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Passionate DivInvestor, Father of 3 & Retired from the corporate world at 35.

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Is Dividend Investing Dead? What Died and What Didn’t

“Dividend investing as I knew it and loved it is dead.” That is not my line. It belongs to Todd Wenning, a dividend investor who spent years making the case for dividend growth stocks. He published it on Flyover Stocks. The Globe and Mail picked it up. A reader named Kevin sent it to me. […]

Wealthsimple Revenue: Why $155 Billion Earns Less Than You Think

Wealthsimple holds $155.6 billion for 3.6 million clients. Assets are up 84% in one year. The second quarter alone added $30.8 billion, with roughly $17 billion of that arriving as net inflows. Now open Power Corporation’s second quarter and look for the Wealthsimple line. You will find Great-West Lifeco at $871 million. You will find […]

BMO and Scotiabank Earnings: Great Results at a 39% Premium

Scotiabank grew earnings per share 21% last quarter. BMO grew 22%. Both used the word record. Neither was exaggerating. This is the best week of the summer if you own Canadian banks, and it started about as well as it could have. I went through both quarters line by line looking for a problem. In […]

Two Quality Stocks Showing an Entry Point: Trane Technologies and AltaGas

Every building has to stay warm in winter and cool in summer. That never changes. What is changing is how much heating and cooling this economy demands, and who gets paid when that demand shows up. Data centers run hot, and the AI buildout is adding cooling load nobody planned for five years ago. At […]

Royal Bank vs National Bank: How to Pick When Both Stocks Are Great

A member asked me this during a private webinar at Dividend Stocks Rock, and I have not stopped thinking about it since. I know how to compare two stocks. I know how to look at metrics. But how do I pick the right company when the two companies I am looking at are both amazing? […]