When you are about to invest, I believe the very first step is to determine your investing strategy. Your methodology should include considerations such as your risk tolerance, investing goal(s) and time horizon. Once this part is settled, you will get into determining which kinds of companies you want to hold in your portfolio. This will be the basis for you to start building a stock list. The stock list is your garden where you will pick and choose the best ingredients to make your portfolio …
I’m Selling Wal-Mart and You Should Too
I’ve been thinking about it for a while, but now my mind is made up; I’m selling my shares of Wal-Mart (WMT). This is not a decision to be taken lightly. After all, Wal-Mart has continuously shown a strong dividend payment profile with 41 consecutive years with a dividend increase. Wal-Mart is present all over the world, it is the leader in the goods store industry, it has built a model generating continuous free cash flow and it has built a solid base of customers coming back week after …
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On The Road #12
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 On the …
Travel Budget Review
If you have been reading my blog since June, you must be familiar with my « On The Road » posts by now. I’m trying to consistently report on my journey across North and Central America. Many readers have inquired about a budget review of my trip. We took 2 years to prepare for this trip and the budget aspect was quite a challenge. I notice that most people are fascinated by how expensive such a year could be in one’s life. As I’m fairly transparent with my investments, I agreed to be as …
After 9 months this year, I’m Beating The Market
Since 2012, I’ve initiated a tradition on this blog. Each year, I make a selection of 20 U.S. dividend growth companies and 10 Canadian ones. The goal is to build two portfolios of strong holdings that will beat the benchmarks. I’ve always used the same benchmark for the past four years: VIG: Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF. VIG seeks to track the investment performance of the Dividend Achievers Select Index. XDV: iShares Dow Jns Cnd Slct Dvdnd Indx Fnd. XDV seeks to provide long-term …
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The Sequel of the Shocking Truth about Dividend Growth Investing
Last week, I wrote an article in reaction to some fascinating email correspondence with Ron, my reader focusing more on dividend yield than dividend growth. He even provided very solid point throughout our discussion. When I wrote my latest article, I modified his charts as I believe it was incorrect. The chart that was supposed to be seen in the previous post was even more shocking: You see it right, in the original story, Crazy Cal with its small $6,000 generates more income from its …
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