You could have just called me a liar and saved some time :)

Listen...if someone is "looking to learn" about investing there are all sorts of things to learn about.
Active trading is tricky +++
Its not Investing 101 or even 342
Not something I would suggest right off the bat.
I lost $$ the first 5 years or so........I am not recommending it per se to anyone else.

But...this endless "dividend/winner" story is just getting on my nerves...
Whatever its performance level will be in the future over x/y/z number of years its a "paint by number" form of investing.
It is not "value" investing.
Historic low rates have skewed the valuations of almost all dividend bearing investments...

Whether my theory that they are overbought is correct or not I just feel its not a "model" that is as likely to work out in the future  the way it has in the past.
Scott Barlow keeps saying this...and explaining why.
I happen to agree with him.