After discussing Canadian REITs this Monday, I thought of building the 2011 Top 10 Canadian REITs List for your viewing pleasure (and trading ideas ;-) ). As I have mentioned before I think this is the right time to buy Canadian REITs. While restructuring my portfolio, I am considering adding one or 2 Canadian REITs. 2011 Top 10 Canadian REITs List What To Consider When Buying A Canadian REIT While there are many reasons …
3 Questions To Help You Sell Your Stocks
Before I went on vacation for the Holidays, I mentioned that I was going with dividends all the way in my portfolio. I’m currently reviewing my holdings and trying to sell my other stocks. I have never had any problem with buying stocks as I don’t believe much in market timing. Therefore, when I have liquidity and a stock seems interesting, I just log in and buy it! The real problem comes when I think of selling my stocks… 3 Questions to know if you should sell your stock or …
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Open a Trading Account and Put $50 In Your Pocket Promotion
I usually don’t promote trading accounts and won’t make it a habit either, but when the product is good and there is a promotion, I believe you should know about it. Open a trading account with TradeKing and put $50 in your pocket!*. TradeKing is celebrating their 5th anniversary in 2011 and they are offering this promotion for a limited time (Account must be opened before January 31st 2011!). Since I am Canadian and can’t open a trading account with TradeKing, I can't take advantage …
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Why Companies Pay Dividends And Why Some Others Should Do The Same
When I first started my bachelor's degree in finance 10 years ago, I didn’t know much about dividend investing. In fact, I didn’t know much about the stock market period. In our very first finance class, we learned an important financial principal; why companies pay dividends. But in order to understand why companies pay dividends, you must understand why investors would buy any stocks in the first place. To keep it simple, let's say that there are only 2 things you can invest …
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Canadian Banks Results; National Bank Hikes Dividend to $0.66 (+$0.04)
Quick news after the markets close; National Bank of Canada, the first bank to declare its financial results for their Q4 and year end announced they hike their dividend to 0.66$ per share per quarter. Therefore, the dividend rise to $2.64 per year and represents a 3.89% yield. Nationale Bank revenues are up by 19% for Q4 and 21% for compared to year 2009. Gradually other Canadian banks will post their financial results and some others are also expected to raise their dividend. Just …
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We are proud to launch our Free The Dividend Guy Blog Newsletter! Before you sign-up, we wanted to talk a little bit more about what you will find inside. You probably receive tons of information already, so we want to provide you with concise and useful dividend and investing information. First; The Freebies! Right after you sign-up to The Dividend Guy Newsletter, you'll get 2 free downloads: #1 Dividend Investing eBook This …
