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Dividend Investing and its Potential Bubble

In only a few weeks, we will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the latest bear market. Back in September 2008, the US stock market collapsed, and the rest of the world joined in this panicked moment. Times were dark as the nerve of the economy was touched; banks were in trouble. What made this crisis worse than others was the impact of banks refusing to land to each other, refusing to share their capital. In capitalism, money flowing from borrower to lender is like the blood going through your …

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Portfolio Management: What If?

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As you know already, I publish a monthly update of my pension plan portfolio. The idea is to show you, month after month, how I manage my own money using my investing strategy. A long-time reader sent me an email asking me to project my portfolio in the future. Here’s the what if he proposes: After 2-3 years, of your 11 U.S. stocks, what if 2 stocks were up 80%-100% (or more), 7 were up/down anywhere from +/- 0% to +/- 10%, and the remaining 2 stocks were down 15%, 20%, or more. What would you …

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Video of the Week: MMM is as Solid as a Pyramid!

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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. Around for over a century, 59 consecutive years with a dividend increase and a price …

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Does Age Matter When Investing?

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Hey! I’m Mike (you know that already?). I’m 36, turning 37 next month. This means that I was only 27 when the 2008 market crash happened and that I didn’t even have a single dollar invested in the market to watch it drop during the tech bubble or the World Trade Center catastrophe of 2001 (Sigh). All this time, you have been reading my thoughts about the stock market and you were reading ramblings from a kid in the “adult investing world”! Does Age Matter When Investing? Last week, I …

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5 Bullet Proof Metrics to Follow for All Investors

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About a year ago, I was about to receive a big fat check of $108K from my former employer’s pension plan. I decided to manage this money and build my own retirement portfolio following my dividend growth investing strategy. A lot of investors on this blog were sceptic about my decision. Why would you invest all your money at the top of the market? They said. I even went a little further. Since I saw lots of interest from you guys, I decided to publish my portfolio and update it month after …

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3 Reason to Keep a 100% Equity Portfolio Until You Die

Blog, Dividend Growth, Investing Strategy, Principles, Retirement

Last week, I shared my latest dividend income update. I used to be highly against tracking down my dividend income because I’m more interested in my total return than anything else. However, I thought it would be a great idea to show investors that you can invest at the “top” of a bull market and build a dividend growth portfolio. I want to show that the “top of the market” is always relative. Frankly, it doesn’t really matter what time period you invest your money. I received an interesting …

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