Introduction
The purpose of this article is to review my investing progress in 2019, which was my eighth full year as a dividend growth investor. I follow a value-oriented dividend growth investing strategy that involves buying attractively valued stocks of companies that consistently pay and grow their dividends. My investing strategy is guided by two overarching goals:
- Build a sustainable and rising dividend income stream that beats inflation. I seek to achieve this goal by maintaining a diversified portfolio of dividend growth stocks (my dividend growth machine).
- Preserve and grow my capital by attaining