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Quick Stock Question: What Will Happen to McDonald’s?

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    Let’s put it this way, while the US stock market is on a super bullish ride, McDonald’s has struggled with a flat return for the past two years. In fact, it’s a blessing the stock pays dividends because otherwise it would have been better to put your money in a money market fund if you only look at the stock appreciation since September 2012!   What is Happening with Mickey D? The optimist will tell you that: MCD is the leader in the fast food industry, It …

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Is $50/Week Enough to Start a Dividend Stock Portfolio?

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    We will never repeat this enough; You can never start saving too early! And being a father of three, I can appreciate that savings is not always the top priority when you work on the budget. Not so long ago, I wanted to start a new portfolio for my kids’ education (called an RESP in Canada). My oldest son just turned 9 this summer and college is not too far away. However, between my mortgage payments and retirement savings, I don’t have much cash left to save. This is why I …

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A Dividend Engineer Stock With an Appetite for Growth  

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  Have you ever heard of WSP Global (WSP.TO)? Probably not. This “brand new company” (they changed their structure and get a new name in January 2014) is one of the world’s leading professional services firms. They recently entered into an agreement to buy another US firm, Parsons Brinckerhoff for the small bid of 1.2G$.   WSP Global (WSP) Business Description:   WSP Global Inc is a professional services firm, working with governments, businesses, architects and …

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6 Lessons I’ve Learned through 4 Years of Dividend Investing

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    Four years ago, I bought this blog. This was my first move towards dividend investing. I started investing back in 2003 but my first dividend stock was bought in 2010. Over the past four years, I’ve worked on building my own investing philosophy (you can read about it here). My investing model didn’t appear overnight and it was the result of a long process.   What I really like about investing is that you are never done learning. There is always a new situation …

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Monday Question: What happened to Helmerich & Payne (HP)?

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    At the beginning of the year, I selected HP to be one of my best 2014 dividend stocks. Not long afterwards, I added HP to my portfolio. The company shows great metrics and meets all my minimum requirements in terms of revenue, EPS and dividend growth over the past 3 and 5 years.   This year's quarterly results continue to show strong growth and the future of the company looks bright. While the past two quarters were slightly under analysts' expectations, Q2 was a …

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TSX60 Ex Dividend Date + Best 2014 Dividend Stocks Update

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Before we go with the TSX60 Ex Dividend Date; I wanted to tell you that I was interviewed by Mint! you can read the article here.   I started this “tradition” on my blog in 2012. The goal is to pick 20 US and 10 CDN dividend stocks that I think will outperform their peers. This is the reason why I use VIG and XDV as my benchmarks. I keep track of my results for accountability purposes as I find that too many analysts and blogs just drop the ball on their picks when they are not that …

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