Q&A: Pros & Cons of Dividend Investing, Deere, Value Traps, and more

The Security Analysis Podcast

Today’s episode is a Q&A podcast where I answer questions that I’ve gathered via Twitter and emails. If you have a question that you would like me to address, reach out to me at [e-mail]

Topics covered:

* Pros & Cons of Dividend Investing

* The Ethics of Materialism

* Accounting Books

* My Favorite Podcasts

* Accumulation vs. Retirement Portfolios

* Value vs. Growth

* My investment in Deere

* Weird Portfolio & Avantis Funds

* My worst investments

* Avoiding value traps

Links:

* Ben Graham’s Interpretation of Financial Statements: https://www.amazon.com/Interpretation-Financial-Statements-Benjamin-Graham/dp/0887309135

* Why Stocks Go Up and Down: https://www.amazon.com/Why-Stocks-Go-Up-Down-ebook/dp/B00GHTKT5O/

* Hartford Funds study that dividends are 69% of total return for the market: https://www.hartfordfunds.com/dam/en/docs/pub/whitepapers/WP106.pdf

* Investor’s podcast interview with Chris Bloomstran:

* Business Brew interview with Arnold Van Den Berg:

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