Since the beginning of the year, my wife and I are constantly working on the project of our lives; sell everything to travel across North and Central America with our children. Two weeks ago, we made another big step by putting our house up for sale. Since we plan to leave sometime in summer 2016, we are giving ourselves about a year to sell our house. What if we sell right now, this summer? Well… we will live half the time in our RV and half the time at my mother’s house I guess! This would …
Lockheed Martin Nice Run, But What’s Left?
Summary: The stock is up 123% over the past 5 years, excluding a juicy dividend Dividend is growing at a 18.60% annualized rate for the past 5 years After recent earrings, the stock is down. Is there anything left? Dividend Stocks Rock Quick Stats Sector: Industrial, Aerospace & Defense 5 Year Revenue Growth: 0.78% 5 Year EPS Growth: 8.00% 5 Year Dividend Growth: 18.60% Current Dividend Yield: 3.16% What Makes Lockheed Martin a Good …
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Emotion Creates the Motion
Emotion Creates the Motion Have you heard that somewhere? I know, the real official quote is the opposite (motion creates emotion) and it comes from Boiler Room: It seems a bit simplistic; but I believe emotion creates the motion. I believe one can change his future if he’s fully invested in it. I’m pretty sure you have encountered this question during an interview; If your friends or colleagues were here; how would they describe you? Well… my friends, my family, my …
Stock Valuation – The Mystery of the Discount Rate
After offering the Dividend Toolkit at a rebate for the whole month of April, I’ve had many questions about stock valuation, most precisely about the discount rate. The discount rate is used to determine a stock value through the Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) model and the Dividend Discount Model (DDM). The problem is that depending on which number you use as the discount rate, the stock you are analyzing could look like the perfect underdog just because you didn’t put a high enough discount …
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There are 3 Words in Dividend Growth
I decided I didn’t have enough from the article I wrote last week about dividend reports. Last week, I knew I was opening a can of worm when I wrote that I don’t understand the importance of tracking my dividend income on a monthly basis. While the discussion was very interesting on this blog, I got crucified for blasphemy on Seeking Alpha when they republished my article (at least they thought it was good enough to be read! Hahaha!). Don’t worry, I’m not going to go back to this post to defend …
What to Do with this Cash in your Investing Account?
The stock market is trading at its highest level ever; valuation multiples are increasing, it almost smells like food burning in the oven if you ask the “Swan Fans”. I get the following question from my readers almost daily of late: “I’ve an important sum of money sleeping in my cash account and I’m concerned about the current market. When is the right time to invest?” Here’s my straight to the point answer: The best time to invest was yesterday; If you didn’t do it yesterday, then …
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