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Dividend Stock Wednesday: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc (MHP-N)

Stock Analysis

This is an analysis completed by The Dividend Guy. It is not to be used as investment advice or a recommendation to buy, hold, or sell any stocks discussed. Please ensure you complete your own analysis. One stock I have never looked at or even considered as a dividend candidate was The McGraw-Hill Companies. I only really knew them as the textbook publisher, however they are a much more diversified holding company than I ever thought. McGraw-Hill brings us such well know brands as …

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Top 5 Ways to Lose Money in Stocks

Asset Allocation, Dividend Growth

In a recent series of articles, I challenged a number of other investing and personal finance bloggers to present us with their choice for the top 3 investing mistakes an investor can make. I did some additional thinking of the items on these lists and determined what I believe to be the top 5 ways an investor can lose money in the stocks. By not understanding and structuring your portfolio so that you avoid all 5 of these, you can limit your ability to be a successful investor. Number 1 …

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Dividend Yield or Dividend Growth?

Dividend Growth

I have been getting a whole bunch of emails recently asking me for my picks of the highest dividend yielding stocks that I would recommend buying. I think this really speaks to two factors at play here. First, I do not make recommendations on what stocks to buy. I am not a financial advisor nor am I licensed to offer investment advice. Second, when trying to build a dividend portfolio it is not the dividend yield that is important - it is the dividend growth! Dividend yield is simply …

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Using Suggested Portfolios to Build Your Portfolio

Asset Allocation

In this post I am going to provide a list of websites that provide investors with suggestions for a well-diversified portfolio. However, before I present the list I need to temper anyone's desire to simply take these suggested portfolios and implement them. Not one of these portfolios is a good fit for everyone, even if the sites they come from suggest that they are! More importantly, if you are going to be a do-it-yourself dividend investor, then it is crucial that you understand why each and …

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Not So Breaking News: Most Mutual Fund Managers Still Underperforming the Market

Blog, Site Introduction

The fact that mutual fund managers have not been able to beat their underlying indexes is not new news. However, there is recent news stating these managers are still having difficulty beating the indexes. In an article from GlobeInvestor.com, the evidence has suggested that, "...Fewer than 20 per cent of large-capitalization Canadian institutional fund managers beat the index in the first quarter, according to a survey by Russell Investments Canada. That's down from 41 per cent in the fourth …

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If Your Portfolio Is Down, Just Wait Longer

Asset Allocation

"If I am not back in 5 minutes....just wait longer" - Jim Carrey, Ace Ventura. If you have seen this movie as many times as I have then you can picture Ace Ventura saying this. The quote immediately came to mind as I was searching around the web for some probability statistics on earning a positive return in the stock market. I should have known that what I would find was work done by William Bernstein given his intense analytical and mathematical abilities. Have a look at the chart below …

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