Why in the world would I want to call myself ‘The Dividend Dummy’?
Excellent question!
Two reasons really…
‘ Supreme Overlord of the Dividend Investing Universe ‘ was too long, and Motley Fool was already taken…
Nah… Seriously…
The first reason is because I waited until I was 55 years old (back in early 2008) to start investing. What a Dummy I was for that!
The second reason is that, when I did want to start investing, I found out that Dividend Stocks were going to be my best bet. Only problem was… I knew nothing about the subject!
I was, truly, a ‘Dividend Dummy’…
Since then, I’ve made it a point to hang out at places like SeekingAlpha, Div-Net, the Daily Crux, and Motley Fool. I’ve also made it a point to learn from some folks (like the ones at The Dividend Guy, Dividend Growth Stocks, What Is Dividend? , Dividend Growth Investor, Dividend Ninja, Dividends Value, Dividends4Life, Dividend Monk, and The Passive Income Earner) that have forgotten more than I’ll ever know about investing in Dividend Stocks.
I’ve heard it said:
” Ignorance can be corrected… but STUPID is ‘to-the-bone’… “
I concur…
I’m ignorant of many, many things about Dividend Stock investing, but I’m educating myself on the subject.
I’ll probably never be the ‘ Supreme Overlord of the Dividend Investing Universe ‘ but , if I pay attention, maybe I won’t be as much of a ‘Dividend Dummy’ as I started out.