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Do You Look Back After a Trade?

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    I rarely do this, but I was checking my portfolio the other day and wanted to second guess a few of my recent trading decisions. This is how I went from one chart to another until I found this one:   This is a stock I bought; I held on to it for a while and then, sold it at loss as the company was clearly going nowhere. The problem is that it had taken their biggest bite of a meat in their history and the piece was hard to swallow. Right after 5N Plus (VNP.TO) bought a …

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Build an Investment Strategy Step #2 Risk Tolerance

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    Last week, I started a new investment series called “Build an Investment Strategy”. All my readers have made at least one trade in their broker account, but it doesn’t mean they have a solid investment strategy. It goes far beyond a simple set of ratios and metrics that you enter into a stock filter. An investment strategy is your philosophy; it describes the way you intend to manage your portfolio. The investment strategy is useful when you are about to make a tough …

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What is my #1 Investment Advice for Beginner Investors

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Last week, Dan Mac from Dividend Growth Stock Investing sent me an email to participate in a “group post” where he compiles answers from many bloggers. He asked us a couple of questions (what is your best dividend stock? and what is your best investment advice?). I gladly participated and shared my answers. When both posts are live, I’ll link to them. In the meantime, I wanted to go deeper into the answer I gave him with regards to the #1 investment advice. He actually asked for advice for …

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High Yield Dividend Stocks It’s Always a Good Pick When The Market is Bullish

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On Monday, I published an important compilation of strong dividend stocks per sectors. In total, I listed 390 dividend stocks in 11 charts for both American and Canadian markets. When I first started to work on this article, I thought of listing all dividend stocks and simply classify them per sector. Then, I realized there were WAY too many stocks and it was pointless to bombard you with 1,000 stocks (even 390 is a big number!). In order to make a good list, I used the following metrics: #1 …

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All You Need To Know About Stock Splits

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Every once in a while, when a company is doing well on the market, there is an announcement of a stock split. A stock split means that for each share you own as a shareholder, you will receive additional shares. Most of the time, we see 2:1 split, which means that you will receive an additional share for each share you own already. What is the real impact of a stock split? Is it a good thing? Is it a bad thing? Is it simply a marketing move? This is what we are going to look into …

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TSX Ex-Dividend Date + Best Dividend Stocks for 2013 Results

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    At the beginning of each month, I recap the dividend yield and ex dividend date of the TSX 60. In addition to this recap, I’ve decided to briefly cover the results of my Best 2013 Dividend Stock Book. This book includes 30 stocks analyses (20 US and 10 CDN) for only $2.99. So far, my results are:   20 US Dividend Stocks: +30.36% (beating my benchmark by 5.83%) 10 CDN Dividend Stocks: +16.46% (beating my benchmark by 3.49%)     TSX 60 Ex-Dividend …

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