I’m sure you have heard of the Wall Street Journal claiming that the Dividend Bubble is going to burst soon. If you haven’t, trust me, you are not missing much! The rationale behind a growing dividend bubble is that most investors are leaving the equity market for bonds while the most courageous are putting their “risk” within dividend paying stocks. Do I have to tell you that 43% of the S&P500's annualized return comes from Dividend stocks? That dividend …
Genivar GNV Stock Analysis
For the first dividend stock analysis of the year (besides my 29 Dividend Stocks for 2012 eBook), I decided to take a look at a beaten up stock that could definitely become a rising star in the upcoming years. For a fact, GNV dropped by 14% in 2011. Was it justified or was Genivar simply a victim of a bad Canadian stock market? Let’s dig further to find out! Genivar (GNV) Description Genivar is a leading Canadian engineering services firm offering its expertise in …
4 Top Canadian REITs For 2012
Strong from my series on Canadian REITs in 2011, I’m going back this year with 4 top picks on the best Canadian REITs for 2012. I think that it’s important that you don’t get blinded by the attractive yields of REITs and decide to invest all your money in them. On the other hand, since the Canadian economy seems stable, the banking system is solid and interest rates should not go up by much in 2012 (most recent stats on inflation in January 2012 shows a 2.3% annual rate), Canadian …
Dividend Stock Power Ranking
You know that since I’ve bought this blog almost 2 years ago, I never thought I would like writing about dividend investing so much? To be honest, I used to write more creative stuff over on my main blog, The Financial Blogger. At first, I felt the need to present something more professional and “straight”. I thought that my creativity had to be put on the shelf as dividend investing was darn serious and you should not be fooling around with money. This is partially true thought. I …
If You Want to Know Where the Stock Market is Heading, Read the Following
Most articles I read in 2011 were talking about a possible bear market and how volatility will make investors go crazy. At least, they were right about one thing; volatility is making people crazy ;-). However, these are articles are terribly wrong when they predict the apocalypse. I know that catastrophe sells more than being right but still… sometimes I wonder what people look at before publishing their articles. Bearish Vs Bullish So are you …
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Best Canadian Dividend Stocks for 2012
Last Monday, I pulled out the Best US Stocks for 2012 with 182 companies listed in this post. As mentioned previously, I wanted to do the same thing on the Canadian stock market to be fair and to show you which companies are interesting to own in Canada even if you are a US citizen. You know this by now; I’m a big fan of some Canadian stocks as I think that the banking industry in Canada along with the resources sector can bring a lot to one’s portfolio. While I was …
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