Summer is the perfect time to NOT take a vacation from your portfolio Investors often tend to leave their portfolio “as is” for the period between May and September. First, there is the old saying about selling in May and going away since summer months are not the most profitable on the market. Second, there isn’t much activity on the stock market in general. Q2 earnings are not that exciting and economic stats are not at their best. Third, most people take vacations, therefore, their mind is …
It’s Hard to Keep Going Sometimes
I’m under the impression that I’m living a double life right now… Since the month of May, I’ve started to feel the weight of my project becoming heavier on my shoulders. I’ve always been the type of guy who’s all-in for everything I do. I don’t really see any other way of making things happen. I either crush my goals or don’t do anything. I have a hard time playing in the gray zone where you do things but you are not fully invested in them. This is exactly what is happening with my life …
DSR Stock Cards – Collect’ em All!
Do you remember when you used to collect hockey & baseball cards? I used to be a big hockey card collector when I was 12. Each fall, I was very excited to buy my Upper Deck card box and open 40 or so hockey card packs. I enjoyed the fact that I could get all the info I wanted on my favorite players on a single card. I had an action picture, important stats and a short bio telling me about the hockey player's past. I could then easily compare one player to another using their cards. I was …
Best 2015 Dividend stocks Mid-Year Results
As you probably know already, each year I select 20 US and 10 Canadian dividend stocks that will outperform the dividend index (and hopefully the overall stock market). I started this tradition back in 2012 and so far, I’m almost always right. This means that almost all my portfolios have beaten their benchmark year after year. Some folks may think I’m doing this to show off, but that’s not the purpose. I carefully choose these companies based on my 7 dividend investing rules. The purpose of …
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Retirement, What Retirement?
Wouldn’t be amazing to never retire? For the past 15 years, I’ve worked in the financial industry. For the past 15 years, I’ve been told to prepare for my retirement. I’ve been told the best thing in life is to get a job that provides a good pay check, social benefits and… a fully funded retirement pension plan. When I finished my bachelor degree in finance and marketing, I thought I had hit the jackpot starting to work in the financial industry. The job was interesting, the pay check was …
I Prefer the Small Telus over the Giant Verizon
David Vs Goliath Challenge – how a $25B market cap stock can beat a $202B market cap stock? Both Companies show strong customer loyalty, but only one evolves in an Oligopoly One company is trading at a 10% discount, the other at a 10% premium Last week, I wrote a stock analysis for Seeking Alpha on Verizon (VZ), you can read the analysis here. While I was writing this article, I kept comparing this telecom giant vs one of my holdings; Telus Corporation (T.To or TU on the NYSE). …
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