For the month of November, I wanted to take a look at another great Canadian Dividend Stock. I’ve already told you how much I love Canadian Banks (even if you are a US investor!). Today, I’ll tell you why Canadian Telecoms should also be part of your portfolio. Telus (T) Description Telus is one of the telecommunications leaders in Canada. They have been making extensive investments in both Wireless and Wireline platforms. Telus offers residential phone, internet, TV and mobile phone …
How to Tell the Difference Between a Ride in the Markets and When You are About to Lose Serious Money
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, …
TSX 60 Ex-Dividend Date, Dividend Yield & Dividend Payout Ratio
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?
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 …
Why I Prefer Intel over Microsoft
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 …
9 Stocks That Go BOOM With Their Dividend
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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