Principles

Years of doing research, reading academic studies and working on portfolios (including mine) brought me to this set of rules that enables me to simplify my investing process. Principle 4 - A Strong Dividend Triangle Ensures Future Growth. When analysing a dividend stock, there's no need to compare 25 metrics. When these 3 simple yet effective metrics form a clear triangle, chances are you'll see future growth! Watch to understand the principle better! Video   If you enjoy the videos format …

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Everybody will agree that 2018 was an “annus horribilis” on the market. The year-end results haven’t been that bad with the S&P 500 total return of -4.38%, but the Ultra-Bear cult would rather remind us that the S&P 500 lost 19.2% between September 20th and December 24th (bear lovers always have the super power to identify weird dates and ignore dividend payments to prove their point, don’t you think?). On the Canadian market, the TSX shows -11.6% for the year, but if you use the …

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Things are not always what they seem -The Internet Today I want to discuss every dividend investors’ worst nightmare: a dividend cut. In most cases, dividend cuts are catastrophic. When you think about it, a company would likely save its shareholders from the pain of seeing their income being slashed. When management comes to the point where it grabs back the money it was supposed to give you; this is because it has not other options left. A dividend cut is a confession of mismanagement. A …

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