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2K Investment in my Portfolio

Blog, Portfolio Building

On Monday, I wrote about my lump sum dilemma. I had a big bonus this year, but I decided not to invest in the stock market and pay off my consumer debts instead. Eventually, this will leave me more cash flow to invest on a regular basis, so I guess it is a good decision ;-).   Where did the 2K Come From? One of my “debts” was to pay back my Home Buyer’s Plan (HBP). Each year, I “reimburse” 1K from the money I borrowed from my RRSP to buy my first house. It’s an amazing program we have …

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Portfolio Management Does Size Matter?

Portfolio Building

    Do you manage your portfolio the same way when it’s $5,000, $50,000 or $500,000?   The world of investing is so interesting mainly because its strategies are widely spread from conservative to aggressive and everybody has their own thinking. Today, I’m asking a simple question that comes with a complex answer: does your portfolio size matter when establishing your investing strategy?   In other words: do you manage a large portfolio differently from a …

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Get Realistic and Sell Your Stocks

Portfolio Building

    I’m going to be a little more patient and I won’t sell this stock… not just yet   I’m 100% sure you have already said that a million times about a losing stock in your portfolio. Holding a dead cow in your portfolio is probably the worst thing you could do as a DIY investor. But it’s hard to sell. It is! Selling a stock is ten times harder than buying one. When you buy, you do it with the clear intention of making money. As a bonus, you select a dividend stock so …

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6 Steps to Buy a 7% Dividend Paying Stock With Low Risk

Investing Strategy, Portfolio Building

High dividend yield in a low risk portfolio? How is that possible? Well there is a way that you can invest your money and earn a high dividend yield without taking much risk. I think that’s this is basically what we all want as dividend investors: high dividend yield from low risk stocks. But unfortunately, it is rarely the case. If you remember my yellow pages (YLO) analysis you know that high dividend yield is usually followed by dividend cuts (especially if the dividend yield is combined …

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Your Take; Dividend Investing; ETFs or Stock Picking?

Portfolio Building

When I started my series for new dividend investor beginners 2 weeks ago, I noticed that many people disagreed with ETF dividend investing. In fact, there were a lot of readers who claimed that investing in 1, 2 or 3 stocks (for $333 each including commission fees) with $1,000 would be better off than investing in a dividend ETF. I had second thoughts on both investing strategies and wanted to look at the pros and cons of each of them. I actually think that to be fair, we must talk about …

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How You Can Plan for the Unplannable with Dividends

Asset Allocation, Portfolio Building

The recent volcanic activity in Iceland really brought home the impact of things way beyond our control. As the airlines were forced to shut down air traffic throughout most of Europe the impacts were huge economically, socially, and even psychologically. If you had to do any traveling during that time (like I did), you saw just how beyond our control things really were. From a dividend portfolio perspective, this really highlighted the importance a couple of basic portfolio planning …

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