Retirement, Early Retirement, Financial Independence and Early Retirement (FIRE) are very popular topics among personal finance bloggers. I could even say that the concept of FIRE is particularly popular among dividend bloggers. Guys like Joe @ Retire by 40 and Jason at Mr. Free at 33 made it. Some others like Mark @ My Own Advisor & Bob @ Tawcan and Bert & Lanny @ Dividend Diplomats took a different path, but they are all savvy savers. They are budget aces. I’m not like that… definitely …
1st Quarter Goals Review
Each year, I find it very important to set goals. Some people think resolution is just a one-week thing; I rather see it a sets of road stops throughout a larger path. If I want to become something in 10 years from now, I must start today to take action. At the beginning of 2018, I set 5 important goals. Since I review tons of companies on a quarterly basis, I thought it was just normal to do the same thing with my business. Let’s review my goals then and see where I am. 01 Double my online …
Video of the Week: Microsoft is Killing It!
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. Video Verbatim 00:00 Mike McNeil: Hi, everyone. This is Mike McNeil from the …
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Can You Make the Difference Between Good News and Bad News?
At the beginning of the month, Intel (INTC) shares dropped drastically upon news that Apple (AAPL) would drop the world class chip maker to make its own. My first thought was “God why two companies I like have to beat-up on each other like this?”. And my second thought “this is a good opportunity to buy INTC shares). This is exactly what I published on Twitter: You are going to tell me “yeah, Mike, that’s easy! When the stock drop on bad news, it’s good news for investors!”. Not too fast …
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Looking for Zombies in a Red Market
The market is down and then down again and now it seems that everything is turning red, right? Even on Twitter, people are quick to remind us about the worst Mondays in history: Source: OddStats Now that we have this wind of panic on the market, it seems that everything you will buy will turn into a zombie. Once again, media is quickly reminding us many reasons for selling: Trade war with China, Interest rate increasing, High household debt ratio, Ridiculously high …
On the Road #25 – Say Guat?
Last year, I returned from a 12 month RV trip across North & Central America with my family. This was a life-changing experience that I will never forget. You can read my previous adventures here. During this trip, our values evolved, and we have open ourselves to the persons we really are. Not that robot working more each day to pay down debts, save and hope for a nice retirement. In the span of 12 months, we have decided to retire now. In fact, I retired at the age of 35. Not because I’m …
