October: This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August and February. ~Mark Twain I love this quote because it really sums up the risks of speculating in the stock market. At the end of the day, I don't think there is any way to accurately predict what the stock market is going to return over the next X number of years.[ad#tdg-embedded] However, the investment industry …
20 All-Time Favorite Investing Books – Part 2
A few weeks ago I presented Part 1 of my favorite investing books. This is part 2 of that series and presents another 10 investment books that I have found great value from. There is a wide selection of investing books here - some are focused on dividend investing, some are more personal financed focused, and others are just plain ol' investing books. The point is that as individual investors, the only thing that will make us successful is education on our topic and it is important to read …
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At Least 25 Lazy Portfolios You Can Use
I invest in a hybrid between index funds and individual stocks. My dividend holdings are Canadian and Unites States companies with a history of increasing their dividends. The other portions of my portfolio are in various index funds covering asset classes such as global equity and fixed income. That being said, I am often the first one to say to most people that a a lazy portfolio is most appropriate for them. I love owning individual stocks, especially dividend stocks, but it takes a lot …
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How to Use Stock Screens and My Stock Screener Criteria
I like to use stock screeners to identify potential dividend stocks to invest in. I know there are many people who actually use stock screeners to mechanically invest in stocks, but that I not my forte. I find that I do not have the conviction to blindly follow a mechanical strategy. However, my purposes for running stock screens is to weed out from 1000's of available stocks to a very few that warrant further investigation.[ad#tdg-embedded] There are a number of stock screening services …
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The Dividend Guy Investment Process Part 11: Things I Won’t Do
As I have said before, an important component of portfolio management is to ensure you are always learning and adjusting your strategy to identified best practices. I am not talking about changing your strategy whole-hog when the whim strikes you. I am talking about refinements to your strategy that will make your portfolio stronger and perform better. I have done this through the addition of Part 11 of The Dividend Guy Investment Process - Things I Won't Do In My Portfolio. The list is …
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Pfizer Post-Mortem – Another One Bites the Dust
True to my dividend investing code, I have sold Pfizer after their recently announced 50% dividend cut to offset the purchase of Wyeth. Pfizer has been a stock that I have held for a long time, and held great faith in the company as a strong dividend growth company. However this changed quickly and the stock is no longer a component of my dividend portfolio.[ad#tdg-embedded] As I do with every stock holding that I own does not work out the way I planned I thought back to why I was holding …
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