For Halloween, I thought it would be fun to hear about your investing horror story. We all brag about how we have made a great move (as I always boast that I bought my first house with the trading profit from a leveraging Manoeuvre!). But we rarely talk about our worst trade, the one that made all our profits vanish within a few months… So I want to know if you are like me; I want to know if you have some skeletons hidden in your investing closet! I won’t let you down and …
Why I Prefer Intel over Microsoft
Last week, I discussed why I bought Intel (INTC) and I also mentioned it in my high increase dividend stocks for Q3. There was another interesting techno stock in this article and it was Microsoft (MSFT). Similar to INTC, MSFT hasn’t provided much to its shareholders in terms of appreciation over the past 10 years (-6.08% for MSFT vs + 1.82% for INTC: However, since MSFT started paying its dividend in 2003, it has been consistently increasing …
9 Stocks That Go BOOM With Their Dividend
If it’s your first time here, I suggest that you get your copy of my Free Dividend eBook and subscribe for my newsletter. Each quarter, I review the US dividend world to see what has happened of late. While we are stuck in a bear market and fear is growing like clouds before the storm around the Euro zone, the sun is rising on dividend stocks! Globally, we have 16% of stocks increasing their dividend for Q3. I’ve looked deeper into each sector and found 9 dividend stocks …
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Dear Investor, Why Are You Paying Those Fees?
The Eternal Question: To Pay or Not To Pay Fees? This is basically what Paul asked on How I Beat The Market With My Trades. He mentioned that he owns shares of the popular BMO Monthly Income Fund. While I’ve already analyzed this fund, I wanted to add more thoughts on why you should or shouldn’t buy indexes or mutual funds instead of trading your own stocks. I’ll tell you upfront, I think that investing in dividend stocks, ETFs and mutual funds are all great investing …
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INTC Intel Stock Analysis
It’s been a while since I published my last dividend stock analysis. I got busy launching the Dividend Growth Index and beating the stock market with my dividend stocks. So today, I’ll be analyzing Intel (INTC) in which I bought shares a few months ago. So I’m obviously going to tell you how great the company is ;-). Just kidding, I’ll actually tell you why I bought them! INTC Company Profile If you have a computer, chances are that there is an “Intel Inside”. Intel (INTC) is …
Would You Invest Everything in a 6% Distribution Portfolio?
Recently, I received 2 emails from newsletter subscribers asking what I think about investing massively in Canadian REITs. I guess that both of them are retired as they mentioned that their goal was to receive a consistent stream of income. Well, at first glance, this is exactly the main purpose of investing in Canadian REITs. However, a better question is the following: Would you invest all your money in a few stocks that provide a high dividend yield / distribution …
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