Help me build a dividend stock portfolio

[unclemick]

You people stop posting to this thread! My hormone meter is pegging so hard - the needle is bent.

Since joining this forum back in 03 I have fought my two file cabinets of DRIP stocks(50 plus) down to a few. Ok so I have 30 stocks in Vanuard brokerage.

Trying to hold the line at 10-15% of total portfolio.

heh heh heh - Target Retirement in retirement allows me to have a hobby - note to self, it's only a hobby, it's only a hobby, have to keep a grip. Need to watch more football.

 

[clifp]

Unclemick I'll help.

This is a list dividend cuts for stocks I've owned NCC, FITB, BAC, MMAB, XTEX, CSE, DDR, and finally Lloyd's LYG which probably eliminated their dividend awaiting news from London. Other than the first two, I've had to face the ugly dilemna sell now and take a horrific loss, or wonder if the bad news isn't factored into the stock. In most case the yield is still respectable even after the cut, but is there a another cement shoe to drop?

If I had a time machine, I'd gladly trade the lot for psst Wellesley and Vanguard rebalancing computers.