re: The Dividend Aristocrats

I own NOBL. I own it for the quality of companies, not the dividend yield.

I have sold some. Recently actually.

I will most certainly buy it back on a large dip. But NOBL is a core holding in equitity for me.

I get dividend growth, and I believe this is an indicator of quality of company. I get dividend reinvestment. I don't get chasing yield. I think there are probably better and more conservative ways to chase yield. Or add some yield to what you own without getting caught up in dividends.

Here are their holdings as of 9/7, which represent the index:

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I own a couple of these stocks individually as well. What I take away from the index daily holdings is not what they own, but the names conventional wisdom would say belong there, and yet, aren't there.

So it's interesting. We have the gentleman that passed away that used to post about chasing yield, and we have one evidently extremely successful dividend guy on here currently who uses dividend growth almost exclusively it seems. I believe NOBL is probably somewhere in the middle, and outside of my selling some at higher levels, and buying on large dips (and I mean corrections), it is a holding for me that I do not have to micro manage, and this is due largely to the tracking to the index which changes its composition all the time.

I have no idea what the expense ratio is, but it's been a very good long term hold for me.

So anyway, do your own due diligence, but you might want to take some time to look at this and figure out if it fits a need for you.