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 …
Dividend Stock Power Ranking
You know that since I’ve bought this blog almost 2 years ago, I never thought I would like writing about dividend investing so much? To be honest, I used to write more creative stuff over on my main blog, The Financial Blogger. At first, I felt the need to present something more professional and “straight”. I thought that my creativity had to be put on the shelf as dividend investing was darn serious and you should not be fooling around with money. This is partially true thought. I …
If You Want to Know Where the Stock Market is Heading, Read the Following
Most articles I read in 2011 were talking about a possible bear market and how volatility will make investors go crazy. At least, they were right about one thing; volatility is making people crazy ;-). However, these are articles are terribly wrong when they predict the apocalypse. I know that catastrophe sells more than being right but still… sometimes I wonder what people look at before publishing their articles. Bearish Vs Bullish So are you …
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Best Canadian Dividend Stocks for 2012
Last Monday, I pulled out the Best US Stocks for 2012 with 182 companies listed in this post. As mentioned previously, I wanted to do the same thing on the Canadian stock market to be fair and to show you which companies are interesting to own in Canada even if you are a US citizen. You know this by now; I’m a big fan of some Canadian stocks as I think that the banking industry in Canada along with the resources sector can bring a lot to one’s portfolio. While I was …
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Best US Dividend Stocks For 2012
For the beginning of the year, I did some research on a lot of stocks and wrote the Best Dividend Stocks for 2012 eBook (you can download it for free here). This eBook includes 29 stocks (20 US and 9 Canadian) that have been showing very solid dividend metrics. When I did my research, I was using the following filters: Dividend Yield over 3% (because low dividend yield stocks are not of interest in the current market) Dividend Payout Ratio under 75% …
Dividend Growth Index Q1
Hey! It’s good to be back!!! First things first, if it’s your first time on this blog in 2012, you want to check my Best Dividend Stocks for 2012 article (I give a 29 analysis eBook for free ;-) ). Back in September, a group of dividend bloggers launched The Dividend Growth Index. This is a dividend portfolio of 24 stocks (US and CDN). Each quarter, we follow our picks and the overall portfolio results. By following our blogs, it allows you to track closely 24 great …
