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I am Canadian. I wear touques, say exuse me to everything and thank people for thanking me. I also buy Canadian dividend stocks. Granted, there are not as many Canadian dividend growth stocks as there are in the U.S. but they are out there. [ad#tdg-embedded] Why I Own Canadian Dividend Stock As I said, I am a Canadian and I will more than likely retire on Canada. As such, my future income requirements will be in Canadian dollars and it makes sense to generate some of that income in …

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This is a guest post by Evan. Evan blogs about the stock market, dividend investing, and personal finance at Stock Investing 101 Many investors, and companies for that matter, are moving away from dividend investing. Investors are more interested in flashy, expensive companies now more than ever. Ten years ago technology companies were all the rage, these days foreign companies are what’s “in style”. Value companies that have traditionally paid out hefty dividends are beginning to do …

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I must admit that even as a pretty serious dividend investor, I had never heard the term "dividend capturing" before. I always knew what it was all about, but had never heard an official term for it. I was doing some digging around for some keywords for investing blogs (us bloggers do that) and ran across the term and decided I must write about it.[ad#tdg-embedded] What is Dividend Capturing Dividend capturing is a timing strategy that puts an investor in and out of stocks at …

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“Having emailed and spoken to thousands of investors over the years, I have come to the sad conclusion that only a tiny minority will ever succeed in managing their money even tolerably well” -- William J. Bernstein If I had to pick a favorite investment and finance writer, and one that every dividend investor should read it would be Bernstein. His newest book, The Investor's Manifesto: Preparing for Prosperity, Armageddon, and Everything in Between, is no …

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The Google Doc listed below represents my current dividend stock and ETF holdings. As with all the information on this blog, this is not a recommendation to buy these securities. Depending on my asset allocation, I am either:[ad#tdg-embedded] 1) Using additional funds to buy more of the stocks or ETFs that are below my target asset allocation 2) Selling partial amounts stocks or ETFs that represent too much of my portfolio 3) Keeping things status quo and doing nothing Disclaimer: …

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