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What GE, Owens & Minor and Budweiser have in common?

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All three are well-known giants in their industry. All three were offering a relatively high yield. All three were praised by dividend investors. All three failed their shareholders. All three were never considered for my dividend growth portfolio. We are right in the middle of the earnings season and fall have brought us some horror stories right around Halloween. While over 75% of the S&P 500 companies have beat EPS and over 60% did the same thing for revenue expectations, …

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October Dividend Income Report

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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 rather cash some juicy dividends! ***UPDATE*** In September 2018, I hosted a live webinar on how I used my investing …

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Video of the Week: 4 Mistakes Retirees Must Avoid

Blog, Dividend Growth, Investing Strategy, Retirement

This week's video is not a regular stock pick. Through my latest webinars and reading through comments I received, I realised that retirees are pretty much left by themselves. There are plenty of content about building your nest egg, but there are very few tips on what to do once you retire. In this video, I go through 4 Mistakes Retirees Must Avoid to be able to live from their investments their entire retiree life. Video If you enjoy the videos format and want more of them, subscribe to my …

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We can’t talk about a market correction yet

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I understand that the latest market movements have made several investors quite nervous. You worked so hard to save money, you don’t want to see your nest egg melting away overnight. However, what is currently happening is insignificant. In fact, we really can’t even talk about a market correction yet. By definition, a market correction occurs when major indexes drop by more than 10% from their highest peak. We flirted with meeting this definition over the past couple of weeks, but we didn’t …

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Video of the Week: BCE – The Phone is Ringing, Will You Pick It Up?

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As you might have read about it here, I do live webinars and certainly have fun doing so. I have been surprised by the positive interest attendees had towards many of my stock picks. This is how I came to the idea of sharing here some of my "Video of the Week", during wich I go through a company recent news or results and explain why I believe it is currently a good or a bad pick for a dividend investor. Investors looking for a safe consumer defensive stock during tougher market times will be …

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This Bank Lost 50% of its Value and Taught Us All a Lesson We Forgot

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After so many years investing in a bull market, we tend to forget things can go wrong. Some people are afraid and stay on the sideline, but most of us keep investing. After all, those who have been waiting since 2012-2015 have already lost an opportunity they will never be able to recuperate. As our portfolio goes up, we tend to become greedier. +7% is not enough anymore, we want double-digit growth. This is what pushes many investors to take additional risks and aim for the sky for each …

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