re: How many of you are true Bogleheads?

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jimbeam

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So, I guess, you could drip 1 or a several stocks in your roth up to $5,500 and avoid commission completely.

I plan on keeping my roth all individual stocks because I start a pension plan with my job that will be invested in "normal" ways.

bogleheads basically suggests you buy the total stock market and then make small investments in a bunch of other low risk funds. You basically end up owning every company and bond on earth......on the flipside you won't ever go bankrupt

I have 2 funds with Vanguard and have Dripped since 1997. It has made me a ton of money.

I have 12 other Vanguard funds through Scottrade. No Drip.

BUT WAIT, There's More: effective next week at Scott, I can pool/drip all/some of my cash dividends from my stocks and mutual funds into 5 funds/stocks of my choosing. Monthly or quarterly basis.

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BUT WAIT, There's More: effective next week at Scott, I can pool/drip all/some of my cash dividends from my stocks and mutual funds into 5 funds/stocks of my choosing. Monthly or quarterly basis.

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So, say I get a dividen in PM, I could put that divi into something else for free as long as I owned that stock?

I bought a whopping 10 shares of Visa this morning.

I'm proud of myself. Starting my first real job and have 12k in my Roth. Deployment helped with that bigtime.

No student loans, car is paid off.

A great goal would be to max wife's Ira. Don't know if it will be possible without her income once she gives birth.

Do any bogleheads ever just buy a stock or two?


How did bogleheads become so popular?