About 6 months ago, I wrote about how stock splits are more a marketing strategy than anything else. In fact, the real stock value doesn’t change and the individual investor who cares about buying a stock at $30 instead of $90 after a split 1:3 won’t affect much the market. After all, institutional traders (banks, insurance companies, financial firms and pension plans) are the real players in this market. How can you and I influence the stock market when one player can buy $10M worth …
Best 2014 Dividend Stock Pick Returns – I’m Still Ahead!
I’ve 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. I find that too many analysts and blogs just drop the ball on their picks when they are not that great. By posting monthly results, I have no other choice but to face my performance and explain it. You can look at my previous picks and …
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Life After QE’s Death, Is It Bullish?
One of the main reasons why the stock market has rebounded from 2008 so quickly (the S&P500 is +111% from Jan 1st 2009 to Jan 1st 2014) is because the FED was quick to relieve the pressure on US consumers. The Gov’t helped massively many companies in the auto and financial industries. They didn’t want to see the system collapse and rescued its heart so it can continue to pump blood (money) through the system. But buyouts weren’t enough to comfort the Street. …
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Portfolio Management Does Size Matter?
Do you manage your portfolio the same way when it’s $5,000, $50,000 or $500,000? The world of investing is so interesting mainly because its strategies are widely spread from conservative to aggressive and everybody has their own thinking. Today, I’m asking a simple question that comes with a complex answer: does your portfolio size matter when establishing your investing strategy? In other words: do you manage a large portfolio differently from a …
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A Look at a New Dividend Investing Strategy
For the past four years, I’ve been thinking about investing differently with my dividend stocks. In fact, as soon as I started dividend investing, I thought of adding this strategy to my portfolio. But I couldn’t. It wasn’t the right time for me. This summer could be the right time. This is why I’m sharing my new dividend investing strategy with you today. I’m Going to Buy on Margin As you know already, the bulk of my portfolio is an RRSP (a Canadian tax …
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Best 2014 Dividend stocks Returns
Best 2014 Dividend Stock Pick Returns Beating Both Benchmarks! I started this “tradition” on my blog back 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. I find that too many analysts and blogs just drop the ball on their picks when they aren’t so great. By posting monthly results, I have no choice but to face my …
