Welcome to our exclusive educational series on Dividend Growth Investing (DGI). This series of Lessons proceeds from basic concepts (what is a dividend?) to advanced investing techniques (how to find great DGI stocks).

We are happy to note that during 2018 and early 2019, all of the lessons were revised by Dave Van Knapp, who created the original Lessons in 2013-2017. You can see the Lessons in action in Dave’s Dividend Growth Stock of the Month series as well as in his Dividend Growth Portfolio.

Dividend Growth Investing Lessons 

Lesson 1: What is a Dividend?
Lesson 2: Dividend Growth
Lesson 3: The 5-Year Rule
Lesson 4: The Power of Compounding
Lesson 5: The Power of Reinvesting Dividends
Lesson 6: Yield and Yield on Cost
Lesson 7: Dividends are Independent from the Market
Lesson 8: How to Build a High-Yielding Dividend Growth Portfolio
Lesson 9: My Top 14 Reasons Why Dividend Growth Investing Makes Sense
Lesson 10: Two Ways to Reinvest Your Dividends to Enhance Your Returns
Lesson 11: Valuation 
Lesson 12: Run Your Investing Like a Business 
Lesson 13: Specific Topics to Cover in Your Dividend Growth Investing Plan 
Lesson 14: Grading Dividend Growth Stocks to Find the Best Ones for Your Portfolio 
Lesson 15: Portfolio Management – How to Decide When to Sell Stocks 
Lesson 16: Diversification
Lesson 17: Dividend Safety 
Lesson 18: High Yield or Fast Growth?
Lesson 19: How to Increase Your Investor Returns
Lesson 20: My ‘Quality Snapshot’ Grading System