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Last week, I wrote an article in reaction to Rob Carrick’s praise for ETF investing. I showed in this article that I was able to beat ETF indexing with dividend growth stocks on a constant basis. Am I a genius? Am I ready to become the next Warren Buffett simply because I beat the market for a few years in a row? I don’t think so. In fact, I think I’m far from this point. The most important factor explaining my performances has nothing to do with my investing abilities or knowledge. The most …

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Since returning  from our year-long trip across Central and North America, my wife and I have cut down on our TV time. We cut the cable and rely only on Netflix for the few hours we spend per week watching TV. We would rather do other things during our evenings like playing Scrabble or reading. I’ve found it keeps our brain fresh and I have more energy throughout the entire day. On Tuesday night, we were having a very intense Scrabble game. I just started the game with a 7 letter word on my …

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I remembered the first year when I started investing. I thought everything was possible. When I invested my first $3,000, it was to purchase shares of Power Corporation (POW.TO). I naively thought this was the first step toward being millionaire. I imagined watching my stock grows so fast and so high that I would become the next Warren Buffett. You know, thoughts crossing a 23 years old kid’s mind. I was fresh out of school with the corporate world in front of me. You can guess my trade on …

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