Stop in for a cup of coffee

Then again there are those recessions that spring up on occasion. :BangHead: Being invested in GM's CEO bonus program was of no help :lol:
I have that factored in actually. I figure on a recession every 8-10 years. My strategy actually doesn’t really care if the stock makes a huge gain or even if it pulls back 10-20 percent or more during a recession. I monitor the stocks daily and read news and their respective balance sheets daily as well. That’s probably the single most important thing I got out of my MBA work. How to read and understand those balance sheets.

I have a rule as well, no companies without at least 10 years of solid dividend payment history, as in they’ve not missed a payment in 10 years. I also won’t invest in a company with a high dividend payout ratio or high debt to income ratio .