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From Cash to Dividend Stocks: Building a Retirement Portfolio Step by Step

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Warning; this article is massive and contains lots of great info ;-) A couple of weeks ago, I received an email from one of my readers. He was in a delicate situation: he was 100% cash and wondered where to start in order to build his retirement portfolio. We exchanged a few emails and I agreed with him that many investors are in the same boat: they got out of the market at one point and are now sitting on the sidelines wondering how they can re-enter without making big mistakes. When you see …

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I Will Manage My Children’s Money

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Funny enough from a guy who manages his own brokerage account since the age of 21 (13 years ago!), I must admit; I left others to manage the money for my children’s tuition. It made sense for a while since I found it easier for me to let someone else take responsibility for these funds. I hired the best to do the job, to make sure my kids could all become doctors if they wanted to…   Why I Invested in Mutual Funds (OMG!) Yeah… this is what I did… I invested in high fee funds managed by …

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How to Start Dividend Investing with Little Money

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I was talking about investments with one of my friends last week and he mentioned something that made me think. He wasn’t at all interested in investments and told me that investing was only for people with lots of income. In other words; you need lots of money to start investing. Nothing can be further than the truth. Unfortunately, our education system is not conducive to teach us how to start investing (neither it is designed to help us balance a budget!). This is why thousands of people …

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10 DIVIDEND GROWTH STOCKS FOR A ROCK SOLID PORTFOLIO

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As you know already, I’m currently in the process of selling my house… as well as everything else. In fact, my deepest wish is to have sold 80% of what I own before June 2016 and leave with my family on a one year RV trip across North & Central America. While planning this huge trip, I’m also planning to invest part of the proceeds of my house in the stock market. This is why I created this list of 10 very strong dividend growth stocks that I can buy and sleep like a rock. I didn’t want …

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What is Going to Happen With Dividend Stocks When Interest Rates Will Rise?

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Black Swan fans are always looking for the next bubble to burst Here’s a theory for Black Swan fans; dividend stocks are the next bubble to burst and it will happen at the moment interest rates will rise.   Supporting the Theory Since 2008, interest rates have dropped to the lowest level ever in North America. Insurance companies, pension plans, institutional investors and income seeking investors were all in the same basket; the lack of safe and reliable revenues from their …

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Build a Dividend Growth Portfolio in 6 Questions + a real example

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There is nothing easier than buying a dividend stock. Who would ignore owning shares of a company that sends you a cheque quarterly? The whole idea of building a passive income portfolio is very seductive. On top of that; it seems pretty simple at first. Once you run a stock filter, you will always find a great list of attractive companies generating passive income. The problem usually comes once you have bought shares of a few companies. Will you stick to the same sectors? Should you buy …

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