Everybody will agree that 2018 was an “annus horribilis” on the market. The year-end results haven’t been that bad with the S&P 500 total return of -4.38%, but the Ultra-Bear cult would rather remind us that the S&P 500 lost 19.2% between September 20th and December 24th (bear lovers always have the super power to identify weird dates and ignore dividend payments to prove their point, don’t you think?). On the Canadian market, the TSX shows -11.6% for the year, but if you use the …
Video of the Week: Lessons Learned from 2018
This week, I posted an article on the Lessons I learned in 2018 and it had some success over the web and on social media! Therefore, I thought about making a short video from it. The market was full of uncertainties in 2018 and even lead to some pitfalls. Still, there are some lessons to learn from this gummy bear market in order to invest wisely in the next year. One of the major keys: a strong investment strategy. Video If you enjoy the videos format and want more of them, subscribe to my …
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3+1 Lessons From 2018 – A Guide to Beat the Bear
The second half of 2018 has been challenging for many investors. For the first time in several years, both the TSX and S&P 500 finished in negative territories. While some screamed for a bear market, I’m not too convinced about the strength of that bear. After all, the S&P 500 hit -19.8% at closing on December 24th (from its peak) to bounce back during the following session. Today, we barely talk about a double-digit loss. Source: Ycharts Oh, wait! Did I just write that it was the …
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Investing in 2019 and Beyond; How to Build a Safe Dividend Portfolio
“It would be wonderful if we could avoid the common setbacks with timely exits.” - Peter Lynch Source: Ycharts In a perfect world, we would be genius investors that always get out on time and invest all their monies right before the market jumps back up. While this last sentence may seem a pure heresy for many of you, many claim and believe there are ways to know the unknown. Recently, I’ve read many articles from those bear lovers jubilating back in October-November 2018 as the market was …
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Best Month Ever! December 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 rather cash some juicy dividends! Portfolio holdings – Year End Recap Before I get to what happened in December, let’s …
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Safe Stock Picks for 2019 & Happy Holidays!
It has been a busy month, but I can finally relax for a couple of weeks! We have rented a vacation property to celebrate Christmas with my sister-in-law's family. This will be awesome to watch all the kids running around the house! I wanted to leave you with a few good reads from 2018. At the bottom of this post, I also put together 6 safer picks for your portfolio during this market turmoil. Enjoy! 3 Rules to Pick High Yielding Stocks I decided to do extended research. I wanted to see …
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