by Daniel Shvartsman
Spend too much time in the market or on a site like Seeking Alpha, and it's easy to lose the purpose of investing. Instead of protecting capital and providing necessary funds for future expenses, investing becomes a competition, a game, and endless array of options. Managing the emotional and psychological aspects of investing, then, is almost as important as the analytical and portfolio selection parts.
Dividend and income investing in theory has a clear way around that. By selecting companies that pay out dividends and especially companies that grow their dividends over