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If I Had 10 Years to Build a Dividend Portfolio

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When we think about dividend growth investing, we often think about a horizon of 20, 30 even 40 years in front of us. The true power of dividend growth investing can only be unleashed after such a long period of time. After all, owning shares of Coca-Cola (KO) with a 3% dividend yield is not that impressive. However, this company had maintained a dividend growth rate of 7% for over a decade now. This means that if you wait 7 years, your dividend yield based on your cost of purchase becomes 6%, …

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Dividend Growth Vs High Yield Vs Retirement

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A little while ago, I wrote an article on the key metrics for a dividend growth investor. This lengthy article was about each metric I personally use to manage my portfolio and create successful portfolio models at Dividend Stocks Rocks. Following on this article, many readers commented with their thoughts. A topic that was recurrent was that I focus more on the growth aspect of my portfolio (both portfolio value increases and dividend payment increase). On the other side, I am also more open to …

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Why Dividend Investing is so Popular?

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Have you ever wondered why investing in boring companies, offering boring returns is so successful? Let’s face it, dividend growth investing is far from being sexy. I’m pretty sure you have encountered plenty of investors or traders offering better options. Some will trade penny stocks and transform $100 into $10,000 within a week. Some others will use technical analysis to determine when is the perfect moment to enter a new position and always get out before the market crashes. Then, you …

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Methodology I Use to Build Outperforming Portfolios

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When I started investing, I was young and reckless. I enjoyed the opportunity to start my investing journey at a relatively young age (23) and make my mistakes with smaller numbers. My first three years in the investing world was crowned by success. I rapidly built a $50,000 cash down payment to buy my first house. However, the risk I was taking and the lack of diligence in my investment methods finally hurt me in 2006-2007. Then, 2008 arrived and it wasn’t the time to change anything since …

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The Answer to a Investing in a Bubble Peak

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About two weeks ago, I wrote an article about volatility. I was basically explaining that market timing was futile and investing in a high or in a low in the market has a very limited impact.This article was republished on Seeking Alpha. There were several investors over there who were happy to jump on the article to tell me that we were on a verge of a market collapse and that the stupidest move would be to invest at the moment. Their thesis is quite simple (man I should be damned to be so …

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From Cash to Dividend Stocks: Building a Retirement Portfolio Step by Step

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Warning; this article is massive and contains lots of great info ;-) A couple of weeks ago, I received an email from one of my readers. He was in a delicate situation: he was 100% cash and wondered where to start in order to build his retirement portfolio. We exchanged a few emails and I agreed with him that many investors are in the same boat: they got out of the market at one point and are now sitting on the sidelines wondering how they can re-enter without making big mistakes. When you see …

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