Investing Strategy Archives - Page 51 of 62

The Best Thing About Dividend Investing Is…

I think that I don’t have to convince anyone on this blog that dividend investing rocks. That it’s among the best investing strategies there are over the long term. It produces income and reasonable growth potential. It basically brings to the table what any investor is looking for: a source of both revenue and growth. There is one thing however, amongst all the arguments that we can discuss, what is more attractive about dividend investing than any other …

Continue Reading about The Best Thing About Dividend Investing Is…

TSX Ex Dividend Date + Best 2014 Dividend Stocks Returns

Best Dividend stocks, Blog, Investing Strategy

Wow… it has been a long month, right? I left for my first “couple vacation” (read; without kids!) in the last ten years! We went to Hawaii to take some real time off, do all kinds of crazy things (like jumping into a waterfall and diving into a crater) and get some sun (I live in the cold winterland: Canada!). Now that I’m back, snow and ice are still around and the stock market seems to be relatively stuck in ice as well. Both the Canadian and US …

Continue Reading about TSX Ex Dividend Date + Best 2014 Dividend Stocks Returns

Should I Buy a Stock at Its 52 Week High?

Investing Strategy

When I made my last 2 trades back in January (bought Lockheed Martin (LMT) and Gluskin Sheff (TSE:GS)), a reader asked me an interesting question: Why did you buy 2 stocks at their 52 week high? While reading the question, I almost felt like an idiot. I mean: who would buy any good at its peak price? Why would it be different when you invest in the stock market? Technically, we always aim to buy low and sell high. How can you make it happen when you buy at the highest price …

Continue Reading about Should I Buy a Stock at Its 52 Week High?

This is the Last Time You Struggle Selling Your Stocks

Investing Strategy

No matter what anyone tells you, BUILDING A SOLID PORTFOLIO TAKES TIME, DATA and KNOWLEDGE! When it comes to agreeing with a big investment firm's marketing tactics it’s about the only thing we agree on. Year after year, we see more DIY investors that have decided to save on fees and manage their own portfolio. If you read this blog, you are probably part of them. But even when you are able to combine both your knowledge with the data you found on the internet, there will always be that …

Continue Reading about This is the Last Time You Struggle Selling Your Stocks

January: Stocks are Down, But I Still Beat Both Benchmark with my Picks!

Best Dividend stocks, Blog, Investing Strategy

The market didn’t start the way we thought it would in 2014. I was in the camp of optimists believing the rally would continue with the earnings season. But there were some hiccups and the S&P 500 is down -3.56% and the S&P TSX was timidly up by 0.54%. The sad part is the hiccups came from the earnings. In other words: companies didn’t make as much profit as anticipated. For the superstitious, the first month of the year on the stock market means a lot. When we look at the stats over …

Continue Reading about January: Stocks are Down, But I Still Beat Both Benchmark with my Picks!

8 Solutions to Compensate for Low Interest Rate Bonds

Investing Strategy

Even though this is a dividend investing blog, I am well aware that several readers have other things in their portfolios. For example, I’m sure many of you have a portion of your assets invested in fixed income. Bond holders have been put under more pressure than usual in 2013. After 4 years of high returns due to the continuous efforts of all countries to suppress interest rates, bonds were among the worst performers in 2013. Why? Simply because bond rates are at their …

Continue Reading about 8 Solutions to Compensate for Low Interest Rate Bonds