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13 Companies to build a Dividend Growth Portfolio with 10 years to go

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In my latest article, I’ve discussed the metrics I would use to make a selection of dividend paying companies if I had only 10 years to build my portfolio. The idea of using a shorter time horizon was to show how limited you could be if you only select companies that are currently paying an interesting dividend now. When I wrote my first article about metrics to be used, I didn’t pull the stock filter yet. I just did in order to write this post. I’m not surprised, but the choice is very limited …

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If I Had 10 Years to Build a Dividend Portfolio

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When we think about dividend growth investing, we often think about a horizon of 20, 30 even 40 years in front of us. The true power of dividend growth investing can only be unleashed after such a long period of time. After all, owning shares of Coca-Cola (KO) with a 3% dividend yield is not that impressive. However, this company had maintained a dividend growth rate of 7% for over a decade now. This means that if you wait 7 years, your dividend yield based on your cost of purchase becomes 6%, …

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Three Things I Regret About My Portfolio

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I often find that many investors sound like a bunch of guys coming back from a fishing trip. When you ask them if fishing was good, they only remember their best catch. They will discuss this single catch with as many details as possible, they will tell you how good they were and how they knew it was going to happen this way. If they don’t catch a big one, they will quickly summarize their trip finding some kind of excuse why it didn’t work out. When you discuss investing with people around …

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Methodology I Use to Build Outperforming Portfolios

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When I started investing, I was young and reckless. I enjoyed the opportunity to start my investing journey at a relatively young age (23) and make my mistakes with smaller numbers. My first three years in the investing world was crowned by success. I rapidly built a $50,000 cash down payment to buy my first house. However, the risk I was taking and the lack of diligence in my investment methods finally hurt me in 2006-2007. Then, 2008 arrived and it wasn’t the time to change anything since …

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Investing During a Market Frenzy

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While being on the road like I am now, I have a luxury that most investors don’t have; I can distance myself from extraordinary events that push the market up or down. To be honest, I was aware of the Brexit decision when the market was about to close on Friday. The best part is that I was about to head out on my trip into the Grand Tetons & Yellowstone Parks for 5-6 days with very limited access to internet. It was perfect timing as I was able to download lots of articles and read calmly in …

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5 Things I did in my 20’s to Make More Money

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When people look at me, they tell me I’m lucky… This post has been inspired by Tawcan after he wrote “Weird things I did to save money in my 20's”. While Tawcan was very good at saving money, being frugal in his 20s, I’ve developed another skill. One mistake I made was to not developed frugality at the same time I was developing the ability to monetize my young years. This would have been the perfect match! So if you are already into frugality, I’ll share with you a list of things I did in my …

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