This is a special two-part episode of Keep Calm and Carry On Investing that focuses on the academy’s treatment of dividend investing over the past sixty years.  This first part highlights the dominant negative view; the second part is an overview of that less visible but equally important academic literature that positions dividend investing in the context of reasonable business ownership.

This episode of Keep Calm and Carry On Investing focuses on achieving Polonius’s advice in Hamlet: “to thine own self be true.” In regard to investing, that turns out to be harder than one might imagine.

This episode of Keep Calm and Carry On Investing focuses on achieving Polonius’s advice in Hamlet: “to thine own self be true.” In regard to investing, that turns out to be harder than one might imagine. Comments, questions and suggestions for future topics are welcome. A PDF of the edited script is attached. Truth vs. Clarity script

David Solomon (along with his co-author Samuel Hartzmark) write on the challenges of dividend investing from an academic perspective. While we may have to agree to disagree on certain points, all dividend-oriented investors, advisors, and consultants should be aware of the issues that arise from being a dividend investor in very stock-price oriented market. David Solomon is Associate Professor at the Carroll School of Management at Boston College. You can find his work here.  Samuel Hartzmark is Associate Professor at the University of Chicago School of Business. His site.

David Solomon (along with his co-author Samuel Hartzmark) write on the challenges of dividend investing from an academic perspective. While we may have to agree to disagree on certain points, all dividend-oriented investors, advisors, and consultants should be aware of the issues that arise from being a dividend investor in very stock-price oriented market. David Solomon is Associate Professor at the Carroll School of Management at Boston College. You can find his work here.  Samuel Hartzmark is Associate Professor at the University of Chicago School of Business. His site.

This episode of Keep Calm and Carry On Investing is the Introduction to a new audio book that reconsiders investment basics in an age of great uncertainty and unusual market dynamics. Please give it a listen. Comments, questions and suggestions for future topics are welcome.

Nearly 40 years with Kiplinger’s has given Jeff Kosnett unique insights into the market and investor behavior. Hear his thoughts on investing for income when rates are in the teens (the early 1980s) and when they are close to zero (now.)

Nearly 40 years with Kiplinger’s has given Jeff Kosnett unique insights into the market and investor behavior. Hear his thoughts on investing for income when rates are in the teens (the early 1980s) and when they are close to zero (now.)

Jim Garland is the retired, long-time president of the Jeffrey Company, a family office. He is also one of the industry’s “wise men.” You’ll understand why as we discuss his approach to portfolio management as reflected in a “Brief” that he wrote for the CFA Institute in 2019.  That article can be found here.  His other publications can be found here.  

Jim Garland is the retired, long-time president of the Jeffrey Company, a family office. He is also one of the industry’s “wise men.” You’ll understand why as we discuss his approach to portfolio management as reflected in a “Brief” that he wrote for the CFA Institute in 2019.  That article can be found here.  His other publications can be found here.