Answers to the quirks Dividend Vision obsesses over, minus the corporate fluff.
Not yet. Right now Dividend Vision works just fine in your browser—whether that's on desktop, tablet, or phone. If we delay long enough, though, a brain–computer interface will probably make apps obsolete, and you'll just think "check dividends" and boom—charts in your head. Until then, no app.
Not yet. But if you want, I can stand outside Wall Street with binoculars and text you updates.
Short answer: with our state-of-the-art abacus and a questionable amount of coffee.
Long answer: So you want to model a 50% drawdown in the S&P stretched out over 24 months. That’s the financial equivalent of asking whether you should swan-dive off the balcony or just take the stairs two at a time—both get you to the same place, but the path looks different.
Here are the usual suspects:
Bottom line: No model is “right.” They just serve up different flavors of financial pain. For our forecasts, we stick with Method #2 (compound percentage decline), because it best balances math with reality… and our abacus seems to like it.
They're somewhat arbitrary right now—the developers tuned them to match how we personally use the portfolio tools.
If you have better thresholds or names, let us know; we're always up for sharper ideas.
Eventually you'll be able to customize them yourself. Until then, explore the current breakdown on the Risks page.
Absolutely not. We’re more like that loud uncle at Thanksgiving who yells about stocks and still uses AOL.
Weekly, monthly, quarterly—basically whenever the board spins the “Dividend Wheel of Fortune” and it doesn’t land on “CEO Bonus First.”
Yes. It will go up, down, or sideways. You’re welcome.
Oh right, I almost forgot — we also have a forecasting tool that’s pretty kick ass.
The one you don’t own yet.
No, that's illegal. But if you do, let's schedule a totally unrelated lunch to discuss a scuba trip I'm planning.
You can color-highlight specific tickers on the Portfolio Analysis charts to make them stand out.
Pick one of the highlight circles — A, B, or C — under Highlights & Labels.
Click the color dot to change that color if you want. Each slot keeps its own custom color.
Use the Search tickers to highlight box to find and select one or more tickers.
Every selected ticker appears as a tag below the search box.
You can use more than one color group (A, B, C) at once.
Hold Ctrl (or Cmd on Mac) and click directly on a chart slice or bar to highlight it.
The color used will be whichever A/B/C circle is currently active.
Click Reset highlights to clear all highlights and start fresh.
Scroll up near any chart area to zoom in and scroll down to zoom out. The chart zooms around your cursor.
On a trackpad or touch screen, use a pinch gesture to zoom. The midpoint of your fingers sets the anchor point.
Click the chart once to focus it, then press + to zoom in or - to zoom out. When zoomed, the arrow keys pan the view.
After zooming, drag with your mouse or a single finger to move around the chart. Arrow keys also nudge the view when you stay zoomed in.
Double-click (or double-tap) the chart, or press Esc or R, to snap back to the default view.
Our sliders respond to both clicks and keyboard shortcuts so you can move quickly without losing precision.
Voice Mode lets you browse Dividend Vision with your voice. Click the microphone button in the top navigation, allow access, and start speaking commands when the indicator shows that we’re listening.
Try commands like: