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How To Move Away From Mutual Funds and Open an Online Broker Account

Blog, Site Introduction

    Your advisor doesn’t call. Your funds don’t perform. You pay 2.5% in management fees for no service and no performance. You love reading about financial news and looking at stocks. But it’s impossible for you to make any investment decisions when you are in mutual funds. How much longer can you handle this situation?   For many individuals, investing in mutual funds through a financial advisor is the best thing they could do. Lack of time, lack of …

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The Ultimate Guide to Finding Double Digit Dividend Growth Stocks

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    Is there a way to build a double digit dividend portfolio? I have mine! In this article, you will discover, step by step, how you can find strong dividend growth stocks that will make your retirement a lot more fun and safe. If you worry about your future revenues, dividend growth investing is definitely something you should look into. I suggest you bookmark this post as it’s over 3,000 words ;-).   Two weeks ago, I shared my own investing goals as follows: #1 …

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2012 RRSP Contribution Limits + 5 Investing Strategies That Will Boost Your Retirement

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    If you are Canadian, you know that the RRSP season is about to start. To be honest, it has already started for some good financial advisors ;-). Since half of my readers here are Canadians, I thought of publishing some RRSP contribution information along with 5 of the best RRSP investment strategies to boost your retirement savings.   2012 RRSP Contribution Limits   The RRSP contribution limit for the taxable year of 2012 is $22,970. This does not include …

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Dividend Investing Goals for 2013

Blog, Site Introduction

    In the middle of 2010, I purchased this blog mainly because I wanted to switch my portfolio from an aggressive growth model to a dividend investing model. I took me about 6 months to trade my non dividend paying stocks in order to rebuild my portfolio. Since then, I’ve kept only one stock that doesn’t pay dividends (and it’s down sharply now). When I look at the rest of my portfolio (i.e. the dividend stocks), I can say that I’ve made some good trades. In a few weeks, I’ll …

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Dividend Yield or Dividend Growth?

Dividend Growth

    This is a guest post written by a new dividend investor blogger; Frank @ Dividend Engineering. You guessed it, as many DYI investors he is an engineer ;-).     To paraphrase John William Burr, one of the founding fathers of stock valuation, a stock is worth what you can get out of it. This simple principle applies completely to dividend investing. In fact, it is probably the basic principle of dividend investing. We, as dividend investors, buy dividend stocks to …

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What Can We Expect From Dividend Stocks in 2013?

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    Back at the beginning of 2012, I played Nostradamus and tried to call the shots on a bullish versus a bearish market for 2012. It appeared that I was right (read my prediction here) and I even called the bluff on the “potential” dividend bubble. So, I thought it would be interesting to look at what we can expect in 2013 for dividend investors…   Bullish or Bearish for 2013?   As I did back in 2012, I started my analysis by looking at cold, hard facts. It can …

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