Comments on: Dividend Investing vs. S&P Index Fund *

By: Ethan Bloch

Ethan Bloch — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 06:51:00 +0000

The past 10 years has been a lost decade for stock market investors, just like the 70's, which preceded 2 decades that brought the greatest bull markets in the history of the US stock market.

The funny (sad) thing is people who were invested in the S&P 500 outperformed 50% of all other investors and greater then 50% of those holding actively managed mutual funds.

One must be careful doing the kind of analysis you did, even though yours didn't prove your theory, as hindsight is 20/20 and massaging a strategy to fit ones endgame is dangerous.

Cheers.

Ethan

By: Dividends4Life

Dividends4Life — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:36:00 +0000

Jae: JNJ is a stady performer - just what you want out of a long-term dividend investment.

Rbacarel: Thanks for the recommendation. I will take a look at Monetta Young Investor Fund.

Billm: Thanks. The spreadsheet is available at the end of the post if there is a particular fund you would like to compare it against.

Best Wishes,
D4L

By: billm

billm — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 03:58:00 +0000

Excellent post. Would be very nice to see a comparison against managed mutual funds.

By: rbacarel

rbacarel — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:43:00 +0000

You should consider the Monetta Young Investor Fund as an investment alternative. Core-index, best of breed companies, no-load and capped expense ratio. Visit: http://www.younginvestorfund.com

By: Jae Jun

Jae Jun — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:44:00 +0000

I’ve been racking my brains to decide which dividend stocks I should buy for my 401k and came to the conclusion that JNJ was the best first buy. Now I just have to take a big bite.

This post was a good help.