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The Dividend Guy Blog

Unconventional Lifestyle and Dividend Growth Strategy

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Dividend Investing is Fun & Exciting

Blog, Dividend Growth, Investing Strategy

“If investing is entertaining, if you're having fun, you're probably not making any money. Good investing is boring.” -George Soros There is this belief that investing should not be entertaining.  In fact, they say, it should be plain boring. This is probably related to the fact that you should not let your emotions get in the way when you use your money for a “greater purpose”. After all, lots of excitement could also lead to a big depression when the fun is over. Letting your emotions take …

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July Dividend Income Report: What Will Happen If The Trade War Continues?

Blog, Dividend Income Report

In September 2017, I received slightly over $100K as a result of the commuted value of my pension plan. I decided to invest 100% of this money into dividend growth stocks. Each month, I publish my results. I don’t do this to brag, I do this to show you it’s possible to build a portfolio during an all-time high market. The market will crash... eventually. In the meantime, I’d rather cash some juicy dividends! What Will Happen If the Trade War Continues? When you take a moment to step back …

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Making dividend stocks and ETFs work together. 

Blog, Investing Strategy

This is a guest post by Dale Roberts who writes and operates the Cut The Crap Investing blog that helps Canadians find the many paths to sensible low-fee investing.    Mike, aka The Dividend Guy asked my to share my personal experience as an investor as it includes the use of individual stocks and ETFs. From my experience that combination appears to be the most common approach or the most common ingredients in the portfolios of Canadian self-directed investors. Of course the most …

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Sell 33% of your Portfolio – a Step by Step Method

Blog, Investing Strategy

Selling stocks is a common topic discussed among investors. Sell because the company cuts its dividend. Sell because the market is about to crash (definitely my favorite reason). Sell because the stock is overvalued, etc. Those examples discuss more the timing to sell a position to eventually use the proceeds and invest again. But what happens when you need to sell stocks to finance a project? One day or another, you will have to sell stocks to finance your retirement, buy a rental property, pay …

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My Favorite Free Investing Resources

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Why should I pay for your services? There are plenty of great free investing websites! If you have the time, the knowledge and the interest of managing your own portfolio, chances are you don’t need anybody else. In fact, there are several great free investing resources for DYI investors. Instead of putting a long list of websites,  I spent time to analyzing my favorite sources of information and data. The list ranges from deep analysis (rare to find free), to stock lists and financial news. …

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Video of the Week: Canadians Stocks We Never Talk About

Blog, Canadian Dividend Stocks

Recently, I discussed Canadian Dividend Stocks rarely heard about in a webinar. I pulled out an excerpt of this 90min webinar about 5 of the 10 stocks I presented (Andrew Peller (ADW.A.TO), CAE (CAE.TO), Fiera Capital (FSZ.TO), Intertape Polymer (ITP.TO) and Open Text (OTEX.TO)). To watch the entire webinar, register to the Full Replay FREE (including the 5 remaining stocks like Cineplex, NFI Group and Richelieu Hardware). Video   If you enjoyed the video and want more of them, subscribe …

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