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How to Turn Your Portfolio Into a Safe Money Making Machine

Blog, Investing Strategy, Retirement

Retiring is like learning how to skate. We all know how to stand and how to walk. Yet, once we put skates on, there is a whole new world of movements (and muscles!) that must work together to make sure you keep standing and, hopefully, moving forward. You’ve spent your entire life working, saving, investing and now you must learn how to skate. Suddenly, there is no money coming in, but there will surely be money going out. This article won’t touch the tax aspect as each situation is …

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Why You Should Sell Your Losers – Destroy The Breakeven Fairy Tale

Blog, Dividend Growth, Investing Strategy

“The desire to perform all the time is usually a barrier to performing over time.” ~ Robert Olstein Every single stock I purchase in my account is set for a great future… or so I think each time I add another company to my portfolio! The problem comes when after a few months the stock underperforms. A couple of quarters later, I now show a double-digit loss on my investment. The following year, I’m still sitting on this pile of “dead money”. Where is the Source of the Problem? The …

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What Are Utilities and Why You Should Hold Some

Blog, Dividend Growth, Investing Strategy

Utilities include a bunch of boring yet essential stocks for any retirement portfolio. But what are they exactly? Why should you hold them? What to look for? Today, I do a complete overview of this sector and its five subsectors. You probably know by now that I am French-Canadian and my mother tongue is not English. And the first time I heard the word “utilities”, I thought this sounds like "utile" in French. In French, utile means "useful", and it is pretty much a very good definition on …

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Protect Your Dividend, Payout Ratios Explained

Blog, Investing Strategy

What is the best and fastest way to determine the ability of a company to pay dividend? The dividend payout ratio, right? Most investors would agree. However, it's a little more complicated. Today, we're going to review four types of dividend payout ratios along with their pros and cons. 1. The Classic Dividend Payout Ratio What is it? The classic dividend payout ratio is calculated by using the dividend per share divided by earnings per share. This classic method will show you how much …

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4 Steps to Build a Solid Investment Thesis

Blog, Investing Strategy, Stock Analysis, Stock Selection

Many readers ask me how I make my sell decisions. I have only three sell rules and most of my transactions are explained by the first one. I sell when: The company doesn’t match my investment thesis anymore. The company cut its dividend (a few exceptions apply amid COVID-19). The company has grown too much in my portfolio (Apple was worth about 15% of my total investments at one point). As you can see, the investment thesis is at the center of most sells. Here’s a recap of my …

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Disney is Reopening, is it Enough?

Blog, Dividend Growth, Investing Strategy

On July 12th, Disney reopened Disney World to the public. Unfortunately, we have limited information about how many tickets were sold and what percentage of normal traffic is being experienced. All we know is it wasn’t a grand opening. Only two theme parks (Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom) were opened while the other two (Epcot and Hollywood Studios) will follow on July 15th. Almost at the same time (July 13th), the Hong Kong Disneyland announced its closure as more covid-19 cases surge and …

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