What follows is the summary, for my future reference. You should check out what proceeds and Why Does Inflation Matter at this great post at TMF.
by factoids
Most of us are building portfolios for retirement or are early in retirement. And the average life expectancy for someone entering retirement at 65 is approximately 20 years. So the odds are that half of us are going to live even longer than the approx 20 years between updates on the above prices. And we need to be prepping today for the doubling of prices that come tomorrow.

And most of us [thought I am yet to be one] have a healthy percentage of their portfolio in bonds – an investment where you will fail to get dividend growth. And if you are going to get the required growth, then the equities that you own have to do much better than just keep pace with inflation. Your equities have to carry not only THEIR share of the load, but also make up for the lack of growth from your bond portfolio.

I now hope that you see where I am coming from. And I hope you now can better see why I have a strong focus on dividend growth. And I hope that you can see why I am concerned by the lack of a community focus on gathering the metrics that would aid us in having realistic projections of dividend growth. [I have the impression that speeches that mention 'hope' are those that are the most persuasive - thus I am ending this message with lots of 'hope' (grin}]

Bob a.k.a. Factoids – who is ‘beyond perturbed’ [I'm using a differnt term since I have been scolded by Missash to avoid the other p word] by the focus on this board that is so distant from my own

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