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Darden Restaurants (DRI) – Should You Put Money Where Your Mouth Is?

Stock Analysis

  Kurtis Hemmerling writes about investing topics on Money Crashers and it's his goal to help demystify the world of personal finance and stock investments. Inspiration for an investing idea can come from almost anywhere - from a new trend that school kids are buzzing about to rule-based stock screening. Many famous investors recommend buying what you know, use, and consume. For example, I enjoy eating out, and I especially enjoy Red Lobster and the Olive Garden, where I can get a …

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How to Build a Leveraged Dividend Portfolio

Investing Strategy

    Two weeks ago, we discussed the possibility of building a portfolio worth roughly 25K without a single penny in hand. This is called leveraging. Borrowing to invest on the stock market was very popular from 2003 to 2008. Since the market crash, most individual investors have stopped using leveraging as a strategy, incurring important losses. While small investors got burnt and gave up, bigger investors (such as hedge funds) are still in the hunt with leveraging. After seeing what …

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How Did You Do On The Dividend Investor Test?

Blog, Site Introduction

  Last week, I opened a can of worm by publishng a dividend investor survey. The goal of this survey was to have you think about whether or not you have what it takes to be a successful dividend investor. I thought the idea was interesting or at least funny and it could create some buzz around The Dividend Guy Blog. Man! It worked very well. In fact, the day we launched it, we had 1,009 visitors on this article alone! I received several reactions concerning the survey. Some were great …

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14 Dividend Stocks For a Portfolio that Beat the Market in 2011

Stock Analysis

Over the past year, I have shared several dividend stock analyses. I’m trying to analyze both Canadian Dividend Stocks and US Dividend Stocks as I think it is important to hold both of them in your portfolio (regardless if you are American or Canadian!). Since both markets are accessible and have different strengths, why not benefit from both worlds and invest on both sides of the border?   Since we are at the end of the year, I wanted to recap each stock I’ve analyzed throughout the …

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TSX 60 Dividend Yield and Ex Dividend Date

Blog, Site Introduction

  Wow! What a crazy end of the month on the TSX60 !?! I don’t know about you, but my portfolio took a huge jump from the past 3 days! I must admit it feels good after losing so much money during the last 2 weeks!   Since it was a big month, I’ve decided to make an exception and post a third article this week in order to publish the TSX 60 Dividend yield, Ex-Dividend date and Dividend Payout.   Some thoughts on Canadian stocks:   Sunlife (SLF) is now on …

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Invest $25,000, Make Money and Don’t Even Dip Into Your Pocket To Fund Your Investment!

Investing Strategy

    You can make money with other’s people money.   I’m sure you have heard this somewhere else before. And I’m sure that many of you will disagree with me. But I think that making money with other’s people money is one of the best, if not the best way to acquire wealth.   On Monday, I was talking about how 2012 might be the investing opportunity of the decade. You may agree with me but it doesn’t mean that you have more money to invest. What if you don’t …

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