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Q2 Stock Market Outlook and What is Coming in Q3

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There was a lot happening in the economy throughout Q2. Funny enough, it reminds me of what happened last year during the same quarter: - Fear of the Chinese economy slowing down - Concerns about the Greek debt - Concerns about the US economy   The good news (if there is any) is that companies continue to post great financial results (as was the case last year). On top of that, did you know that between July 1st, 2010 and July 1st, 2011, the US stock market went up by 26% and …

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What You Should Do In A Flash Crash On The Stock Market

Market Frenzy

Last Thursday (August 4th) was another black day on the stock market. In fact, it was the worst day on the stock market since 2008. Here's how bad it was: Dow Jones lost 512.76 points (-4.31%) S&P500 lost 60.27 points (-4.78%) Nasdaq lost 136.68 points (-5.08%) TSX lost 435.90 points (-3.40%)   This is the perfect example of a “flash crash”; a stock market crash of 3, 4 even 5% in a single day. This was almost the norm back in 2008 when volatility was at its peak. …

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Dividend Cut on YLO

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quick news this morning: Yellow Media (TSE:YLO) just announced a dividend cut from $0,65 to $0.15. YLO is dropping faster than a F1 this morning (currently down 30% at $1.34. I don't have much hope for this stock to be honest. I recently discuss how dangerous chasing high dividend yield is (especially when combined with high dividend payout ratio).  Once again, moving toward a more conservative dividend investing approach might be the solution!   I hope you don't own any YLO... …

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Review of my Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation

Last week, My Own Advisor, a regular reader, asked me about my asset allocation strategy. It is true that it has been a while since I have discussed asset allocation on this blog. This is why I decided to take a look at my current dividend holdings and comment on them.   Here is my current portfolio:     And here’s my asset allocation per sector:   As you can see, there is a massive (too massive!) part of my portfolio invested in the financial industry. If you are …

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A Look At My Latest Trades

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After selling RIM (thank God!), I’ve taken a few weeks to look at my portfolio. I was pretty happy with the companies I bought since the beginning of this year (HSE, CVX, JNJ, BNS, and a covered call etf; ZWB). While the market is moving sideways, I’ve built a solid core of great dividend paying stocks. In fact, the average dividend yield of these stocks on the market is 4.91% (thx to ZWB at 10%...).   More trades during the summer I’ve debated this for a long time before making …

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Dividend Stock Battle: KO Vs PEP

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  Last week, we looked at 2 very interesting dividend stocks: Coca-Cola – KO and PepsiCo – PEP. 2 huge companies, 2 popular beverage marketers, 2 dividend aristocrats! What can we really except from this dividend stock battle? The fight of the Titans! So who’s gonna win with a KO? ;-)   KO and PEP last week's results   While I was doing both stock analyses last week, the 2 dividend payers disclosed their Q2 results. First off the dividend news: KO declares an …

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