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The Best of the Dividend Guy in 2017

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While you are celebrating with your family or you simply enjoy the gentle snow falling on the street (the view from my home office is marvelous right now), well… I’m doing exactly the same!  I’m taking a week off from this buzzing world to play Lego with my little one, to cook with my daughter, and to (still) beat my oldest son at NHL 2018 (Gotta love the Preds with PK!). I’m then leaving you with the Best of the Blog separated in three categories: The end of my one year trip Between June …

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What is coming in 2018

Personal Update

The past 18 months were the most amazing moments of my life… Wow… 2017 was quite an adventure! After spending the first six months outside of the comfort of my house, I spent the last six building my business after I quit my 6 figure paying job. And this is only the beginning. But, before I tell you what is happening next year, I want to quickly come back tell you about 2017… The most amazing month of my life In March 2017, I went through the most crazy-incredible-marvelous 30 days of my …

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Don’t Speculate and Wait for the Facts

Dividend Growth, Investing Strategy

Sometimes it will be too late, but better be late than sorry… Last week, I experienced another premiere as a financial author; I got my first live interview on a Cheddar TV, a live streaming financial news  network. All I can say is wow… this moves fast! I recently started to do live webinars (you can register to my newsletter if you want to know when I do them), but being interviewed is a whole different ball game. The difference? You don’t control where the discussion goes. At least, not when …

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What is the Importance of Past Data in Your Investment Process?

Dividend Growth, Investing Strategy, Principles, Stock Selection

On Tuesday, I explained how I intend to grow a 192K portfolio into 1 million before I retire. After over a decade spent in working, researching and investing in the stock market, I feel well confident that I can make it happen. A fellow blogger, Dividend Geek, pointed out a very interesting question: How we use past data to predict future (without taking into account macroeconomic trend, e.g. AMZN) baffles me. While we picking dividend growers, are we not again relying on past data? Past …

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Growing 192K to $1M; This is How a Former Private Banker Does It

Dividend Growth, Investing Strategy, Principles, Retirement

Summary #1 At the age of 36, I have $192,430 invested for my retirement. #2 I plan to reach the iconic million dollar value by the age of 59. #3 This article is not about more raw calculation numbers, you can do that. #4 This article is about how I will manage my assets to get there while sleeping at night. *you might want to print or bookmark this article as it is over 2,700 words of wisdom ;-) If you have been following me for a few months, you already know that I quit my job this …

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Thoughts from a Young Entrepreneur – Is 150 Days Enough to Change Your Life?

Personal Update

On July 1st, 2017, my whole life changed. I was back officially from my one-year RV trip across North and Central America. After spending over 365 days away from my house, I was taking back my old life, the one that I had packed in a cardboard box in my basement. I took everything back… but my job. I started my journey toward entrepreneurship on that day.  Since I never do things half-way, I got my house keys back on July 1st and  hosted my first business meeting on July 3rd. Here’s a taste of …

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