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IGM Financial IGM Dividend Stock Analysis

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  I have sent out a couple of emails about investing strategies through my mailing list lately and it has generated some interesting discussion about certain stocks. Two of them were brought to my attention as they are somewhat similar: IGM Financials (Investors Group) and Power Corporation. Since I have covered IGM in my best 2012 dividend stocks and picked Power Corporation for 2013 (download the book here), I thought of sharing more views about both stocks. Here’s my IGM stock …

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5 Reasons I Will Add an ETF to my Asset Allocation in 2013

Asset Allocation

  At the beginning of the year,  I had set 3 main investing goals (you can read about them here):   #1 Buying a consumer stock (I picked another techno stock instead with Apple) #2 Dripping most of my stocks (not done yet, I’m procrastinating!) #3 Buying an index ETF (most probably an ETF tracking the S&P 500)   Why a Dividend Investor Would Switch to Index Investing?   The main purpose of dividend investing is obviously to select the stocks you …

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Invest Your Money in 2013 & Make a Profit

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  January is always a good month for me as I receive my year-end bonus! Each year, I use this bonus to fund my retirement account and maximize my savings. Enjoying life today is important, but being able to enjoy it once I’m retired is priceless!   So each beginning of the year comes with the very same question: How Should I Invest My Money?   The question is always the same but the answer differs greatly from one year to another. My portfolio evolves as the market …

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Are You an Investor or Are You a Failure?

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    I don’t know if you are like me but every year, I try to become a better investor. I look at my weaknesses and try to work on them. Personally, I tend to “gamble” a little bit with my stocks. I’m the kind of guy who has a strong core portfolio and am always tempted to hit a homerun every year.   Two years ago, I tried with RIM… didn’t work out.   Last year, I tried with VNP… another mess.   I guess I’m not a quick learner… since I made another …

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TSX 60 Ex-Dividend Date and Update on 2013 Best Dividend stocks

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    At the beginning of each month, I always publish the TSX60 dividend yield and ex-dividend date. I wanted to add more information to this post so I decided to track my choices of best dividend stocks on a monthly basis as well.   At the beginning of 2013, I picked 30 stocks to be the Best 2013 Dividend Stocks. Last year, I outperformed the XDV by 8% and trailed the VIG by less than 1% (all that because of RadioShack! hahaha). I hope I'll be able to beat both indexes …

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Best Dividend Hits

Best Dividend Posts of the Week

Let's jump right into the hits: 1. My Trader's Journal 2012 (the book). The description from Alex is: "This book is how I traded $100,000 in a taxable account over a 12-month period using options. It’s is a collection of every trade I made in 2012. I made more than 100 individual stock and ETF option trades (naked puts, covered calls, put spreads, call spreads and some other option combinations) in addition to a handful of option assignments. Rather than explain how options work in …

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