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Are You an Investor or Are You a Failure?

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    I don’t know if you are like me but every year, I try to become a better investor. I look at my weaknesses and try to work on them. Personally, I tend to “gamble” a little bit with my stocks. I’m the kind of guy who has a strong core portfolio and am always tempted to hit a homerun every year.   Two years ago, I tried with RIM… didn’t work out.   Last year, I tried with VNP… another mess.   I guess I’m not a quick learner… since I made another …

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TSX 60 Ex-Dividend Date and Update on 2013 Best Dividend stocks

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    At the beginning of each month, I always publish the TSX60 dividend yield and ex-dividend date. I wanted to add more information to this post so I decided to track my choices of best dividend stocks on a monthly basis as well.   At the beginning of 2013, I picked 30 stocks to be the Best 2013 Dividend Stocks. Last year, I outperformed the XDV by 8% and trailed the VIG by less than 1% (all that because of RadioShack! hahaha). I hope I'll be able to beat both indexes …

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How To Move Away From Mutual Funds and Open an Online Broker Account

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    Your advisor doesn’t call. Your funds don’t perform. You pay 2.5% in management fees for no service and no performance. You love reading about financial news and looking at stocks. But it’s impossible for you to make any investment decisions when you are in mutual funds. How much longer can you handle this situation?   For many individuals, investing in mutual funds through a financial advisor is the best thing they could do. Lack of time, lack of …

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Dividend Investing Goals for 2013

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    In the middle of 2010, I purchased this blog mainly because I wanted to switch my portfolio from an aggressive growth model to a dividend investing model. I took me about 6 months to trade my non dividend paying stocks in order to rebuild my portfolio. Since then, I’ve kept only one stock that doesn’t pay dividends (and it’s down sharply now). When I look at the rest of my portfolio (i.e. the dividend stocks), I can say that I’ve made some good trades. In a few weeks, I’ll …

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What Can We Expect From Dividend Stocks in 2013?

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    Back at the beginning of 2012, I played Nostradamus and tried to call the shots on a bullish versus a bearish market for 2012. It appeared that I was right (read my prediction here) and I even called the bluff on the “potential” dividend bubble. So, I thought it would be interesting to look at what we can expect in 2013 for dividend investors…   Bullish or Bearish for 2013?   As I did back in 2012, I started my analysis by looking at cold, hard facts. It can …

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Best 2013 Canadian Dividend Stocks

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For the beginning of the year, I did some research on a lot of stocks and wrote the Best Dividend Stocks for 2013 eBook (you can download it for only $2.99 here). This eBook includes 30 Dividend Growth Stocks (20 US and 10 Canadian) that have been showing very solid dividend metrics.     Last week, I pulled out the Best 2013 US dividend stocks with an impressive list of 96 stocks. This is a lot more than the 20 picks I selected for the best 2013 dividend stocks (30 stock …

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