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 Numbers are as at May 1st 2018: Canadian portfolio …
A High Yield Portfolio? Only if You Meet Those 3 Criteria
I’ve been fighting for many, many… many years. It has been an epic fight that started the day I switched my portfolio toward dividend paying stocks. When I started blogging about dividend growth investing, I was reminded several times by older investors that many of my picks didn’t mean anything to them. After all, who needs Disney (DIS) or Canadian National Railway (CNR.TO) with such low yield when you can buy Kinder Morgan (KMI) and Cominar (CUF.UN.TO). All right, I’m writing 2 two names in …
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Video of the Week: The King of Toy Has Risen… Again!
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. Hasbro (HAS) reported deceiving earnings and sluggish sales this week. Some investors …
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A Million Dollar at 59 Is More Than Enough
Last week, I wrote about my plan C and D for retirement. I called them my “last resort” plans as they refer to the classic model of retirement; go to school, get a job, save for retirement, wait, get to 60 (or 65) and retire happy (or not). You know that drill, right? It’s a classic and an effective way to reach retirement. Since it is a proven method, I’ve jumped on that train when I was younger and started saving. On top of having 3 children and making money mistakes (according to FIRE …
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Video of the Week: Looking Nice in Gentex’ Mirrors!
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 0:00:00.9 S1: Hey fellow investors, this is Mike McNeil from …
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A Million Dollar at 59 Isn’t Enough
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 …
