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E95: Achieving Financial Independence with Dividend Stocks (Here's How)

E95: Achieving Financial Independence with Dividend Stocks (Here's How)

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 Ready to build a dividend machine that actually works? We're diving deep with Edgi from the Dividend Talk podcast, a veteran investor who now covers 80% of his living expenses with passive income. He's sharing the exact strategies, costly mistakes, and psychological shifts that got him there.🏆 The Philosophy of Dividend Growth Investing - Why focusing on growth first, dividends second creates sustainable income streams. Edgi explains how dividend growth differs from yield chasing and why predictable slow compounders beat speculative plays💰 Building Financial Independence with Income - Discover Edgi's 80% journey to financial independence through dividend income replacing expenses. Learn his tier system for portfolio allocation and why he never goes "full position" on day one📈 Euronext Deep Dive - Edgi's latest conviction pick: the European exchange operator consolidating fragmented markets across Europe. From 500M to 1.7B revenue in a decade - is this the next infrastructure play?⚠️ Battle Scars and Costly Mistakes - Raw stories of investment failures: General Electric's book cooking, Tupperware's false promises, and the psychological torture of selling McDonald's at $120. Why selling too early can hurt more than holding losers🔍 Value Traps and Red Flags - How to spot yield traps, why 10%+ dividend yields should trigger alarm bells, and the dangerous allure of yield-max ETFs that aren't real dividends🛡️ Risk Through Different Lenses - Heated debate on what constitutes "real risk" - is owning Novo Nordisk at $450B valuation riskier than early-stage growth stocks? How diversification across 50 stocks changes the sleep-at-night factor🎯 Lightning Round: Overrated vs Underrated - Rapid-fire takes on REITs (overrated due to leverage risks), share buybacks vs dividends (dividends win for reliability), ESG investing (window dressing for activists), and the Mag Seven hype🌍 European Perspective on US Markets - Why Edgi allocates 55-60% to US dividend stocks despite being European, and his contrarian view: "I would never bet against America, even with their debt pile"Segments: 00:00 Cold Open - Investment Psychology 00:52 Introduction and Welcome 02:17 Dividend Talk Mission and European Wealth Building 05:47 The 80% Financial Independence Journey 08:40 Dividend Growth vs Dividend Yield Chasing 17:12 Personal Investment Philosophy and Risk Tolerance 27:52 Portfolio Allocation Strategy and Tier System 32:25 Battle Scars: General Electric and Tupperware Disasters 43:40 Doubling Down Strategy and Conviction Building 48:34 Risk Perspectives: Novo Nordisk Debate 56:20 Future Dividend Initiators: Amazon's Potential 57:51 The "Boring" vs Exciting Investment Debate 01:04:29 Lightning Round: REITs, Buybacks, ESG, Mag Seven, & US Stocks**********SUPPORT THE SHOW AND BECOME A PATREON:https://patreon.com/wallstreetwildlife**********Fiscal.AI is the Complete Stock Research Platform for fundamental investors. With its beautiful design and institutional-quality data, Fiscal AI is incredibly powerful and easy to use.Get 15% off any premium plan with:https://fiscal.ai/wildlife**********Listen to the Chit Chat Stocks Podcast for discussions on stocks, financial markets, super investors, and more. Follow the show on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or YouTubehttps://open.spotify.com/show/4SBtOWGEOmD9pmltgIXO8r**********To use the same portfolio tracking tool as Luke, check-out:⁠https://www.portseido.com/?fpr=lukehallard**********Monkey’s “Zen, Nietzsche, How to Live” Substack:http://firephilosophy.substack.com**********Disclosure: Wall Street Wildlife hosts and guests are not financial advisors, and nothing they say on this show is formal advice or a recommendation**********
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