{"id":93134,"date":"2016-07-20T06:08:36","date_gmt":"2016-07-20T10:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/?p=93134"},"modified":"2016-07-21T15:42:25","modified_gmt":"2016-07-21T19:42:25","slug":"interview-dividend-stock-investing-with-ben-reynolds-of-suredividend-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2016\/07\/interview-dividend-stock-investing-with-ben-reynolds-of-suredividend-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Dividend Stock Investing with Ben Reynolds of SureDividend.com"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Zachary Storella<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Dividend paying stocks, a favorite target of many savvy long-term investors, seem to be getting extra attention in today’s current market environment. The fact that bond yields reside at very low levels and are giving off very little income, dividend stocks have been\u00a0highly in demand for those looking to gain a little extra yield from their investments.<\/p>\n

To better understand this interesting category of investing, I\u00a0am very pleased to bring you an\u00a0interview<\/a> with\u00a0Ben Reynolds\u00a0of SureDividend.com.\u00a0<\/strong>Ben\u00a0has written many insightful articles on the subject that I highly recommend including The Best Dividend ETF: Data-Driven Answers<\/a>, The 8 Rules of Dividend Investing and Starting from Scratch: Building Your Dividend Growth Portfolio<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In this interview, we touch upon the basics of dividend investing, dividend stocks vs ETFs, what attracts him to his investments as well as what resources he uses in his analysis.<\/p>\n

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My investing journey started with a great interest in value investing. That interest has never gone away. I have also explored momentum strategies and various ETF based strategies in detail.<\/p>\n

What attracted me to dividend investing in general is its simplicity. You don\u2019t need to continuously identify bargains like in value investing. You don\u2019t need to churn your account to exploit the hottest stock or fund like with most momentum strategies.<\/p>\n

\"ben_reynolds\"<\/a>All you do is find high quality businesses with shareholder friendly managements trading at fair or better prices, and invest for the long run.<\/p>\n

So that\u2019s what attracted me to dividend investing.<\/p>\n

As far as Sure Dividend goes, I wanted to build a tool for individual investors to quickly and systematically identify high quality dividend growth stocks trading at good prices.<\/p>\n

I\u00a0believe\u00a0quantitative\u00a0rule\u00a0based\u00a0systems\u00a0have\u00a0an\u00a0edge\u00a0because\u00a0they\u00a0do\u00a0not\u00a0suffer\u00a0(or\u00a0suffer\u00a0less – someone \u00a0built\u00a0them)\u00a0from\u00a0human\u00a0biases.\u00a0\u00a0I\u00a0built\u00a0The\u00a08\u00a0Rules\u00a0of\u00a0Dividend\u00a0Investing<\/a> to\u00a0systematically\u00a0rank\u00a0high\u00a0quality dividend\u00a0growth\u00a0stocks.\u00a0\u00a0That\u00a0is\u00a0the\u00a0foundation\u00a0of\u00a0Sure\u00a0Dividend.<\/p>\n

For\u00a0those\u00a0of\u00a0us\u00a0who\u00a0don’t\u00a0know\u00a0much\u00a0about\u00a0dividend\u00a0investing,\u00a0can\u00a0you\u00a0give\u00a0us\u00a0a\u00a0brief\u00a0primer\u00a0on\u00a0the\u00a0ins\u00a0and\u00a0outs\u00a0of\u00a0dividends\u00a0stocks?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Absolutely!\u00a0\u00a0Dividend\u00a0investing\u00a0in\u00a0general\u00a0is\u00a0a\u00a0very\u00a0broad\u00a0topic.\u00a0\u00a0In\u00a0brief,\u00a0dividend\u00a0investors look for stocks\u00a0that pay\u00a0dividends\u00a0(what\u00a0a\u00a0shocker\u2026).<\/p>\n

Dividend\u00a0investors\u00a0are\u00a0more\u00a0apt\u00a0to\u00a0hold\u00a0stocks\u00a0for\u00a0longer\u00a0periods\u00a0of\u00a0time and\u00a0care\u00a0about\u00a0dividend\u00a0growth\u00a0as\u00a0much\u00a0(or\u00a0more\u00a0than)\u00a0short-term\u00a0stock\u00a0price\u00a0movements.<\/p>\n

There\u00a0are\u00a0many\u00a0different\u00a0\u2018flavors\u2019\u00a0of\u00a0dividend\u00a0investing:<\/p>\n