In one form or another, I get the question daily, "What do you think of the market? Where's it headed?" Normally, I politely respond as expected, but occasionally I will startle the person with a reply like, "I don't know. For me it really doesn't matter much." My investing goals are not defined by movements in the market.
Many people define the market broadly as the S&P 500. Very little of my total portfolio is in a S&P 500 index. Its movements up or down have minimal effect on my goals. As a value-based dividend investor, it is in my best interest to have stocks depressed and yields high, at least for the short-term. This provides a choice between worthy investments, unlike the the market boom years when it was a struggle to find fairly priced stocks.Focus On Solid Dividend Stocks, Not The Market
Instead of looking at the market and its direction, investors in dividend stocks should focus on quality, price and ultimate value. Below are several quality 3, 4 and 5 Star dividend stocks selling below their calculated fair value (as of 8/11/09):
The time will come at some point in the future where we once again struggle to fairly priced stocks. At that point, we will likely look back and regret not buying more when we had the opportunity.
Full Disclosure: Long MCD, EMR. See a list of all my income holdings here.
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