Who likes paying more taxes? You? I don’t! But sometimes, raising taxes is a very good move… Back in February, President Obama deposited his 2013 budget proposal. Included in this “pre-electoral” budget, 2 major tax changes for investors: #1 The “Buffet Tax Rule” which aims to increase taxes to 30% for the 1% Americans making millions/year. This should bring in an additional $50G to the Gov’s pockets. The current tax rate is around …
The Reason Why Governments Put You in the Hole Financially
There are a few things that tick me off. One of them is how Governments act in general. The worst part is that most seem to run the same way regardless if they are American or Canadian. Unfortunately, one thing that bugs me the most is how they handle money. They seem to be pretty good at creating committees and spend money on research but they far from knowing what they do. My suspicions are that they are more interested in making a good political announcement …
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Dividend Growth Index 2012 Q1 Update
Back in September, a group of dividend bloggers launched The Dividend Growth Index. This is a dividend portfolio of 24 stocks (US and CDN). Each quarter, we follow our picks and the overall portfolio results. By following our blogs, it allows you to track closely 24 great dividend stocks and how they perform over time. This is now our 2nd Quarter and we are already seeing some changes. Unfortunately, one of our participants, Wealthy Canadian, had to quit blogging …
TSX 60 Dividend Yield and Ex-Dividend Date
This is our monthly update on the TSX 60 dividend yield and ex-dividend date. Here are a few observations for this month: Have you seen Magna International (MG) soars during Q1? It’s up 40%! (I’ve picked it for my 2012 Best Dividend Stocks eBook back in January!) Both Loblaws (L) and Weston (WN) offer good dividend and low payout ratio. In addition to that, they are both linked together (Weston owns Loblaws). I’ve read a recent article …
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Dividend Growth Index Ranking
Back in January, I started a power ranking over our Dividend Growth Index. The ranking was done purely based on my perception of each stock. Unfortunately, I couldn’t analyze all 24 stocks. This is why the ranking was not fair for all stocks (especially since I didn’t know all of them inside & out). I’m trying it again this month with a different method. I’m actually rating the 24 stocks according to my secret algorithm (I’m playing Google here ;-) lol!). But seriously …
What You Need To Know About ETF Investing
I obviously write a lot about dividend investing on this blog because this is what I do. I also have this recurring discussion with my best friend who rather prefers a mix of ETFs and Dividend Stocks as opposed to a nearly “perfect” dividend portfolio. I guess there will always be this battle between capital growth and dividend growth as well as asset diversification vs sector diversification (I told you I don’t like bonds, right?). I’ll leave these debates for …
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