For Halloween, I thought it would be fun to hear about your investing horror story. We all brag about how we have made a great move (as I always boast that I bought my first house with the trading profit from a leveraging Manoeuvre!). But we rarely talk about our worst trade, the one that made all our profits vanish within a few months… So I want to know if you are like me; I want to know if you have some skeletons hidden in your investing closet! I won’t let you down and …
9 Stocks That Go BOOM With Their Dividend
If it’s your first time here, I suggest that you get your copy of my Free Dividend eBook and subscribe for my newsletter. Each quarter, I review the US dividend world to see what has happened of late. While we are stuck in a bear market and fear is growing like clouds before the storm around the Euro zone, the sun is rising on dividend stocks! Globally, we have 16% of stocks increasing their dividend for Q3. I’ve looked deeper into each sector and found 9 dividend stocks …
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Dear Investor, Why Are You Paying Those Fees?
The Eternal Question: To Pay or Not To Pay Fees? This is basically what Paul asked on How I Beat The Market With My Trades. He mentioned that he owns shares of the popular BMO Monthly Income Fund. While I’ve already analyzed this fund, I wanted to add more thoughts on why you should or shouldn’t buy indexes or mutual funds instead of trading your own stocks. I’ll tell you upfront, I think that investing in dividend stocks, ETFs and mutual funds are all great investing …
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TSX60 Ex-Dividend Date and Dividend Yield
Here we go with another round of the TSX60 ex-dividend date and dividend yield. Please note that YLO is not part of the index anymore with NO DIVIDEND whatsoever ! On the other side, we find now 24 great dividend stocks paying over a 3% dividend yield and 12 of them as a dividend payout ratio under 65%! I don't know about you, but this tells me that some dividend stocks from the TSX 60 are undervalued! Finally, I would be worried to hold the first 2 positions (Enerplus & Penn …
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Dividend Growth Index Results
Last week, we launched the Dividend Growth Index, a dividend stock index created by a few bloggers. On a quarterly basis, each blogger will follow their stocks and may also comment on the portfolio as a whole. Since we just launched the index, I won’t be discussing the results after this first week but will rather talk about my 3 picks: Intel (INTC), Coca-Cola (KO) and National Bank (TSE:NA). These 3 stocks together pays a 3.80% dividend yield and are known for their dividend growth over time. …
Dividend Growth Index
Dividend growth investors, you don’t have to wait any longer to find great dividend growth stocks; The Dividend Guy Blog along with my fellow bloggers are launching the Dividend Growth Index next week! What’s the Dividend Growth Index? I was looking create a group project with other dividend bloggers but didn’t want to post a stock picking contest. The purpose of dividend investing is to hold your stock long enough to benefit from the power of dividend growth. Therefore, hosting …
