Comments on: Focus On Stocks, Not The Market

By: Dividend Tree Potpourri – August 22, 2009 | Dividend Tree

Dividend Tree Potpourri – August 22, 2009 | Dividend Tree — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 03:04:03 +0000

[...] Focus on stocks, not the market. [...]

By: The Curious Investor

The Curious Investor — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:13:55 +0000

While I see DGI’s point, I agree with the point that investors who choose to pick individual stocks should focus more on a “bottoms-up” strategy as opposed to a market driven strategy. Buying individual stocks at a value will give you the best probability of gaining as the market gains and losing less (if not preserving capital all together) as the market falls.

By: Dividend Growth Investor

Dividend Growth Investor — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:19:58 +0000

When the market goes up, 80%-90% of all stocks follow its moves. when it goes down 70% of companies go lower in tandem with it. While dividend investors do care mostly about stability and growth of their dividend income, capital gains are important as well.
Mr market might be telling you something about a company that successfuly increases its dividends while the stock price is down or flat.