How can I spend so much? How my lifestyle has gone this far? The very first step to financial freedom is definitely to know how much you need to live. This will set the bar and help you establish goals that must be reached if you want to become financially free one day. I’ve shared my thoughts on how I intend to reach financial freedom through 4 different ways. My biggest struggle to reach this has nothing to do with how much I make but rather how much I spend. A friend and fellow blogger, …
This Simplest Investing Advice is the Best Ever for All Investors
A few weeks ago, I wrote an article about my best investing moves and the worst ones. As investors, we live various experiences and have the chance to learn from them. My fellow blogger ATL at Amber Tree Leaves commented on this article telling he that if could go back in time and start over again, he would immediately start investing with a systematic plan. The idea is to invest, even a small amount of money, on a regular basis. You could do it once a month or, even easier, invest every two …
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Four Different Ways to Achieve Financial Independence
Financial independence… this concept has been discussed on so many blogs that I rarely write about it here. I’ve been working on my own crusade to reach financial independence since I entered the workforce back in 2003. I previously dedicated an entire blog to the topic, had some good fun and made some money with it. Then, I decided to concentrate on my dividend investing blog thinking investors wanted to read about…. Investing! But it seems that I was wrong. I have discovered gradually that …
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The Normality is Called Volatility
“The only thing that doesn’t change, is change itself.” I believe that when we came to this Earth, each of us was granted with a set of special gifts. Some are more obvious than others, but we all have our strengths and these are the cards we have been given to play with when we sit at the table. We can change a few, but the picture is pretty much the same. One of my “gifts” is the ability to interpret and understand how systems work. I understand how patterns work together and how I can …
Consumer Cyclical – Getting Back on Track
Each month at Dividend Stocks Rock, we cover an industry and select interesting dividend growth stocks to help you managing your portfolio. I'm offering you our industry review while members have access to 15 stocks highlighted in the newsletter. Companies are selected according to my 7 investing principles. While the stock market is doing that roller coaster thing, we can look at some graphs that are showing steady trends. These graphs are all linked to the US economy at the moment. Let’s …
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3 Month Results for my Best Dividend Stock Picks for 2016
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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