Investing in Dividends

The Consumer Price Index DROPPED 0.7% in December 2008.
That’s a marked departure from the gains we had been seeing. Even if you exclude food and gas prices, consumer prices were still flat for the month.
What’s more, the full-year data showed consumer prices rose a paltry 0.1% vs. a whopping 4.1% jump in 2007.
In fact, 2008 [...]

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As far as most investors are concerned, there are really only three basic investment categories — stocks, bonds, and cash equivalents. Commodities, currencies, and a few other “alternative assets” round out the bigger list.
Yet even with just these few choices, it’s a challenge to figure out how much of your money should go to each.
One [...]

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