Does it count as research if

Water Cooler
#1

I just google “Dividend stocks” and buy the first 20 on the list?

Can’t really be bothered to do more research than that.

#2

#3

It’s research if you google it yourself.

It’s laziness (and likely an ethics violation) if you ask your assistant to google it.

#4

I seem to be quite heavy on energy stocks right now.

#5

24 stocks - 4.12% current yield. Now I need to write a prospectus then the resumes will fly in?

#6

Why didn’t you buy a vanguard dividend fund or value ETF?

#7

Because that would be appropriate if I was investing $40.00 into the market.

What sense would it make if the “CEO10K/DAY MEGA Chillions Super Dividend Growth UMA” model only contained a single ETF?