by Dave Scott | Alternative Investments, Investing 101, Investing Strategy
Could it be that there’s been a paradigm shift in our needs as we head into retirement? Two or three decades ago, seniors could depend on some combination of pension plans, retirement health benefits, social security, income from fixed income investments such as...
by Dave Scott | Financial Advisor, Investing 101
Increasingly, I am convinced that individual investors face an uphill battle in consistently generating solid, consistent returns year after year, and would be better off with a good dependable financial advisor. And who’s to blame them when even Ivy League educated...
by Dave Scott | Dividend Investing
A solid, well balanced and diversified portfolio includes a mix of stocks, dividend stocks bonds, mutual funds and other investments. Many investors, particularly older retired folk, prefer to invest a greater chunk of their portfolio in dividend and fixed income...
by Dave Scott | Dividend Investing, Investing Strategy, Stock Investing
Before we get into screening for good dividend stocks, there’s one basic measure that you must know – it’s called the dividend yield and it compares companies on dividends. Let me try and explain this with a simple example. Say there’s a company whose shares trade at...
by Dave Scott | Financial Planning, Savings
I was speaking with a friend of mine recently about how investment opportunities come and go, how they literally do a slow dance right under our noses but we fail to recognize them until it’s too late. In fact, almost every investment opportunity seems that way with...
by Dave Scott | Investing 101, Portfolio Strategy, Risk Management
In a rising market, every portfolio appears solidly built. You only find out if you’re swimming naked when the tide goes out, as Warren Buffett famously said. From March 2009 to August 2012, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has almost doubled from roughly 6,500 to...
