Watching HRCT and the mistakes of its "investors" was immensely profitable for me. My portfolio is 100% domestic quality issues. Ten stocks on the NYSE; two on the NASDAQ. Certainly nothing Chinese. No pennies or small cap. No trying to outsmart Mister Market by trading or shorting. Only one of my stocks, an old Rockwell spinoff, Skyworks Solutions, paid no dividend when I acquired it.
Just did something I've never done before. Looked at the dividend performance of my stocks since the Great Recession. Each upped its payout during that period. I was shocked that my Rockwell Collins only had one increase although its share price has doubled. Several stocks had many small div increases. Comcast's payout has nearly tripled.
As for Skyworks, its been one of the great growth stories of recent years. Its chips are used extensively by Apple. SWKS paid its first dividend in early 2014, and raised it just six months later!
My individual stock holdings are the exact opposite of what HRCT was, and their performance has been fantastic. My dividend income has doubled in the past 5 years. Still, index funds are my core holdings as they have been for decades.
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