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Will the Company Still Pay Its Dividend? A Quick Guide to Avoid Dividend Cuts

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Exactly a year ago, I started investing the sum of $100,000 in the stock market. It took me about three months to complete my portfolio. Today, 100% of this portfolio is invested in dividend paying stocks. I can’t predict what is going to happen on the stock market, but I decided to invest my money anyway. I did it following a complete investing plan, including a methodology to avoid dividend cuts. Any dividend investor’s worst nightmare is a dividend cut. After all, we invest to receive these …

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September 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: The Dividend Cut in Disguise

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As you might have read about it here, I now 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. This week's video is a bit different however! I wanted to address a very important …

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Can a Robo-Advisor Help You Save for the Future?

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This is a guest post from Tom Drake at MapleMoney. In recent years, robo-advisors have taken the financial world by storm. Can an algorithm really manage your money as effectively as any other financial professional? While the jury might still be out on that subject, the reality is that many people benefit from robo-advisors. I've been hesitant to turn to robo-advisors because it's seemed like I do fine on my own. I'm investing in Canadian dividend stocks as part of the Smith Manoeuvre. …

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The Dividend Cut in Disguise

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Things are not always what they seem -The Internet Today I want to discuss every dividend investors’ worst nightmare: a dividend cut. In most cases, dividend cuts are catastrophic. When you think about it, a company would likely save its shareholders from the pain of seeing their income being slashed. When management comes to the point where it grabs back the money it was supposed to give you; this is because it has not other options left. A dividend cut is a confession of mismanagement. A …

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When is the Right Time to Take Profit?

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This September is quite a special month and it is not because it will be my birthday soon. Nope, in September we are celebrating a great anniversary: it’s the 10th anniversary of the last market crash. For young investors like me (I’m turning 37), this was the only market crash where we lost a few thousand (or more). I was part of the lucky investors who didn’t have much money invested in the stock market back in 2008. I wasn’t smarter than anyone else, I just withdrew most of my money to …

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