The market is too high, it has to go down… I bet you have heard this more than a few times recently. Some investment gurus came out of their tombs and are back with their favorite REM song: “This is the End of the World as we Know it”. They had to hide for a few years after telling the world that 2008 marked the death of capitalism. Six year after the biggest financial crisis, it seems it was just like a bad dream and everything is back on track. But some people …
4 Reasons to Keep Buying Stocks Now, in a Big Bullish Market
After the amazing ride we had in 2013, many investors have decided to sell a part of their portfolio and cash out their profits. They did this because they are waiting for the next dip to buy again. The problem is that since the small dip of 5% (where those guys were probably still waiting hoping it would hit 10%), the market is surfing on another good year. We still have a little bit of volatility, but overall, both the Canadian and US markets are set on cruise …
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Best 2014 Dividend Stocks Results + TSX60 Ex-Div Date
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 and then 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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How Dividend Aristocrats & The PEG Ratio Can Improve Your Portfolio
This guest post was written by Ben Reynolds, of Sure Dividend The Dividend Aristocrat Index has outperformed the overall stock market by 2.88 percentage points per year over the last decade. A Dividend Aristocrat stock has paid increasing dividends for 25 or more consecutive years. To accomplish this feat, a business must have stable, growing cash flows. Dividend Aristocrats as a whole have made excellent buy and hold investments over the last several years. Not all Dividend Aristocrats …
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Why Do I Find it So Important to Compare My Returns to an ETF?
Each month on this blog, I publish my Best 2014 stock picks for both the US and Canadian markets. I always compare my picks to a dividend ETF. When I look at my own portfolio, I do the same thing. Finally, each month I publish my Dividend Stocks Portfolios at Dividend Stocks Rock and compare them to dividend ETFs as well. Some investors don’t do this because they feel good as long as they receive their dividends on a monthly basis and that their portfolio value doesn’t show a …
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The Split That Makes Me Want More
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 …
