Last week, I was going through the archives for this blog. Since there are over 1,300 articles written over almost five years, there was a lot to look at! But a series caught my attention. It was a series of six posts from the original owner of this blog called “The Dividend Key”. They were short posts that spoke to young dividend investors as they referred to well documented researched. This gave me the idea of revisiting the 6 Dividend Keys and produce a 6 Days to Dividend Growth Investing. …
4 US Stocks for Your RRSP Portfolio
The RRSP season is nearing its end (your last day for 2014 RRSP contribution is March 2nd 2015) and I thought I would go for 4 stock pick ideas. Since US dividend payouts are non-taxable in a registered account, this is the perfect place for Canadians to buy US stocks. Between you and me, even though the currency exchange rate is hurting your purchasing power, this won’t change this year and it could even get worse. So why not considering the great US diversification in dividend payers and go …
Dividend Reads for the Weekend
It was a very good week for me so far. I kept my 2015 resolutions going for almost two months now. I now weight 182 lbs (from 198lbs as at January 1st). I work out 4 times a week and never take a break. My account still shows a solid 9.68%, getting closer to the double digit return already! I’m pretty happy as my two benchmark (VIG for US stocks and XDV for Canadian stocks) are showing respectively +1.53% and -0.64% so far. It was also a great week for my sites as I …
Build a Dividend Growth Portfolio in 6 Questions + a real example
There is nothing easier than buying a dividend stock. Who would ignore owning shares of a company that sends you a cheque quarterly? The whole idea of building a passive income portfolio is very seductive. On top of that; it seems pretty simple at first. Once you run a stock filter, you will always find a great list of attractive companies generating passive income. The problem usually comes once you have bought shares of a few companies. Will you stick to the same sectors? Should you buy …
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Is Telus (T.TO) Done Growing Yet?
Last Thursday, Telus (T.TO or TU), beat the analysts’ estimates once again with net income rising by 7.6% and EPS by 8.5% compared to last year’s quarter. Overall, here’s what Telus did in the past quarter: - Strong new customer growth (135,000 connections, 118,000 post paid mobile, 28,000 Telus TV and 22,000 high speed internet). - Leading customer loyalty - Mobile based clientele up by 3.8% to 8,1 million customers - $1.5 billion returned to shareholders through shares buybacks and …
Low Oil Prices lends to 10 High Dividend Yielding Stocks
Since June 2014, the price of a barrel of oil has taken a bit hit. When such things happen, the stock market reacts quickly and penalizes companies in this industry. We saw what happened back in 2008 with banks, this time, the oil industry is hit. But there is a very good news coming with any stock drop; the dividend yield soars higher. This might be the opportunity you are looking for to buy cheap shares of high yielding dividend stocks. I’ve pulled out 11 oil industry companies paying over 4% …
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