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Dividend Growth Index Update, The Dividend Guy Blog Nominated And Vacation Time!

Blog, Site Introduction

Hey everyone!   just want to make 4 announcements today:   #1 I'm on vacation, so no post this week :-) I'll be returning in early September, I definitely need some time off from my computer!   #2 We are making a trade in the Dividend Growth Index: On August 15th, we sold SPLS @ $12. The stock has been replaced by JNJ (for more details, just look at Dividend Ninja's update).   #3 I'm almost ready to sell my eBook and currently in the process of selling …

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Investing and Cash Flow Strategies Through Insurance

Investing Strategy

    There are few strategies that could be used to invest or generate extra cash flow through insurance products. Insurance is not exactly part of my usual topics but this post is part of the Insurance Movement hosted by a buddy of mine at Good Financial Cents. It shows the importance of insurance for everybody. Since there are a few ways to invest or generate a steady cash flow by using insurance, I thought it was a good angle to use for this blog. Did you know that insurance …

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Quick Guide to Analyze Dividend Funds

Blog, Site Introduction

    I’m well aware that most of you are stock pickers, but I noticed that I receive some email from beginner investors that find this blog in their quest to understand how investing works. Since most of them don’t have several thousand to invest in the first place (or they are stuck with their employer's pension plan mutual fund package!), they send me questions about mutual funds.   While I obviously prefer selecting my own stocks, I can appreciate that you might not …

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It Takes 1 Stock To Crash Your Portfolio And 1 Stock To Bring it Back To Life

Asset Allocation

    Investing can be pretty frustrating sometimes. You can make a lot of “okay” and “good” trades to make some decent profit. But if you have some bad luck to pick a poor company, your whole portfolio can be damaged. I just wrote the word “luck” in an investment blog… man! I should have written “if you have the lack of discipline to deviate from your investing strategy!”. It is true that you might run into some bad luck when you select your own stocks. But most of the time, when …

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3 Dividend Traps You Must Avoid

Dividend Growth, Investing Strategy

    To What Point Are You Blind When Looking At Your Dividend Stocks?   Have you ever heard of what investors call the “value trap”. A value trap happens when a stock is trading at a very appealing P/E ratio. Investors think they have found the deal of the year and they buy it without thinking further. The problem is that sometimes, the stock is a value trap: it’s worth a lot today, but the economics around the stock will eventually lead the company to be less …

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