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Wells Fargo – a Social Bank with Potential

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During the 2008 financial crisis, all US banks dropped like a rock. All of them? Not really, there was one bank that survived this catastrophic year and even posted a small gain of 1.31%. While the S&P 500 lost 37.6% and the worst banks such as Citigroup (C ) and Bank of America (BAC) lost 76.8% and 65.30% respectively, the “Warren Buffett bank”, Wells Fargo (WFC), bought Wachovia banks and became the 4th largest bank by assets and the largest bank by market capitalization. But not …

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Best Dividend Stocks for 2015 – Here’s my Top 4

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The US market started on a downer in January 2014 showing -2.70% (S&P 500). There were many investors who supposed that this one month trend would set the tone for the year. Well, if you were one of these investors, you have missed something. As at November 28th 2014, the S&P 500 posted a positive return of over 13% excluding dividend, 15.29% with dividend. In general, the stock market has become more volatile. We went through a few drops throughout the year, the most important being …

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Best 2014 Stocks Update

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I took a pause from updating my Best 2014 Dividend Stocks portfolios over the last couple of months as I felt it was redundant to repeat the same stuff over and over again. Now that we are approaching the final countdown to the end of 2014, it was time to make a last update before we pull out the final numbers. For the first time this year, both my portfolio lag their benchmarks. This sucks… but as many portfolio managers do in real life, I’ve followed my convictions and this time, I headed in …

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Buy & Hold – Boring and Outdated Way to Invest?

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I’ve admitted it in the past; I’m not the typical dividend investor. I started investing by trading, buying & selling every two weeks while most dividend investors usually buy and hold completing the sale transaction after several years holding their shares. In my opinion, the dividend investor is the upgraded version of the buy & hold investors. More often than not, the buy & hold and dividend investor is the same guy. I strongly believe in dividend investing, that is why 100% of my …

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Wal-Mart (WMT) Third Quarter Results + Why You Should Buy This Stock

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Wal-Mart just released its third quarter results with a great performance. To be honest, I think we were many to doubt about WMT’s ability to generate growth before the Holiday season. We will go through the main highlights of their reports, but first, we will analyze what Wal-Mart has been doing over the past five years and determine whether or not it should be part of your dividend portfolio.  Let’s see if “Save Money, Live Better” can translate into “Make Money, Invest Better”! This …

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Quick Stock Question: What Will Happen to McDonald’s?

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    Let’s put it this way, while the US stock market is on a super bullish ride, McDonald’s has struggled with a flat return for the past two years. In fact, it’s a blessing the stock pays dividends because otherwise it would have been better to put your money in a money market fund if you only look at the stock appreciation since September 2012!   What is Happening with Mickey D? The optimist will tell you that: MCD is the leader in the fast food industry, It …

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