This is a guest post written by Dan Mac. Dan writes about investing in dividend growth stocks at his site Dividend Growth Stock Investing. Dan recently released his Free Dividend Growth Investing Guide. I often read investment articles discussing stocks of different companies worthy of investing in. Usually the author will give an opinion about the current valuation of the company. Is it over, under or fair valued? Many times these opinions will be given without …
Are You an Investor or Are You a Failure?
I don’t know if you are like me but every year, I try to become a better investor. I look at my weaknesses and try to work on them. Personally, I tend to “gamble” a little bit with my stocks. I’m the kind of guy who has a strong core portfolio and am always tempted to hit a homerun every year. Two years ago, I tried with RIM… didn’t work out. Last year, I tried with VNP… another mess. I guess I’m not a quick learner… since I made another …
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How To Move Away From Mutual Funds and Open an Online Broker Account
Your advisor doesn’t call. Your funds don’t perform. You pay 2.5% in management fees for no service and no performance. You love reading about financial news and looking at stocks. But it’s impossible for you to make any investment decisions when you are in mutual funds. How much longer can you handle this situation? For many individuals, investing in mutual funds through a financial advisor is the best thing they could do. Lack of time, lack of …
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Dividend Investing Goals for 2013
In the middle of 2010, I purchased this blog mainly because I wanted to switch my portfolio from an aggressive growth model to a dividend investing model. I took me about 6 months to trade my non dividend paying stocks in order to rebuild my portfolio. Since then, I’ve kept only one stock that doesn’t pay dividends (and it’s down sharply now). When I look at the rest of my portfolio (i.e. the dividend stocks), I can say that I’ve made some good trades. In a few weeks, I’ll …
Best of The Dividend Guy Blog For The Holidays
WOOHOO! This Monday is not like the other Mondays… we are Xmas Eve! I’m so excited because tonight, in fact, tomorrow morning ;-), my kids will open their gift and they will find… Disney World tickets! We are leaving on January 2nd for 10 days! I’m super excited! I won’t be writing for the next week since you will probably celebrating with your family and I’ll do the same on my side. But you also might want to relax and read some good articles from time to time. …
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Dividend’s Death Coming December 31st
Are companies rushing their year-end dividend to avoid the fiscal cliff or is it just a last kiss goodbye to their payouts? For the first time in 20 months, funds invested in Dividend ETFs are droppping For the first time since many years, several companies are paying an special dividend before the end of the year We are not Halloween, and yet we talk about Death... Dividend's Death? I’m taking a quick pause from my utilities …
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