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4 Steps to Manage your Retirement Portfolio

Blog, Retirement

It is quite funny to read all those articles about investing when you are accumulating wealth. There are tons of them on how to build and grow your portfolio. However, it becomes more complicated when you search for articles about managing a retirement portfolio. You work your whole life and you put money aside. Then, one day you finally quit your job for good and retire. Congratulations! You did it! You are now free to do whatever you want, whenever you want. You can travel, eat out and achieve …

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Things That could Ruin Your Retirement Portfolio Part III

Blog, Investing Strategy, Retirement

I think the biggest retirees’ concern regarding their portfolio is probably the fear of losing money. During all those years, you have worked very hard and saved every penny you could. Then, you turned around and invested this hard-earned money in the hope of building a comfy nest egg for the day you will finally stop working. You finally hit your magical number and say “goodbye” to your boss for the very last time. Your coworkers throw a retirement party, you have a few renovations planned on …

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Things That could Ruin Your Retirement Portfolio Part II

Blog, Investing Strategy, Retirement

In my latest post, I started a 3 parts series on factors making a big difference in your retirement portfolio. If you don’t consider them, your retirement plan could go bust faster than the plane you are taking to travel Europe this summer. The first article was about the infamous inflation.  This post will explore another problem many retirees face when building their portfolio; asset allocation. There are a handful of sectors offering what retirees want: high yield and a solid …

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Things That Could Ruin Your Retirement Portfolio Part I

Blog, Investing Strategy, Retirement

Since I received the commuted value of my pension plan last year, I’ve given lots of thoughts about building a retirement portfolio. In that optic, lots of retirees ask me to write a more detailed approach about a higher yielding portfolio. Since I’ve received lots of demands coming from my Dividend Stocks Rock members to build a “retiree ready” portfolio, I will be launching such portfolio models this month. I thought of detailing my process on this blog to help you understand the difference …

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A High Yield Portfolio? Only if You Meet Those 3 Criteria

Blog, Investing Strategy, Principles, Retirement

I’ve been fighting for many, many… many years. It has been an epic fight that started the day I switched my portfolio toward dividend paying stocks. When I started blogging about dividend growth investing, I was reminded several times by older investors that many of my picks didn’t mean anything to them. After all, who needs Disney (DIS) or Canadian National Railway (CNR.TO) with such low yield when you can buy Kinder Morgan (KMI) and Cominar (CUF.UN.TO). All right, I’m writing 2 two names in …

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A Million Dollar at 59 Is More Than Enough

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Last week, I wrote about my plan C and D for retirement. I called them my “last resort” plans as they refer to the classic model of retirement; go to school, get a job, save for retirement, wait, get to 60 (or 65) and retire happy (or not). You know that drill, right? It’s a classic and an effective way to reach retirement. Since it is a proven method, I’ve jumped on that train when I was younger and started saving. On top of having 3 children and making money mistakes (according to FIRE …

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