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On the Road #20: El Salvador Surprise

Personal Update

As soon as I can, I’ll update you on my one year trip. I’ve decided to leave everything behind and spend real time with the people that matter the most in my life: my wife and three children. This is my story, I hope it will inspire you to create yours. You can read my previous “on the road” articles: On the road #1 On the road #2 On the road #3 On the road #4 On the road #5 On the road #6 On the road #7 On the road #8 On the road #9 On the road #10 On the …

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Valuation Model When The Market is Too High

Dividend Growth, Investing Strategy, Principles

Investing new money in the stock market hasn’t been an easy task for the past 2 years. We ran into our first market dip in 2016, boiled by investors’ worries. Then, clouds disappeared and opened the space for more sun to shine over the stock market. This is how both markets finished 2016 with great strength: Source: ycharts – dividend excluded While this is good news in the short term, investing in 2017 has been terribly difficult for most of us. Why? Because everything is …

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The Dividend Triangle – The Equation to Successful Dividend Growth Investing

Dividend Growth, Investing Strategy, Principles

Several investors spend years working on their investing model. They are somewhat convinced they will find the magic formula nobody did before. I sometimes have the feeling that investors are just looking everywhere but right in front of them. I’ve always managed my portfolio having the word “efficiency” in mind. When you think about it, dividend growth investing foundation is linked to only 3 pillars I call the “Dividend Triangle”. First, the company must make revenue. Without revenues, …

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How to Invest a Lumpsum Amount of Money in an All-Time High Stock Market

Investing Strategy

Between 2009 and 2017, the market went up on one of the most amazing streaks: Source: Ycharts As you can see, for an investor waiting on the sidelines, he had 2 very few opportunities (one in 2011 and one in 2015-2016) to enter the market during a plateau. Even then, the best timing to enter the market has always been today and the worst has always been tomorrow. This article will go in-depth to explain to you why and how to invest an important amount of money in today’s stock …

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On the Road #19 Deep Dished in Nicaragua

Personal Update

As soon as I can, I’ll update you on my one year trip. I’ve decided to leave everything behind and spend real time with the people that matter the most in my life: my wife and three children. This is my story, I hope it will inspire you to create yours. You can read my previous “On the road” articles: On the road #1 On the road #2 On the road #3 On the road #4 On the road #5 On the road #6 On the road #7 On the road #8 On the road #9 On the road #10 On the …

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14 New Canadian Dividend Aristocrats!

Best Dividend stocks, Blog, Canadian Dividend Stocks, Investing Strategy

Life is good for Canadian dividend growth investors as 14 companies made the cut to be added to the Canadian dividend aristocrats. To be considered an S&P Canadian Dividend Aristocrat, the company must have increased its dividend payout every year for five years but have a free pass and is still eligible if the company maintains the same dividend payout for a maximum of 2 years. Therefore, we are looking at stocks that have a good potential for raising its dividend but still pretty far …

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