Hum… what can I say… I didn’t sell my house. Last week, I was almost 100% sure to close the deal, but the buyers didn’t move up by a penny from their original offer. Maybe they thought we were stuck between selling our house and doing our RV project… well they guessed wrong! After a night of calculation, I came up with another plan. I’m still leaving, but I’ll keep the house! I’ll explain you this next week! It was quieter on the blog this week, but not because I didn’t write. In fact, I have …
20 Strong Dividend Growth Stocks – Rock Solid Ranking Free Report
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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Dividend Reads for the Weekend
I can hear the drum rolls from here… Last Saturday, we received an offer on our house (another one!) as our previous buyers didn’t get their financing approval (so much work to get a pre-authorization and still…). Tomorrow, our counter-offer expires and I expect an answer from those new potential buyers today or tomorrow. It will be a stressful weekend that will finish on a good note! This week, I was quite present with two guest articles: Define the Right Stock Price in a Volatile Market …
Are We Heading for a Negative Year on the Stock Market?
I seldom look at the overall stock market to see how it is going. I read the daily headlines, but rarely take a look back since January to see what has happened on the stock market. I would rather look at my own portfolio to see how to improve it this year instead of looking at what others are doing. Over the past few months, I noticed that the benchmarks were quite negative. On a regular basis, I use 2 dividend ETFs to see if I’m doing well on the stock market (XDV and VIG). Using benchmarks …
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Interest Rates & 3 Dividend Stock Opportunities
September is the month of rising interest rates. After a long wait over summer time, the FED met once again on September 17th, 2015 and decided to…NOT increase the overnight interest rate. Nonetheless, it is still a matter of time until rates increase. It would be naive to think we can continue in a 0% interest rate environment for long. In fact, it will eventually hurt our economy if we continue in this way. As we are getting ready for what will probably be the start of a long path of …
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In the Search for Optimal Numbers of Stocks in your Portfolio Part 3
Last week, I asked 11 dividend bloggers 6 questions to learn more about their portfolio and investment strategies. You can read Part#1 and Part#2 if you have missed them. I thought it would only be fair for everybody to share my own perception of how many shares to manage in a dividend growth portfolio. Here are my answers; #1 What is the size of your portfolio? My retirement portfolio shows a value of $58,620 as of mid-September. #2 How many different company shares do you own? Only …
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