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3 Reasons Why I Go Dividend Investing in 2011 (Restructuring my Whole Portfolio)

Investing Strategy

  I’ll be honest with you, I have always been a dividend fan. In fact, I had started to take a serious look at dividend investing early in 2009 while all stocks were really undervalued. Even then, at that time, I couldn’t invest much myself in analyzing stocks as I was investing all my money into the highest dividend payer of all time; my online company. So I left my RRSP account alone (for US readers, an RRSP is a Canadian program that stands for Registered Retirement Savings Plan and …

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Why Companies Pay Dividends And Why Some Others Should Do The Same

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When I first started my bachelor's degree in finance 10 years ago, I didn’t know much about dividend investing. In fact, I didn’t know much about the stock market period. In our very first finance class, we learned an important financial principal; why companies pay dividends. But in order to understand why companies pay dividends, you must understand why investors would buy any stocks in the first place. To keep it simple, let's say that there are only 2 things you can invest …

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Investing In Yourself; It Pay Great Dividends!

Investing Strategy

While this blog's main purpose is to talk about dividend investing, I think that there are several ways you can invest and earn dividends. And some ways are not sold on the stock market. One of them is to invest in yourself. As we are about to start a new year, it may be the time to make some serious resolutions and improve some of your skills. Invest in your knowledge – Become a better investor By becoming a better investor, you will certainly be able to make more money over time. …

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LLY Eli Lilly Dividend Stock Analysis

Stock Analysis

Last week, I presented my dividend stock analysis template. I will play around with it for a few weeks but I had already used the original template to analyze Eli Lilly: LLY. The Company Stock Description: Founded in 1876, Eli Lilly is now the 10th largest pharmaceutical company in the world. If you don’t know them as a company, the name Cialis, the biggest Viagra competitor, probably rings a bell. So if your wife is happy, it might because of Lilly (that could be a nice tag line, don’t …

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Canadian Banks Results; National Bank Hikes Dividend to $0.66 (+$0.04)

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Quick news after the markets close; National Bank of Canada, the first bank to declare its financial results for their Q4 and year end announced they hike their dividend to 0.66$ per share per quarter. Therefore, the dividend rise to $2.64 per year and represents a 3.89% yield. Nationale Bank revenues are up by 19% for Q4 and 21% for compared to year 2009. Gradually other Canadian banks will post their financial results and some others are also expected to raise their dividend. Just …

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Free Dividend Newsletter

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  We are proud to launch our Free The Dividend Guy Blog Newsletter!   Before you sign-up, we wanted to talk a little bit more about what you will find inside. You probably receive tons of information already, so we want to provide you with concise and useful dividend and investing information.   First; The Freebies!   Right after you sign-up to The Dividend Guy Newsletter, you'll get 2 free downloads:     #1 Dividend Investing eBook This …

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