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Last Wednesday (August 11th), I was taking a day off with my family and while we were having fun in the sun, the market took another hit on Fed’s concern over the American economy. The US indices dropped by 2-3% while the Bloomberg app on my BlackBerry was beet red on the international markets too. We are in the midst of very “interesting” times for investors. After the huge crash in 2008 followed by an important surge in 2009, we are now dancing on a thin wire between 2 buildings. Government …

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I remember the first time I opened my brokerage account online to start trading. I had $19,500 that I just transferred from a line of credit and I felt like a kid in a candy store with $1M in my pocket ;-). Even though I had a solid background in finance and had friends working close to the stock market, I still felt the urge to buying stocks. This motivation was fuelled by greed and the possibility of making a profit and being a winner on the stock market battlefield. Starting to invest …

Continue Reading about Dividend Investing with Less Than $1,000 Part 3: How To Pick Your ETFs and/or Dividend Funds

    Last week, I started a short series about dividend investing for beginners. I noticed that it had generated a few comments as I waved the first option that would be to start with stock picking right away. I still believe that starting with 1 or 2 stocks in your portfolio may put you at risk if you are just starting to learn the investing ropes and you are not fully aware of all the risks. I remember when I first started trading back in 2003, I thought I knew how the stock …

Continue Reading about Investing With Less Than $1,000 Part2: How To Pick The Right Brokerage Account Before Investing

Since I received access to The Dividend Guy Blog email address, I got a very interesting question from one of our readers. Here’s what Michael had to say: I'm just starting to look into stock investing and potentially dividend stocks. After some initial research, my question is this: How can I make real returns from dividend stocks when the only companies with high dividend payouts have a high cost per stock? If dividends are paid per stock owned, I would need a large number of …

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