. Can be a volitile career at times but this method of investing helps out for dry spills (Union Strikes) for someone like me. Even considering getting REITs into my Taxable Brokerage.
Question ❓ could you do a video on having say 3600.00 would it make sense to buy 10 shares of Microsoft vs 51 shares of SCHD. Picked $3600 for even 10 shares is all.
Could you make a video going through examples of buy and holding dividend ETFs vs flipping growth ETFs (or just s&p500) into dividend funds? I would love to see what would have been most optimal in the past couple decades. I’m also curious to see how this plays out in a taxable brokerage account. Would selling the growth funds trigger a large long term capital gains tax bill? Or would you end up paying more taxes with holding dividend funds? Thanks for making content that makes me think!
I have a couple satilight stocks that aren't increasing the dividends. I don't want to reposition just yet. I'm looking for ETFs that the dividends are spead out. VYM SCHD DGRO pay close together, if I'm not mistaken.
VYM/SCHD are similar. DGRO is a bit different. Lower dividend and more growth stocks - at least that is how the index is set up. It can be hard to cut the cord and switch out of stocks that are losing or no longer have their charm aka growth.
Curious people’s ideas…. I planned to keep socking away money for my car payment once it is paid off later this year. I was just going to throw it into a HYSA every month as if I was still making my payment and use this lump sum for my next car (5-8 years down the road). Was curious if it might be a better idea to invest in a growth ETF or higher yielding ETF. Curious people’s thoughts on this idea based on the timeline. Thanks all.
I know the feeling!!! It will be hard to live off the dividend from VOO/SCHG. You could always consider selling way out of th emoney covered calls on them in the future to generate income ;)
Calm down delicate flower. They dusted themselves off and tried again. They're grown ups now and are subscribed to this channel as fellow dividend investors. 😜
So the dividends in my brokerage account now completely funds my IRA. That took 2 years. Next up... pay my monthly bills. 😂 Gonna take a some a while but I got 20 years to grow this
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I literally didn't know dividends existed until I got 0.04 cents in NVDA. Then I went into research it and found out about dividend stocks. Before all I had was growth funds. Sort of a funny way to find out dividends but here we are now!
lol!! That is a really cool story though. Something you could tell your kids and grandkids..
Same here...I invested with VOO and a week later got a mysterious payment the rest is history 😂
Why I invest? Because I enjoy doing it and find it much cooler than owning "things" most of the times. And to give me back money for the few things I do want to buy, and eventually one day maybe for financial freedom
I know this sounds cheesy... but use your "why" as your north star to guide you in what you invest in. It makes things so much easier and it helps you to stay consistant in both good and bad economic times.
My biggest mistake would be not sticking to a specific plan or ideology with investing.
I went from dividend investing to stock picking to factor investing to eventually realizing dividend investing works best for me, wouldve saved myself a lot of time with what I knew worked for me
I am right there with you! I wasted my 20s on penny stocks and day trading... I missed out on the 2008 - 2017 bull run. I missed out in my 20s, but thankfully I course corrected and didn't miss out in my 30s! The best day to course correct was yesterday. The second best day is today.
My mistake was not knowing the difference between dividend paying stocks and accumulated stocks. I thought that every stock was paying dividend so the first stocks I bought didn't pay and I was like:"Why am I not getting any money from these investments". I did however got a solid 200% gain on my investments over a couple of years so I didn't complain. I then started to read up on stocks and the differences and now all my stocks are dividend stocks. Some low yield and some high yield.
When i started investing, I was told to avoid dividends because you could get better growth in tech stocks, I wish I could go back and tell them to shove it 😂😂 tech stocks are great, but for me I much prefer having mostly dividend stocks with some tech mixed in
Very good thoughts shared here! In my current investing era, I have held on to a majority of my holdings and only sold 2 stocks (for tax reasons). Aside from that, I have happily held companies for years.
Hey Jacob, recently came across your channel and I’m very thankful I did. I’m fairly new to this and your Channel has been a ton of help. Thank you sir.
Hi there! So glad you found the channel and find value you in the videos!
Fantastic video Jake. "Why?" is such an important and underrated question to ask yourself as an investor. Thank you for putting this together! 👏
Hey Ryne! Thanks so much man! I appreciate you stopping by and taking the time to comment this!
@@DividendGrowthInvesting anytime man, I’m a big fan. Keep up the great work! 📈
Thanks for the informational video Jake! What is the website you are using at the end to compare share price and dividend payout?
Hey! Here is the website: www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/KO/cocacola/dividend-yield-history
I started investing recently for the dividends while balancing a bit with growth for icing on the cake and higher dividend yield (as I buy on low side). Trying to see if I can retire early, and this is definitely, the way to go. Initial goal, dividends to pay living expenses, thus holding.
It takes a lot of focus and patience but once you retire off your dividend portfolio, it is really rewarding!
Great content, im from portugal, and man… your work its incredible, i really enjoy every minute. Thank and keep that for us, your community. 🍀🙏
Thank you very much!
Biggest newbie mistake I made was to fall into high dividend trap and not analyzing balance sheet and history of those companies I was about to invest in. But gradually I have been picking quality over quantity and also realized that low expense ration ETFS are best way to stsy invested. A quadruple combo of Dividend ETF, Index ETF both US and international and growth ETF. I keep only 10% or less in speculative investments. Hoping to reduce it down to less than 5% within next 12 months.
I think we have all been there! I think this is more common than you think. You aren't alone!! I love investing in high quality dividend growth ETFs. My favorites are SCHD/DGRO!
Oh my biggest mistakes is worrying too much about short term, trading in and out of positions instead of letting them build up and compound over time, aka the snowball! I'm a lot better of an investor now than what I was even last year, and I can say that with 100% confidence!
Now imagine for a second how much more confidence you will have next year and the year after. Not only does your dividend portfolio compound, but your experience and confidence does as well!
@DividendGrowthInvesting absolutely! And mistakes are learning opportunities
Everything I own I plan on owning forever and leaving it to someone. The only exception I can really see happening is I do own a bit of my employers stock. But that's a small percentage that I'm not worried about.
Not a bad plan at all!
Jake your dividend videos were one of the very first videos I have watched, before I started investing into dividend funds. When I earned my first dividend through DGRW, I wanted to say thank you to you 😂
Hey!! That’s so exciting! It really is the best feeling seeing and tracking your progress. It only gets better from here!! I’m so happy for you!
I'm a very visual learner, so i appreciate putting the numbers into a graph like you did with the Coca-Cola stock... makes all the numbers i've been looking at with all these stocks make sense as a group. Is that on Seeking Alpha?
The website at the end of the video was from here: www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/KO/cocacola/dividend-yield-history
I work in Film Production Lighting. Can be a volitile career at times but this method of investing helps out for dry spills (Union Strikes) for someone like me. Even considering getting REITs into my Taxable Brokerage.
Glad it resonates with you! High growth low yield REITs can be a great option to consider. My personal favorites are PLD, AMT and DLR.
Question ❓ could you do a video on having say 3600.00 would it make sense to buy 10 shares of Microsoft vs 51 shares of SCHD. Picked $3600 for even 10 shares is all.
Thank you for this Jake.
Hey Michael! Always glad to see you here!!!
Could you make a video going through examples of buy and holding dividend ETFs vs flipping growth ETFs (or just s&p500) into dividend funds? I would love to see what would have been most optimal in the past couple decades. I’m also curious to see how this plays out in a taxable brokerage account. Would selling the growth funds trigger a large long term capital gains tax bill? Or would you end up paying more taxes with holding dividend funds? Thanks for making content that makes me think!
Great suggestion! Yeah this is really important to understand. Both come with pros and cons.
I have a couple satilight stocks that aren't increasing the dividends. I don't want to reposition just yet. I'm looking for ETFs that the dividends are spead out. VYM SCHD DGRO pay close together, if I'm not mistaken.
VYM/SCHD are similar. DGRO is a bit different. Lower dividend and more growth stocks - at least that is how the index is set up. It can be hard to cut the cord and switch out of stocks that are losing or no longer have their charm aka growth.
Curious people’s ideas….
I planned to keep socking away money for my car payment once it is paid off later this year. I was just going to throw it into a HYSA every month as if I was still making my payment and use this lump sum for my next car (5-8 years down the road). Was curious if it might be a better idea to invest in a growth ETF or higher yielding ETF. Curious people’s thoughts on this idea based on the timeline. Thanks all.
But Jake I never want to flip VOO and SCHG 😢 those two are like owning a house to me. Those two are my capital gains Kings 👑
I know the feeling!!! It will be hard to live off the dividend from VOO/SCHG. You could always consider selling way out of th emoney covered calls on them in the future to generate income ;)
3 poor kids got hurt and hes laughing :(
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Calm down delicate flower. They dusted themselves off and tried again. They're grown ups now and are subscribed to this channel as fellow dividend investors. 😜
Cash flow and to make money while I sleep.
100%!!!
Great video
Glad you enjoyed it!
So the dividends in my brokerage account now completely funds my IRA. That took 2 years. Next up... pay my monthly bills. 😂 Gonna take a some a while but I got 20 years to grow this
Love this videos!
Why don't you talk about investing for total returns?
I actually talked about that in a previous video last year. You can check it out here: ruclips.net/video/JD-7Y3DezXU/видео.html
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@@DividendGrowthInvesting how's life
Love the vids Jake. You ever dip into staking some crypto for extra passive income?
Hey! Thank you! I looked into staking BTC and USDC but decided to stick with dividend stocks/ETFs. I don't see anything wrong with having
@@DividendGrowthInvesting right on man! Appreciate your response
Buy low, sell high.
yup!
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Hey Ethan!!!