Friday, March 9, 2012

The Rational Case For Dividend Growth Investing (Part 2) - Seeking Alpha

The Rational Case For Dividend Growth Investing (Part 2) - Seeking Alpha: Jonathan Liss (JL): Let’s drill down into some of the nitty gritty of what you are proposing. How much portfolio turnover can the typical Div. Growth investor expect?

David Van Knapp (DVK): Typically, the dividend growth investor purchases stocks with the intention of holding them for a long time. That’s because he or she selects companies that are expected to succeed for long periods of time, and then focuses on the increasing income stream generated by those companies. So stock price movements have less impact than they probably do on the average investor. In fact, contrary to some behavioral finance theories about investor panic, a price increase may be more likely to induce a sale than a price decrease, while a price decrease may be more likely to induce a purchase.

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