Hey GQ Community,
I hope you were able to enjoy this super hot day.
For me today was the first day of a 4 week summer vacation, well at least almost vacation, of course one of our dogs and my girlfriend got sick yesterday :D But we are still at home this week and will start a 2 1/2 week tour in a rented van on Friday, so all good so far.
My question:
From how much capital in the portfolio would you go for a forever hold dividend strategy + crypto (BTC/ETH)?
Brief introduction:
I am 35 years old. I earn 2600€ per month/x14 + annual bonus and every now and then a salary increase from IG Chemie, let's say about 3% every 1.5 years.
In addition, I have a part-time job which I have been doing for 12 years and which still brings me about 800-1400€ per month and occasional jobs which I usually do together with my girlfriend. Such as a wedding catering/bar ...
My portfolio has lost a lot after the setback last week and I currently have about 215k in the market + 15k cash reserve + 13K debt from my girlfriend to me... I've only been in the stock market for ~8 months and at the beginning I was very hesitant to pump money into it, made a few mistakes like selling too early or too late etc. and thus lost returns for the time being... I had not yet set up an ETF or a savings plan :F
So far it's a mix of dividend stocks aka $O (-0,85%)
$V (-0,35%)
$LMT (-5,44%)
$VICI (-0,23%)
$JNJ (-0,31%)
$BMY (-0,69%)
$MCD (+0,96%) etc..
and growth stocks aka $ADBE (+0,34%)
$CMG (+0,08%)
$NFLX (-3,76%)
$AMD (+1,11%) etc...
My idea now was to sell the growth stocks as soon as I generate even halfway some profit from them and put them into pure dividend stocks and also to get a world ETF or better a dividend ETF with distribution. Can anyone recommend one to me?
What do you think? Do you think 200k is enough to invest only in dividend stocks or do you think the strategy is not so great?
According to GQ, I am currently looking at around €3200 in dividends in 2025. On top of that, of course, there would be the sales of the current growth stocks that flow into dividend stocks.
What brings me to this question? I want to look less at the portfolio and of course generate monthly cash flow without having to worry too much about getting the maximum out of a stock. I want to be able to pay part of the rent or make other larger purchases without having to sell anything from the portfolio :)
Thanks for reading :)