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QE3 Since When Is Pushing on the Accelerator a Good Way to Avoid a Wall?

Investing Strategy

  We have been waiting for it more anxiously than the next release date of a U2 show. After a good 12 months of waiting, the market finally got what it was asking for: more money pumped in the system. Last week, Big Ben (Ben Bernanke) revived the stock market by announcing another round of Quantitative Easing surnamed QE3. The market surged by almost 2% in a single day. I guess we can call this good news… but is it really?   Quantitative Easing (QE) History So …

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Why Dividend Growth is The Answer to Failed Government Pensions

Dividend Growth

    Believe it or not, we are not heading in the right direction when we look at retirement planning issues. I’m not talking about the markets here. In fact, the markets should not do so bad in the upcoming years (I’m an optimist by nature!). But Government pension plans as well as many other companies' pension plans will let you down big time. In a few years, we will be hearing a lot of “we are sorry, but…” stories like “we are sorry, but you can’t retire today with a full …

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High Dividend Yield Stocks: What’s Wrong With Them

Blog, Site Introduction

  What’s the point of investing in dividend stocks if it’s not to earn high dividend yields?   The main appeal of investing in dividend stocks is definitely to build a passive source of income. Too often, low dividend yield stocks are dismissed to the profit of high yield dividend stocks. Investors are often greedy and look at short term income. Most dividend stocks are paying a dividend yield between 2% and 4%. In my own terms, stocks paying higher than 4% are called high …

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New Design Same Great Blog

Blog, Site Introduction

    Hey everyone!   If you have been on The Dividend Guy Blog last week, you might have seen the new design that we have today. We made several tests and are still trying to improve this “beta version”. Hopefully, everything will run smoothly during this week and I’ll be able to post as usual.   New Design – Same Blog   The reason why we installed a new Design was because we thought the old one wasn’t up-to-date. In fact, it was iimplemented in 2007! …

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The Next Bubble is in Canada, and It Will Affect Everybody

Canadian Dividend Stocks

Yeah, I know I told you I was coming back with a good article for Wednesday, I needed extra time to finish it. You won't be disappointed!   Last week, Canadians Banks were posting record profits beating all analysts’ expectations. 2012 will probably one of the most (if not the most) profitable year in the Canadian Banking Industry. Combined together, they racked up $8.2B in profit. This is huge considering the underwhelming economic environment. Definitely, the Canadian economy seems …

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