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Is Telus (T.TO) Done Growing Yet?

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Last Thursday, Telus (T.TO or TU), beat the analysts’ estimates once again with net income rising by 7.6% and EPS by 8.5% compared to last year’s quarter. Overall, here’s what Telus did in the past quarter: - Strong new customer growth (135,000 connections, 118,000 post paid mobile, 28,000 Telus TV and 22,000 high speed internet). - Leading customer loyalty - Mobile based clientele up by 3.8% to 8,1 million customers - $1.5 billion returned to shareholders through shares buybacks and …

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The Rock Solid Ranking is Live!

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    Following up on my recent “build an investment strategy” article series (you can read part #1 and part #2 here), I’m delving into the core topic: which metrics to use to select your dividend stocks.   I have already shared metrics I look at and how I use them in a stock filter (read about my dividend growth model here). But we all know there is a lot more than a few ratios to choose a stock. One company can show awesome profit growth, but hide other problems in …

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The Best Source To Get Dividend Stock Picks

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Last week, I announced a huge promotion for my new investing website; Dividend Stocks Rock. On top of having access to my special dividend project, I combined with Pat McKeough’s newsletter services to offer everything in a special package deal at a very interesting price. If you missed this announcement, please check it out here. You were many to inquire more about Pat’s newsletter services and this is why I’m back here today with more details about his investing strategy. If you follow …

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Dividend Growth – The Only Metric That Matters

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    What if You Could Pick All Your Stocks Based On a SINGLE METRIC?   It’s not true; investing can’t be that easy. What if the only thing you would need to focus is a single metric and you could build a portfolio that beats the market? Nah! I don’t believe in miracles and only believe in Santa since I have three kids that also believe in the Tooth Fairy ;-).   However, if you focus your stock research around this single metric; you will be able to beat the …

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10 Handpicked Dividend Growth Stocks Increasing Payout by More Than 20%

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At the beginning of each year, I like to pull out a search from my stock screener using my favorite investing metrics. One of them is obviously to find stocks with aggressive dividend growth over the past five years. I revisited this list not so long ago and handpicked 10 high growth dividend stocks from the past five years. They may be of interest if you are looking for big dividend payment increases!   #10 KLA-Tencor Corp (KLAC) +23.24%   KLA-Tencor supplies process controls …

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Top 5 Dividend Investing Rules To Build, Manage and Profit from Your Portfolio

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    Sometimes, investing seems incredibly complicated. Many beginners start off great by reading books, blogs, asking questions but they sit on the sidelines for a while. They gain the knowledge, have the tools, but are still scared to pull the trigger on their first trade.   If you are in this situation or you simply have a hard time getting your head around everything you have read in the books, financial newspaper and dividend investing blogs, I’ve gathered my Top 5 …

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