Comments on: Nest Egg Index

By: Sun

Sun — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 04:46:57 +0000

The Dividend Guy: When I first saw the index last year, I took their questions and got a score, then that’s it. I didn’t change anything or do anything differently. What the most the index can do is generating some kind of an urgency to save more if one fall far behind. Other than that, it’s not going to help an individual with his/her specific case, I guess, though at the end of the questions, they gave several very general steps
on what to do to increase savings. Besides, it only ranks states and communities, so living in a high ranking state/community doesn’t mean anything to the residents. So it won’t help anybody in terms of
investing as you noticed. I just see it as a tool with a little value.

I have visited your site several times and noticed that you are a big dividend investor. I also pay a lot of attention to dividend paying stocks and ETFs and have several of them.

By: MoneyNing

MoneyNing — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 05:10:33 +0000

I imagine the home equity is part of the nest egg calculation since there are many reports that housing costs is not the best investment vehicle.

It would be interesting if we can dig out the same article done for 2000 (before the housing boom) to see if it shows the same data.

By: The Dividend Guy

The Dividend Guy — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 17:55:30 +0000

This is an interesting post and I appreciate your perspective on it. What I am always curious about when firms like A. G. Edwards publish this sort of stuff. Of course there is a marketing component for them, but my real question is what are people supposed to do with this information. Maybe I am being too shortsighted, but I am not sure how this type of information they release is helpful to me as an investor?

P.S. Just came across your blog and am visiting for the first time. I have subscribed to your RSS and look forward to future posts.