August 2011 - Page 2 of 2 - The Dividend Guy Blog

What You Should Do In A Flash Crash On The Stock Market

Last Thursday (August 4th) was another black day on the stock market. In fact, it was the worst day on the stock market since 2008. Here's how bad it was: Dow Jones lost 512.76 points (-4.31%) S&P500 lost 60.27 points (-4.78%) Nasdaq lost 136.68 points (-5.08%) TSX lost 435.90 points (-3.40%) This is the perfect example of a “flash crash”; a stock market crash of 3, 4 even 5% in a single day. This was almost the norm back in 2008 when volatility was at its peak. …

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Dividend Cut on YLO

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quick news this morning: Yellow Media (TSE:YLO) just announced a dividend cut from $0,65 to $0.15. YLO is dropping faster than a F1 this morning (currently down 30% at $1.34. I don't have much hope for this stock to be honest. I recently discuss how dangerous chasing high dividend yield is (especially when combined with high dividend payout ratio). Once again, moving toward a more conservative dividend investing approach might be the solution! I hope you don't own any YLO... …

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Review of my Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Last week, My Own Advisor, a regular reader, asked me about my asset allocation strategy. It is true that it has been a while since I have discussed asset allocation on this blog. This is why I decided to take a look at my current dividend holdings and comment on them. Here is my current portfolio: And here’s my asset allocation per sector: As you can see, there is a massive (too massive!) part of my portfolio invested in the financial industry. If you are …

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