How to Pick Dividend Stocks When You’re First Starting Out

Though you really can do this forever. I do.

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I’m not a professional investor or analyst. Far from it. I have been writing in the financial media since 2011 for a variety of platforms. Presently, I focus on Medium and crowd-sourced investment research platform, Seeking Alpha.

I attribute any personal, professional, and investing success I have to learning from reader response to my work and making a ton of mistakes. I used to call them “stupid mistakes.” Now I just call them integral mistakes. Without them, I’d be nowhere and nothing. Same, with regards to the people I have had the opportunity to work with, observe, and read over the years.

We’re living through one of the most exciting times in history.

Forget the bull market. Set aside arguing over whether or not we’re in a bubble. Disregard politics. Try to put the pandemic further back in your mind. As life goes, these are all blips on the radar screen.

Opportunity to “do” and make money exists like never before for an increasing number of people, irrespective of age.

I’m heartened by something I see in response to my writing here and at Seeking Alpha. Young people are engaging financial media. They want to avoid making mistakes. I hope…