A dividend cut is the worst things that could happen to a dividend investor. Sometimes, management decides to break their promise and fails their shareholders by slashing their dividend payment. When such an event happens, we are left with a big hole in our portfolio. A dividend cut is not only a reduction of your revenue, but also leads to a capital loss. There are techniques to avoid dividend cuts, but no strategy is perfect. We can all suffer from a dividend cut. Today, I’ll discuss how I …
What Happens When You Hit a Correction As a Dividend Growth Investor? Nothing!
Everybody will agree that 2018 was an “annus horribilis” on the market. The year-end results haven’t been that bad with the S&P 500 total return of -4.38%, but the Ultra-Bear cult would rather remind us that the S&P 500 lost 19.2% between September 20th and December 24th (bear lovers always have the super power to identify weird dates and ignore dividend payments to prove their point, don’t you think?). On the Canadian market, the TSX shows -11.6% for the year, but if you use the …
Video of the Week: Lessons Learned from 2018
This week, I posted an article on the Lessons I learned in 2018 and it had some success over the web and on social media! Therefore, I thought about making a short video from it. The market was full of uncertainties in 2018 and even lead to some pitfalls. Still, there are some lessons to learn from this gummy bear market in order to invest wisely in the next year. One of the major keys: a strong investment strategy. Video If you enjoy the videos format and want more of them, subscribe to my …
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3+1 Lessons From 2018 – A Guide to Beat the Bear
The second half of 2018 has been challenging for many investors. For the first time in several years, both the TSX and S&P 500 finished in negative territories. While some screamed for a bear market, I’m not too convinced about the strength of that bear. After all, the S&P 500 hit -19.8% at closing on December 24th (from its peak) to bounce back during the following session. Today, we barely talk about a double-digit loss. Source: Ycharts Oh, wait! Did I just write that it was the …
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Investing in 2019 and Beyond; How to Build a Safe Dividend Portfolio
“It would be wonderful if we could avoid the common setbacks with timely exits.” - Peter Lynch Source: Ycharts In a perfect world, we would be genius investors that always get out on time and invest all their monies right before the market jumps back up. While this last sentence may seem a pure heresy for many of you, many claim and believe there are ways to know the unknown. Recently, I’ve read many articles from those bear lovers jubilating back in October-November 2018 as the market was …
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What The Last 5 Years Taught Me About Investing
I didn’t know it back then, but 2013 was a crucial year in my life. At that time, I had been the happy owner of The Dividend Guy blog for the prior 3 years (I bought it in 2010). While I was building my online business, I was also managing a portfolio worth over $100M for my wealthy clients. I remember that back then, many of my clients were nervous about the stock market. The 2008 crash was very fresh in their memories and we were already talking about Greece’s debt problem and a potential Euro …
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