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A Dive Into The Dark World of Shadow Banking

On Monday, I discussed the major bubble crisis in China. I’ve mentioned the term Shadow Banking. This new banking term caught my attention – is shadow banking legal? What is Shadow Banking anyways? And most importantly, how can Shadow Banking affect your portfolio? With a name like this, it’s hard to think shadow banking is good for the economy. From my understanding, shadow banking is like steroids; it boosts your performance and exacts a toll to pay later at a critical price for …

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Why China is about to Crash Your Portfolio this Year

Market Frenzy

There is something going on at the other end of the planet… You know me; I’m not the guy who predicts the next market crash on a quarterly basis. And this time, I’m very worried about China. I don’t know yet how hard it will hit our country, but one thing is for sure; China’s bubble is going to burst and hit the stock market like a rock. Since 2008, the market has gone up every year (besides 2011 in Canada). 2013 was an amazing year for dividend investors where my US stock picks did …

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The Top 20 Most Powerful Dividend Stocks to Buy Now

Best Dividend stocks, Blog, Investing Strategy

Last week, I gave as much detail as possible on my dividend growth model. The goal of this model is to build a ranking where all companies would be evaluated based upon several criteria. This leads to The Rock Solid Ranking available exclusively at Dividend Stocks Rock. But I also wanted to share a bit of this ranking with the top 20 most powerful dividend stocks to buy now for your portfolio. Since the ranking is based on fundamentals but also on the current …

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Dividend Reads for the Weekend

Best Dividend Posts of the Week

This week, I’ve wrote about how we calculate The Rock Solid Ranking. It was a teaser for next Monday’s post where I will publish the top 20 of our ranking. Good Read for the Weekend: I’ve shared my #1 investing advice in a compilation of 22 Dividend Bloggers sharing their investing advice @ Dividend Growth Stock Investing Dividend Growth Investor explains how to manage new cash from dividend payouts Using Dividend Stocks as an …

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The Rock Solid Ranking is Live!

Dividend Growth

Following up on my recent “build an investment strategy” article series (you can read part #1 and part #2 here), I’m delving into the core topic: which metrics to use to select your dividend stocks. I have already shared metrics I look at and how I use them in a stock filter (read about my dividend growth model here). But we all know there is a lot more than a few ratios to choose a stock. One company can show awesome profit growth, but hide other problems in …

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Best 2014 Dividend stocks Returns & TSX60 Ex Dividend Date

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

I’m taking a quick pause in my new investing series about how to build an investment strategy (read part 1 and part2) to publish my stock pick returns as at March 31st and the usual TSX60 dividend yield and ex-dividend date chart. After a full quarter, I’m already taking a step ahead of both US and CDN benchmarks. Let’s check how I beat both benchmarks by more than 1%. PSST! If you are curious to know how I keep beating the market with dividend stocks for the past 3 years, check out my new …

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