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We start with special guest Mike Heroux, retired at age 35 and creator of thedividendguyblog.com, who tells us about his business and what he does. He tells us his investment journey and where he went from college to day trading, and then his struggles with that. He bought The Dividend Guy Blog for about $20,000, which was making about $15,000 per year. We discuss what happened to his blog as time went on and Google changed, and then how Mike advises people on investing in dividend stocks. We talk about some of the dividend stocks that he likes, such as Microsoft. He tells us it’s important to look at the growth of a dividend rather than the size of the dividend because a high dividend often means more volatility in equity. The growth of the yield rate is a greater indicator of the strength of the company rather than the growth of the stock. Mike tells us about the dividend triangle, which is 1) revenue growth, 2) earning growth, and 3) dividend growth. He explains that the percentage of money paid out to investors is the percentage of value that will be coming out of the company. So unless the company is growing at a significant rate higher than they are paying out, the value of said company will decrease. Mike tells us he’s not in it for the dividend yield, but is helping to identify great stocks to buy. Mike’s background 2:18 What Google did to his blog 8:52 How Mike advises people on investing in dividend stocks 10:48 Dividend stocks that Mike likes 14:50The dividend triangle 19:06 How The Dividend Guy Blog works 26:14 “Regardless of how you invest your portfolio, clear all the noise. Don’t listen to the media, don’t listen to all those pros telling you the market is going to crash and then you put 50% of your money into gold and stuff like that. Stick to your plan. So many people have a hard time sticking to their plan.” 33:50Thedividendguyblog.com Twitter:@thedividendguyblogReach Out To Keith, Get Help and Resources: https://dincpie.com/