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Do You Have Any Misfit Stocks in Your Portfolio?

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From time to time, I participate to the Seeking Alpha Dividends & Income Digest roundup. This is a weekly article gathering various authors where they are all asked the same question. Last week, I’ve been asked if I had any misfit stock in my portfolio. While my original answer is part of this post, I had more to say on the topic. In fact, I think this topic reaches more DIY investors than we think. What is the point of having stocks that don’t fit your strategy? Hum… it sounds like asking …

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Why do You Care So Much about Valuation? Who Are You to Say its Overvalued?

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I’ll get to this chart in a moment, but first, I want to chat with you about a very important topic; stock valuation. It has struck me lately, regardless the company I look at, there is always an “expert” ready to tell me it’s overvalued. As an example, I recently bought shares of Texas Instruments (TXN) and wrote about it on Seeking Alpha. In this article, I used the Dividend Discount Model (DDM) and calculated a fair value at $113.25 while shares currently trade at in the low $90’s. This …

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3 Lessons I Learned from Running a Half-Marathon That Are Applicable to Your Investment Strategy

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On October 1st, I completed my first half-marathon. I don’t consider myself a “runner” per se. I do enjoy running 6km under 30 minutes. It helps clearing my head and it gives me the kind of energy I need to go through my hard days of work. However, there is a world between running 6km and 21km! During my RV trip across Central America, I decided to register to a half-marathon in order to achieve another personal goal; I wanted to go outside my comfort zone once again. I had exactly 3 months to …

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Is Too Much Information a Good Thing?

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Are you the kind of investor who keeps reading investment theories on the internet? Are the “top dividend stocks for the year” the type of articles that grab your attention? Come on… don’t be shy… we all like to see the investors’ top lists! I like to read them too! But sometimes, when you read too much analysis, you get stuck. One of my DSR members sent me an email last week telling me he was suffering from “paralysis by analysis”: (Me) What is your biggest investment struggle??  …

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Andrew Peller: I love the wine and you should too!

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Andrew Peller (ADW.A.TO) owns wineries in British Columbia, Ontario and Nova Scotia. It doesn’t only produce its own wine, but also market it along with other products. ADW owns several brands like Peller Estates, Trius, Hillebrand, Thirty Bench, Sandhill, Copper Moon, Calona Vineyards Artist Series VQA wines and Red Rooster. Currently the company has an estimated 14% share of its total wine market and a 37% share of domestic wines. The company is known to grow its revenues through …

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Wow this is Exciting

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Since I’ve written this blog, I’ve been completely transparent about my investment decisions. I always thought it would be helpful to see how others invest their money as I believe we can all learn from each other. However, since money is more taboo than sex, most people, even bloggers, are shy to bare it all. But since I believe there is no better credibility test than transparency, here I am today telling you that I’ve received my lump sum payment at the beginning of the month. The check was …

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