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TSX 60 Ex Dividend Date + Best 2013 Dividend Stock Update +%

Blog, Site Introduction

    At the beginning of each month, I make a recap of the dividend yield and ex dividend date of the TSX 60. In addition to this recap, I’ve decided to cover briefly the result of my Best 2013 Dividend Stock Book. This book includes 30 stocks analysis (20 US and 10 CDN) for only $2.99. So far, my results are: 20 US Dividend Stocks: +20.60% (beating the index by 8.85%) 10 CDN Dividend Stocks: +2.32% (beating the index by 0.70%)   If you want to read more, just continue …

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Stocks Beyond Numbers – 5 Golden Rules to Consider

Stock Analysis

    When we discuss stock analysis methods, we often (read always) refers to numbers. How does the price earnings ratio look and the fwd P/E ratio for valuation? How are profits, earnings per share, sales, dividend payout growth over the past 5, 10 years? Numbers are definitely important. More than simple numbers, identifying trends is even more important. Solid companies will continuously improve their financial results while hectic growth could lead to poor investment …

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Why Dividend Investing Will Always Be Better Than Buying the Entire Stock Market

Investing Strategy

    I’ve read a lot of comments about the potential dividend bubble for the past 12 months. Some investors are afraid to see so much money leaving bonds and money market funds to be piled into dividend paying stocks. Most investors are craving for revenue and dividend stocks are pretty much the answer to this desire… unless they continue to starve with their bonds and CDs paying less interest than I pay my kids!   But the fact remains: dividend investing is far more …

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6 Dividend Stocks to Buy in Order to Profit from the Stock Squeeze

Best Dividend stocks, Blog, Investing Strategy

  Some investors sell in May and go away while others think the current rally can’t continue forever. “The stock market is high enough, there is a correction ahead”. I guess I’m one of those investors who believes strongly that the rally will continue throughout the rest of the year.   As I wrote in my article “Stock Squeeze! Look For All The Money You Can Invest in The Stock Market”, I believe we are in a perfect situation for investors: Money is moving from bonds to …

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American Capital Agency Corp – When The Dividend Yield is Bigger Than My Understanding of the Company

Blog, Site Introduction

        If I tell you that you could invest in a stock paying 19.38% in dividend yield, would you do it? RED FLAG   If I tell you this stock cut its dividend back in February 2012 and never increased it afterwards, would you invest? RED FLAG   If I tell you this company invests in Agency Securities, would you invest? Do you even know what agency securities are? RED FLAG   I have been asked by several readers in May to do some …

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TSX 60 Ex Dividend Date + Best 2013 Dividend Stock Update +19.67& US & 6.34% CDN

Best Dividend stocks, Blog, Canadian Dividend Stocks, Investing Strategy

    At the beginning of each month, I produce a recap of the dividend yield and ex dividend dates of the TSX 60. In addition to this recap, I decided to briefly cover the result of my Best 2013 Dividend Stock Book. This book includes 30 stock analyses (20 US and 10 CDN) for only $2.99. So far, my results are: 20 US Dividend Stocks: +19.67% (beating the index by 6.26%) 10 CDN Dividend Stocks: +6.34% (beating the index by 1.81%)   If you want to read more, just …

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