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I remember the first time I opened my brokerage account online to start trading. I had $19,500 that I just transferred from a line of credit and I felt like a kid in a candy store with $1M in my pocket ;-). Even though I had a solid background in finance and had friends working close to the stock market, I still felt the urge to buying stocks. This motivation was fuelled by greed and the possibility of making a profit and being a winner on the stock market battlefield. Starting to invest …

Continue Reading about Dividend Investing with Less Than $1,000 Part 3: How To Pick Your ETFs and/or Dividend Funds

    Last week, I started a short series about dividend investing for beginners. I noticed that it had generated a few comments as I waved the first option that would be to start with stock picking right away. I still believe that starting with 1 or 2 stocks in your portfolio may put you at risk if you are just starting to learn the investing ropes and you are not fully aware of all the risks. I remember when I first started trading back in 2003, I thought I knew how the stock …

Continue Reading about Investing With Less Than $1,000 Part2: How To Pick The Right Brokerage Account Before Investing

Since I received access to The Dividend Guy Blog email address, I got a very interesting question from one of our readers. Here’s what Michael had to say: I'm just starting to look into stock investing and potentially dividend stocks. After some initial research, my question is this: How can I make real returns from dividend stocks when the only companies with high dividend payouts have a high cost per stock? If dividends are paid per stock owned, I would need a large number of …

Continue Reading about Dividend Investing With Less Than $1,000 Part 1