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The Price You Pay Doesn’t Matter

Investing Strategy, Principles

Not too long ago, I wrote an article on Seeking Alpha about selling General Electric (GE) before it fails investors again. I knew there are lots of GE shareholders and I expected to get thrown my fair share of tomatoes. After all, we have all our reasons to hold share of one company instead of another and someone telling you it’s a bad idea may hit the wrong button. There was something very surprising in the comments thought. Especially coming from supposedly educated investors. Several …

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Which other investing strategy do you follow?

Dividend Growth, Investing Strategy

I still remember the first year of my investing journey. I started investing at the age of 24. This was back in 2003 – one of the most perfect times to invest and make a lot of money. It was after the techno bubble, when I could barely keep up in my university classes because  was too busy playing Tetrinet!, and before the catastrophic 2008 market collapse. With a strong financial background which was acquired through my bachelor’s degree and two summers working in an office of a derivatives …

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After 8 months I’ve spent $35,827.79

Personal Update

As I write this article, I’m finishing my stay in Costa Rica. It has been eight months since beginning my travels across North and Central America. Costa Rica was a lot of fun, I have to come back one day. As I have 4 months left on my trip, I thought of doing a little budget recap. 8 months and $35,827.79 later Yup, in 8 months, I averaged monthly spending of $4,478.47 and spent a total of $35,827.79. Here where the money went: There is one thing shocking me in the analysis of this …

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My 2016 Dividend Growth Report – Or How a Low Yield Portfolio is a Good Thing

Dividend Growth, Personal Update, Retirement

As is the case each year, I make a few transactions in my portfolio. As you may already know, I do very little tracking of my investing performance throughout the year. I’ve already discussed why I see little interest in reporting my dividend income and I prefer to measure my performance against the stock market in general or dividend focused ETFs such as VIG and XDV. However, I still look at my portfolio recap provided by my broker at the end of each year. Surprisingly, I found that my …

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On the Road #18

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 …

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Robo Advisors – Is this the perfect solution

Investing Strategy

About a decade ago, a weird beast was created on the stock market. A new type of investment product called the Exchange Traded Fund, mostly known by its abbreviation; ETF. Many financial institutions started by laughing and denigrating ETFs to dissuade investors from leaving their expensive mutual funds. However, ETFs’ popularity has never ceased increasing since then. These days, I have a feeling of déjà vu with another weird beast that was created a few years ago. This new investment service …

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