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Apple & Disney: Similar past, Similar Issues, Similar Future

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Summary Both stocks are taking a beating lately on the market and they share the same issue at different levels – technological evolution. Both companies must please spoiled, greedy and very demanding investors. Both stocks had hit their all-time high in 2015 and both are strong buysat the moment.   Between July 15th and August 6th, both companies lost nearly 10% on the stock market. Is it something that will continue this fall? Is it time to let these two companies go as they …

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Canadian Dividend Telecom Comparison: BCE Vs Rogers Vs Shaw Vs Telus

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At the end of June, I produced a complete analysis of the five biggest Banks in Canada. While this post was featured on Seeking Alpha, I thought of publishing this second Canadian sector analysis on my blog. I think you will like seeing which telecom is the best one to hold for a dividend growth investor. I will highlight the differences in their business models, dividend profiles and other important fundamentals along with their current stock valuations.   Business Model BCE (BCE) …

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20 Strong Dividend Growth Stocks – Rock Solid Ranking Free Report

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Last year, I created the Rock Solid Ranking, a dynamic stock ranking list that shows a value for each dividend stock I follow. I’ve worked on calculations that consider several metrics in order to find the best companies among all those on the stock market. This list is particularly useful when the stock market is becoming highly valued (not overvalued yet in my opinion). Starting this month, I’ll be sharing with you, for free, the top 10 dividend growth stocks for both the US and Canadian …

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Best 2015 Dividend stocks Mid-Year Results

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As you probably know already, each year I select 20 US and 10 Canadian dividend stocks that will outperform the dividend index (and hopefully the overall stock market). I started this tradition back in 2012 and so far, I’m almost always right. This means that almost all my portfolios have beaten their benchmark year after year. Some folks may think I’m doing this to show off, but that’s not the purpose. I carefully choose these companies based on my 7 dividend investing rules. The purpose of …

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I Prefer the Small Telus over the Giant Verizon

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David Vs Goliath Challenge – how a $25B market cap stock can beat a $202B market cap stock? Both Companies show strong customer loyalty, but only one evolves in an Oligopoly One company is trading at a 10% discount, the other at a 10% premium   Last week, I wrote a stock analysis for Seeking Alpha on Verizon (VZ), you can read the analysis here. While I was writing this article, I kept comparing this telecom giant vs one of my holdings; Telus Corporation (T.To or TU on the NYSE). …

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Finding the Right Stock in The Current Market

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Have you taken a look at the recent earnings? It is without any surprise that many US companies posted slow revenue growth due to either a “challenging” environment or (an even more common excuse: due to a strong US dollar. I follow primarily dividend stock results and many of them are international businesses. No need to explain that a strong US dollar is hurting many dividend stocks in particular. The market didn’t overreact as it was more a mild earnings season without many …

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