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How to Tell the Difference Between a Ride in the Markets and When You are About to Lose Serious Money

Market Frenzy

  First things first, I must say that right before I wrote this article, I had just read on Bloomberg that the Greeks would ask for a referendum on the bailout (that was Tuesday morning, November 1st). At that specific time, there was not a better time to talk about how to tell the difference between market fluctuations and when you are about to lose money that will never be seen again.   When the storm is only wind and showers When you see your portfolio going up and down, …

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TSX 60 Ex-Dividend Date, Dividend Yield & Dividend Payout Ratio

Blog, Site Introduction

We are at the beginning of a new month (right after seeing the Greek busting our party yesterday!) so it is now time for the TSX 60 ex-dividend date, dividend yield and dividend payout ratio. In addition to provide the TSX chart, I wanted to add a few random thoughts on those Canadian dividend stocks: Canadian Gold Stocks Might Follow Newmont (NEW) and its Dividend Strategy While price of gold has been sky rocketing since 2008, we can tell the same thing about Canadian gold stocks. In …

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What’s Your Investing Horror Story?

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  For Halloween, I thought it would be fun to hear about your investing horror story. We all brag about how we have made a great move (as I always boast that I bought my first house with the trading profit from a leveraging Manoeuvre!). But we rarely talk about our worst trade, the one that made all our profits vanish within a few months… So I want to know if you are like me; I want to know if you have some skeletons hidden in your investing closet!   I won’t let you down and …

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Why I Prefer Intel over Microsoft

Stock Analysis

    Last week, I discussed why I bought Intel (INTC) and I also mentioned it in my high increase dividend stocks for Q3. There was another interesting techno stock in this article and it was Microsoft (MSFT). Similar to INTC, MSFT hasn’t provided much to its shareholders in terms of appreciation over the past 10 years (-6.08% for MSFT vs + 1.82% for INTC:       However, since MSFT started paying its dividend in 2003, it has been consistently increasing …

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9 Stocks That Go BOOM With Their Dividend

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  If it’s your first time here, I suggest that you get your copy of my Free Dividend eBook and subscribe for my newsletter.   Each quarter, I review the US dividend world to see what has happened of late. While we are stuck in a bear market and fear is growing like clouds before the storm around the Euro zone, the sun is rising on dividend stocks! Globally, we have 16% of stocks increasing their dividend for Q3. I’ve looked deeper into each sector and found 9 dividend stocks …

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Dear Investor, Why Are You Paying Those Fees?

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The Eternal Question: To Pay or Not To Pay Fees? This is basically what Paul asked on How I Beat The Market With My Trades. He mentioned that he owns shares of the popular BMO Monthly Income Fund. While I’ve already analyzed this fund, I wanted to add more thoughts on why you should or shouldn’t buy indexes or mutual funds instead of trading your own stocks.   I’ll tell you upfront, I think that investing in dividend stocks, ETFs and mutual funds are all great investing …

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