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    A few weeks ago, I was discussing when it’s time to sell a losing stock. When you lose money, sooner or later, you will want to get rid of the stock. But when you are making money… when is the right time to pull the trigger? I have two situations to look at with you today:   Major Event and The Stock Soars – Should You Sell or Ride The Stock?   This is always a heartbreaking event. It’s heartbreaking because you need to make a decision fast between keeping a …

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    As I’m coming back from vacation, I asked Paul from Capital Manifesto to write this guest post about investing behaviors. I can relate to this article as in the past two years, my dividend stock picks did very well but I wasn’t able to avoid “the Big Miss”. My two trades on RIM (2011) and on VNP (2012) were two “Big Miss” and brought my whole portfolio down. The funny part is that I’m a similar golfer; I’m doing well overall but I’m always trying to do THE shot that will make …

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Dividend Growth Index Q2 Update   In September 2011, a group of 8 bloggers started the Dividend Growth Index. We picked three stocks each to create a Dividend Growth Portfolio. The goal is not to do a stock picking competition but to build a real dividend portfolio in order to give you ideas of what it look like overtime. We are all allowed to make trades but are less likely to make several of them. The purpose is to benefit from dividend increase throughout the years. We post updates …

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    This is probably the toughest question an investor must answer: How long do I hold my stock?   When you are making a paper profit, feel that you have selected the right stock and want to keep it. You certainly don’t want to cash out your 10%-20% profit and realize that your stock will do as well as MCD for the past 10 years!   On the other hand, when you are have a paper loss, feel that you have selected the right stock and you want to keep it… Wait, I …

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    There is something both quite scary and interesting happening these days on the market: the direction of interest rates. Regardless if you are living in the US or in Canada, you are currently getting the deal of the decade (or the century?) in terms of low interest rates. If you borrow for a mortgage, nobody will mention rates around 5% or 6%. Depending on the term, you will be looking at a 3% to 4% interest rates. And if you are looking short term, you can even get below …

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