Asset Allocation For A Dividend Growth Investor

For the past couple of years, I have been searching for ways to meld my own beliefs about dividend growth investing with the best ideas I can find about asset allocation. My intent had been to write an article when I had it all figured out. That's looking like it may never happen, so I've decided to write this article about where I am now. Perhaps the article will help readers who have been pondering the same subjects, and the comments will help all of us.

A Typical Allocation Includes Lots of Bonds

I am 65 and my wife is about a decade younger. We are both retired. I have a pension, she does not. I draw Social Security, she does not. I suspect that if I went to a financial planner, he or she would recommend a fairly typical asset allocation of about 40% stocks, 50% bonds, and 10%