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Top Free US Stock Screener

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Last week, we took a look at the Free Canadian Dividend Stock Screeners. Since half of my readership is from the States, I thought it would be unfair to let you down ;-). On top of that, I think there are more opportunities in the US dividend world than there are on the Canadian market. So here we go with my US stock screener reviews:   Zacks Stock Screener Zacks stocks is a complete investing website including free and paid services. As you can see with their stock screener, …

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5 Things You Must Know You Before You Invest

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I often meet with people that are looking to start their own investment plans. In fact, several readers find The Dividend Guy Blog or my Free Dividend Investing eBook during their search for beginner investing information. For the past 2 years, bond rates have been so low that more investors are heading towards dividend investing as it represents one of the best investment strategies considering risk versus reward.   However, it doesn’t mean that dividend investing is easy! As a a …

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Q2 Stock Market Outlook and What is Coming in Q3

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There was a lot happening in the economy throughout Q2. Funny enough, it reminds me of what happened last year during the same quarter: - Fear of the Chinese economy slowing down - Concerns about the Greek debt - Concerns about the US economy   The good news (if there is any) is that companies continue to post great financial results (as was the case last year). On top of that, did you know that between July 1st, 2010 and July 1st, 2011, the US stock market went up by 26% and …

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Dividend Cut on YLO

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quick news this morning: Yellow Media (TSE:YLO) just announced a dividend cut from $0,65 to $0.15. YLO is dropping faster than a F1 this morning (currently down 30% at $1.34. I don't have much hope for this stock to be honest. I recently discuss how dangerous chasing high dividend yield is (especially when combined with high dividend payout ratio).  Once again, moving toward a more conservative dividend investing approach might be the solution!   I hope you don't own any YLO... …

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A Look At My Latest Trades

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After selling RIM (thank God!), I’ve taken a few weeks to look at my portfolio. I was pretty happy with the companies I bought since the beginning of this year (HSE, CVX, JNJ, BNS, and a covered call etf; ZWB). While the market is moving sideways, I’ve built a solid core of great dividend paying stocks. In fact, the average dividend yield of these stocks on the market is 4.91% (thx to ZWB at 10%...).   More trades during the summer I’ve debated this for a long time before making …

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Dividend Stock Battle: KO Vs PEP

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  Last week, we looked at 2 very interesting dividend stocks: Coca-Cola – KO and PepsiCo – PEP. 2 huge companies, 2 popular beverage marketers, 2 dividend aristocrats! What can we really except from this dividend stock battle? The fight of the Titans! So who’s gonna win with a KO? ;-)   KO and PEP last week's results   While I was doing both stock analyses last week, the 2 dividend payers disclosed their Q2 results. First off the dividend news: KO declares an …

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