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Like many income investors, the goal of my retirement portfolio (where I keep 100% of my life savings) is to maximize safe and growing income, with no interest in yield traps (companies that are likely to have to cut their payouts).
This is why over my five years as an investment analysts/writer I've honed my analytical/risk models to focus on quality first and valuation (including yield) second.
Today all my retirement portfolio investments (and article recommendations) are based on my three-factor Sensei quality score, which looks at dividend safety, business model, and