This is a guest contribution by Bob Ciura and Ben Reynolds of Sure Dividend. Technology giant Apple, Inc. (AAPL) released better-than-expected earnings results on August 1st, sending the stock up 6% in after-hours trading. Apple shares have increased by more than 50% over the past year alone, accompanied by an expanding valuation. AAPL data by YCharts And yet, Apple might actually still be undervalued. It has a long runway of growth potential up ahead. It has also been a very strong …
Can My Portfolio Survive a Crash?
The idea of losing lots of money in a short period of time is probably one of the biggest fear of any investors. In fact, many of them rather wait on the sideline than suffer this “inevitable-next-market-crash”. After all, nobody wants to suffer this type of drop: When a market crashes everybody panics. Should they? Not if they have done their homework first. It is impossible to know when the market will hit a new correction and your portfolio will lose 10% within a few weeks. We all know …
Selling SNC Lavalin & Buying Amazon
Back in April 2015 I made a bold move in my portfolio; I sold ScotiaBank (BNS.TO) to buy SNC Lavalin (SNC.TO). Many readers weren’t too sure about this move, but I’ve proven that I was right 2 years after the trade: Source: Ycharts While SNC outperformed BNS all the way, it is clear on this graph I should have sold SNC a year ago and a few weeks ago. But the investment thesis behind my purchase was still valid a year ago: “I believe the moment charges will be settled, investors will …
Best 2017 Dividend Stocks Review
After a little bit more than 3 months on the stock market in 2017, we have already experienced our fair share of emotions. While the U.S. market peaked at +7.02% on March 1st, investors’ enthusiasm is fading away as the market is now up only +4.03% as at April 16th (yes, I’m writing this on Easter, a man has to work sometimes!). We are seeing a similar phenomenon on the Canadian market as it peaked at +4.15% on February 21st to drop to just +1.62% at the moment of writing this article. We …
The Dividend Lifestyle Portfolio Approach
A few weeks ago, a reader suggested that I write an article about buying dividend paying companies in line with one’s lifestyle. In other words, for each budget type of expense, you select a company that would “protect” you from potential inflation. While it will not replace any kind of serious portfolio-building models, the idea of having a company perform well when one of your expense area increases is not completely ridiculous either. For example, the best way to protect your budget from …
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14 New Canadian Dividend Aristocrats!
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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