My Portfolios Are Up 12% This Year!

So we are going to year-end and I like to review my portfolio performance year-to-date. Before I talk about my own performance I like to show you the performance of the Dow Jones index which is 7.54% up year-to-date. The S&P 500 gained 13.43% and the NASDAQ is finally up 15.64%. 2012 was in total a good year for stock market investors. It was also a very good year for dividend stock buyer and dividend growth stock investors. Since the peak of the financial crisis and the aftereffects from the Lehman bankruptcy, the stock market turned in March 2009 and demonstrated a strong recovery. Between October 2008 and March 2009 I put all my available for trading money into the stock market and lend me additional cash from my brokers. Yes I bought shares on margin and as you see, my idea paid-off. Since March 2009 the Dow Jones is up 78.37%, the S&P 500 increased by 85.26% and N...