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 …
2017 Goals
This will be a crazy year… 2017 will not be like any other year, not for me anyway. As I’m writing my goals for 2017, I’m comfortably seated in a villa up in the mountain in the beautiful country of Costa Rica. A though crossed my mind the other day: “For the next three month, I’ll be living in Costa Rica where I will wake up each morning on the top of the mountain, going to the beach whenever I want and explore this country like it’s my playground. For the next three month, I’ll be living …
Sure Dividend 3 Favorite Dividend Stocks for 2017
This is a guest contribution by Ben Reynolds of Sure Dividend. With a new year comes an examination of our lives. Many people start new year resolutions. Others review the previous year and plan the coming year. Analyzing your portfolio for the new year is important as well. Are there stocks that you should sell? What stocks should you buy for 2017? This article takes a look at my 3 favorite dividend growth stocks. They are all in the health care sector. The health care sector was …
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Best 2017 U.S. Stock Picks
The U.S. Market is beating all odds! Source: Ycharts I like this graph as it shows the pre and post situation of 2008 for unemployment rate and GDP. We can clearly see how the unemployment rate jumped drastically following the credit crisis and how the GDP slowed down during the same period. However, while the GDP slowly started to grow again, jobs recovery seemed to be a lot faster. Now fast forward in 2016, we now have a GDP 33% stronger than at the end of 2006 and an unemployment rate …
Top Canadian Picks for 2017
The main reason why the TSX has done so well in 2016 is mainly because pretty much everybody expected the economy to take the oil price drop kick in the mouth and lose some teeth in the process. But it seems that those experts were wrong (once again ;-) ). As the Canadian economy doesn’t seem to need oil to grow: Source: Ycharts. While the oil barrel took a serious beating, the Canadian GDP only stalled for about a year before growing back again. This is explained by various reasons: …
16 Stocks to Buy each with their Respective Investment Thesis
In my latest article, I told you my little secret about selling any stock at the right time. In fact, it’s not about selling, it’s all about why you buy in the first place. When you purchase a stock, there must be specific reasons, an investment thesis, telling you this stock will help you reach your investing goals. When a company doesn’t comply with your investment thesis, it’s time to let it go. In order to give you a few examples of reasons to purchase a stock, I’ve listed a brief summary …
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