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The first quarter is now behind us and, funny enough, it has been quite a roller coaster of emotions. If you are like me and got lucky, you had some cash set aside to buy some bargains on the stock market. I personally made 5 purchases between January and February: Royal Bank (RY.TO) Agrium (AGU.TO) Union Pacific (UNP) 3M Co (MMM) Apple (AAPL) As you will see it on the following chart, there were 2 moments (one in January and one in February) where there was a panic feeling all over the …

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Who would have thought a beaver could run faster than an eagle? You might want to say that it’s only one quarter and that the Canadian stock market has been beaten up nicely by the US stock market for the past… well I don’t remember since when, but let’s just say that you should never bet against America ;-). If you still have doubt, let’s just take a look at how both markets have performed since the 2008 crash: Source: Ycharts But recently, the Canadian stock market has been showing some …

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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). Each month, I’ll be sharing with you, for free, the top 10 dividend growth stocks for both the US and Canadian markets. …

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It seems that, after all, the FED was a prognosticator on how best to save the US economy by using unconventional tools. At one point in time, we even thought the FED was playing Dr. Frankenstein by using quantitative easing (QE) to supercharge the stock market. While they could have created an unstoppable monster, it seems that it has worked well so far. Now, it’s time for Mario Draghi, President of the European Central Bank (ECB) to play on the same playground. On March 10th, the ECB not only …

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