Sometimes, investing seems incredibly complicated. Many beginners start off great by reading books, blogs, asking questions but they sit on the sidelines for a while. They gain the knowledge, have the tools, but are still scared to pull the trigger on their first trade. If you are in this situation or you simply have a hard time getting your head around everything you have read in the books, financial newspaper and dividend investing blogs, I’ve gathered my Top 5 …
Why You Should Track Your Personal Rate Of Return
This is a guest post from a fellow Canadian blogger Robb. Robb Engen is a DIY investor and blogs about personal finance at Boomer & Echo. You can follow him on Twitter @BoomerandEcho. How well did your investments perform last year? Did your portfolio beat the market? Which market? You can look at your mutual fund prospectus or use a website like Morningstar to see how individual funds performed, but this won't give you your personal rate of return. You’ll need to …
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How Strong are my 2012 Predictions 18 months later?
I always thought dividend growth investing was about selecting extremely solid companies that will increase their dividend over time. Companies that increase their sales, earnings and dividend payments year after year while keeping a relatively low payout ratio will eventually gain value within an investor portfolio. I’m also a big believer that time will be on the investor’s side as the compounding effect will work its magic. That all happens for everyone… who has set a …
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Dividend Link Roundup
1. Great Canadian Gaming: Wide Moat, Cheap Price @ Barel Karsan. 2. 10 Potential Dividend Growth Companies Worth Considering @ DGSI. 3. Financial Independence Is Both A Journey And A Destination @ Dividend Mantra. 4. 2013 Goals - 1st Half Update @ PIP. 5. Social Stocks Are Just Getting Started ($FB, $LNKD, $TRIP) @ IS. 6. Mutual Funds is Good for Starters @ Hello Suckers. 7. IBM Corporation – Dividend Fact Sheet @ Dividend Engineering. 8. Revisiting Tracking Portfolio …
What if The Dividend Payout Ratio Was Bogus? How About Using Free Cash Flow?
After completing a session of “Dividend Questions from the Mailbag” a few weeks ago, I enjoyed a very interesting discussion with one of my readers, Robert from Dividend Growth Investing. We were looking at the popular way of taking the payout ratio as a good indication to determine a company’s ability to distribute its dividend over time. Those who follow this blog know that this is the metric I use personally when I filter stocks to select the best according to my …
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Is It Time To Say Goodbye to Canadian Banks and Switch Over to US financials?
For the past decade and a little bit longer, Canadian Banks have been a model of stable growth and security for investors. Their profits grow at the same rhythm as their dividend growth and they never jeopardized their financial health for the sake of investors’ greed. They were accused of being boring and conservative for several years until the market crashed in 2008. At that time, Canadians banks rose in the rankings to the top of the world’s safest banks as they found the …
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