The most interesting part of investing (after buying stocks) is probably looking at your portfolio grow. Combine the magic of systematic investing with compounding interest and you get some impressive results. But you can even do more with less. You can grow your portfolio in another way which will completely be free of cash flow from your wallet. The 3rd magic ingredient to make the perfect investing magic potion is to use the dividend payouts to grow your …
18 Stock Picks for 2012 Using My Crystal Ball
Back in February 2011, I posted an article about 9 dividend stocks that would do well in 2011. Since I like to be held accountable, I thought of coming back to those stock picks to see how they performed (just to validate my crystal ball before I use it again for 2012!). I calculated the yield between Jan 7th 2011 and Jan 6th 2012 and here’s what we have: As you can see, these stock picks made a 2.88% return while providing a 3.83% for the upcoming year. …
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TSX Dividend Yield And Ex-Dividend Date
We are starting the month of February with our traditional TSX 60 Dividend Yield and Ex-Dividend Date publication. A few notes about the TSX60 and its dividends Only 11 stocks from the TSX60 made the cut to my Best Canadian Stocks for Only 31 stocks from the TSX60 pay higher than 2% dividend Only 23 stocks pay higher than 3% dividend (and you are going to tell me that size matters?) We have covered 19 stocks from the TSX60 on Canadian …
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Dividend Bubble? Think Again!
I’m sure you have heard of the Wall Street Journal claiming that the Dividend Bubble is going to burst soon. If you haven’t, trust me, you are not missing much! The rationale behind a growing dividend bubble is that most investors are leaving the equity market for bonds while the most courageous are putting their “risk” within dividend paying stocks. Do I have to tell you that 43% of the S&P500's annualized return comes from Dividend stocks? That dividend …
Genivar GNV Stock Analysis
For the first dividend stock analysis of the year (besides my 29 Dividend Stocks for 2012 eBook), I decided to take a look at a beaten up stock that could definitely become a rising star in the upcoming years. For a fact, GNV dropped by 14% in 2011. Was it justified or was Genivar simply a victim of a bad Canadian stock market? Let’s dig further to find out! Genivar (GNV) Description Genivar is a leading Canadian engineering services firm offering its expertise in …
4 Top Canadian REITs For 2012
Strong from my series on Canadian REITs in 2011, I’m going back this year with 4 top picks on the best Canadian REITs for 2012. I think that it’s important that you don’t get blinded by the attractive yields of REITs and decide to invest all your money in them. On the other hand, since the Canadian economy seems stable, the banking system is solid and interest rates should not go up by much in 2012 (most recent stats on inflation in January 2012 shows a 2.3% annual rate), Canadian …
