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As Long as I Get The Dividend… You are SO Wrong!

I don’t really care where the market is currently or where it's headed as long as my dividends continue to be paid. I often read this on blogs when the market is going sideways. When you think about it, I guess it can make sense. First, dividend growth investing is for the long term. Then, you don’t need to worry about a bad month; a bad quarter or even a bad year; if you invest for the next 25 years, 12 months is nothing. When you select a solid company, you can sleep on it and …

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Why Do You Think You Can Beat Professional Investors?

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Did you know that 95% of portfolio managers don’t beat their index? How can you be better than them? I’ve been bombarded by such assumptions over the past 15 years as an investor. Imagine that professionals surrounded by scores of analysts doing research 7/24/365 and fueled by virtually unlimited amounts of cash to support their work, can’t beat the market most of the time. And us… novice investors reading a few free investing websites and financial reports think we can beat those …

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Dividend Reads for the Weekend

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Another week has passed by and I’ve made additional progress toward my goal RV project! First, I successfully refinanced my house to liberate equity (more on that in November); Second, I found a place to store my RV away from our harsh winter (driving it tomorrow!); Third, I’m about to make my best month online since the beginning of the year! (all thx to this action); I was also pretty busy writing (btw, my first post on Dividend Mantra will be published next Monday): How to …

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I’m Done with my Fears

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Everything you want is on the other side of fear -Jack Canfield When I was a kid, I was fat. Until the age of 13-14, I was borderline obese. I grew up in a small village where I was the “fat poor kid”. I was the last pick for any sport, the kid others complained about when they were “stuck” with me on their team. You can imagine, I didn’t have many friends. In fact, this is not true; I had none. This is when I remember facing my first fear: being alone for the rest of my life. At …

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How to Start Dividend Investing with Little Money

Blog, Portfolio Building

I was talking about investments with one of my friends last week and he mentioned something that made me think. He wasn’t at all interested in investments and told me that investing was only for people with lots of income. In other words; you need lots of money to start investing. Nothing can be further than the truth. Unfortunately, our education system is not conducive to teach us how to start investing (neither it is designed to help us balance a budget!). This is why thousands of people …

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How Easy is Retirement Planning with Dividend Growth Investing

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One of the biggest issues we will face in the upcoming years is one of interest. In fact, we can say that roughly 90% of the population is in the same boat for this issue; we are on our own to plan our retirement. Fully funded pensions are more rare than Pandas in China and the Government provided pension is barely enough to buy ramen noodles once you have paid your rent. Which kind of retirement are you planning? I don’t know about you, but I don’t plan on working my whole life. …

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