What’s the worst thing that could happen to a retiree? a) 2 golf balls in the lake the same day b) A Barista at Starbucks putting cinnamon topping with whole milk on his Non-Fat Vanilla Latte c) Outliving his savings Once you retire, it’s finally time to enjoy life. It’s time to relax, do what you love most and stop stressing. Unfortunately, this definition of retirement is pretty rare. Most retirees still have to work to fill the hole in their …
Best 2014 Dividend Stocks Results + TSX60 Ex-Div Date
I started this “tradition” on my blog in 2012. The goal is to pick 20 US and 10 CDN dividend stocks that I think will outperform their peers. This is the reason why I use VIG and XDV as my benchmarks and then keep track of my results for accountability purposes. I find that too many analysts and blogs just drop the ball on their picks when they are not that great. By posting monthly results, I have no other choice but to face my performance and explain it. You can look at my previous picks and …
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How Dividend Aristocrats & The PEG Ratio Can Improve Your Portfolio
This guest post was written by Ben Reynolds, of Sure Dividend The Dividend Aristocrat Index has outperformed the overall stock market by 2.88 percentage points per year over the last decade. A Dividend Aristocrat stock has paid increasing dividends for 25 or more consecutive years. To accomplish this feat, a business must have stable, growing cash flows. Dividend Aristocrats as a whole have made excellent buy and hold investments over the last several years. Not all Dividend Aristocrats …
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Why Do I Find it So Important to Compare My Returns to an ETF?
Each month on this blog, I publish my Best 2014 stock picks for both the US and Canadian markets. I always compare my picks to a dividend ETF. When I look at my own portfolio, I do the same thing. Finally, each month I publish my Dividend Stocks Portfolios at Dividend Stocks Rock and compare them to dividend ETFs as well. Some investors don’t do this because they feel good as long as they receive their dividends on a monthly basis and that their portfolio value doesn’t show a …
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The Split That Makes Me Want More
About 6 months ago, I wrote about how stock splits are more a marketing strategy than anything else. In fact, the real stock value doesn’t change and the individual investor who cares about buying a stock at $30 instead of $90 after a split 1:3 won’t affect much the market. After all, institutional traders (banks, insurance companies, financial firms and pension plans) are the real players in this market. How can you and I influence the stock market when one player can buy $10M worth …
Best 2014 Dividend Stock Pick Returns – I’m Still Ahead!
I’ve started this “tradition” on my blog in 2012. The goal is to pick 20 US and 10 CDN dividend stocks that I think will outperform their peers. This is the reason why I use VIG and XDV as my benchmarks. I keep track of my results for accountability purposes. I find that too many analysts and blogs just drop the ball on their picks when they are not that great. By posting monthly results, I have no other choice but to face my performance and explain it. You can look at my previous picks and …
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