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Can You Make the Difference Between Good News and Bad News?

Blog, Investing Strategy

At the beginning of the month, Intel (INTC) shares dropped drastically upon news that Apple (AAPL) would drop the world class chip maker to make its own. My first thought was “God why two companies I like have to beat-up on each other like this?”. And my second thought “this is a good opportunity to buy INTC shares). This is exactly what I published on Twitter: You are going to tell me “yeah, Mike, that’s easy! When the stock drop on bad news, it’s good news for investors!”. Not too fast …

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Looking for Zombies in a Red Market

Best Dividend stocks, Blog, Canadian Dividend Stocks

The market is down and then down again and now it seems that everything is  turning red, right? Even on Twitter, people are quick to remind us about the worst Mondays in history: Source: OddStats Now that we have this wind of panic on the market, it seems that everything you will buy will turn into a zombie. Once again, media is quickly reminding us many reasons for selling: Trade war with China, Interest rate increasing, High household debt ratio, Ridiculously high …

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On the Road #25 – Say Guat?

Blog, Personal Update

Last year, I returned from a 12 month RV trip across North & Central America with my family. This was a life-changing experience that I will never forget. You can read my previous adventures here. During this trip, our values evolved, and we have open ourselves to the persons we really are. Not that robot working more each day to pay down debts, save and hope for a nice retirement. In the span of 12 months, we have decided to retire now. In fact, I retired at the age of 35. Not because I’m …

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March Dividend Income Report – Breaking $1,000 Dividend Received Since Inception!

Blog, Dividend Income Report

In September 2017, I’ve received slightly over $100K as a result of the commuted value of my pension plan. I decided to invest 100% of this money into dividend growth stocks. Each month, I publish my results. I don’t this to brag, I do this to show you it’s possible to build a portfolio during an all-time high market. The market will crash... eventually. In the meantime, I rather cash some juicy dividends! Portfolio holdings Numbers are as at April 2nd 2018: Canadian portfolio …

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Falling Knives… or Opportunities for You to Catch!

Blog, Investing Strategy, Portfolio Building

Imagine you throw a knife in the air to impress people around you and you try to catch it as it rapidly falls. If you succeed, you look like a pro. If you fail, you will catch the blade and cut yourself. Picking a stock rapidly dropping on the market is like catching a falling knife. Some stocks will bounce back and make a great investment, others will continue to drop and bleed your portfolio. Therefore, we call a stock that is brutally dropping a falling knife. As you can imagine, not all …

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The Day I Quit my Job Because It Wasn’t Safe Anymore

Blog, Personal Update

While you are reading this blog, chances are I’m still admiring mountains over Lake Atitlan. Business wise, it was a terrible (or an amazing?) timing, I don’t know yet. Still, I took a week off in Guatemala, where it all started 18 months ago. I didn’t know back then, but this is where/when I decided to quit my job once I got back from my RV trip. This time, my wife and I decided to take a quick week to fly over Lake Atitlan to come back to our “traveling roots”. We had the feeling we needed …

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