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AbbVie: Growth and Dividends All In One

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This is a guest post written by Bob Ciura with Sure Dividend.  Sure Dividend focuses on long-term dividend growth investing. Stocks are typically grouped into one of two main categories, depending on their individual characteristics. Some are called growth stocks, which are those companies that are in the growth phase of their corporate maturity. These are usually companies that produce above-average revenue and earnings growth each year. Then, there are value stocks, which are cheaply …

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Recent Purchase: Lowe’s LOW

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Not too long ago, I told you that you should run away from Walmart (WMT) as I did. This transaction left me with a healthy profit and additional cash in my portfolio. This was the perfect time to go hunting! As part of a Dividend Stocks Rock project, I’ve reviewed the 18 Dividend Kings. This gave me a few ideas for potential buy and I decided to use my money to buy 57 shares of LOW. What I Like so Much about Lowe’s Business Model Source: Ycharts LOW is the 2nd largest home-improvement …

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Apple & Disney: Similar past, Similar Issues, Similar Future

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Summary Both stocks are taking a beating lately on the market and they share the same issue at different levels – technological evolution. Both companies must please spoiled, greedy and very demanding investors. Both stocks had hit their all-time high in 2015 and both are strong buysat the moment.   Between July 15th and August 6th, both companies lost nearly 10% on the stock market. Is it something that will continue this fall? Is it time to let these two companies go as they …

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Canadian Dividend Telecom Comparison: BCE Vs Rogers Vs Shaw Vs Telus

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At the end of June, I produced a complete analysis of the five biggest Banks in Canada. While this post was featured on Seeking Alpha, I thought of publishing this second Canadian sector analysis on my blog. I think you will like seeing which telecom is the best one to hold for a dividend growth investor. I will highlight the differences in their business models, dividend profiles and other important fundamentals along with their current stock valuations.   Business Model BCE (BCE) …

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BoardWalk Vs Rio Can

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Since the Canadian interest rate environment will continue to be as exciting as a worm race across the garden, I thought of revisiting a two very popular Canadian REITs. Boardwalk REIT (BEI.UN) RioCan REIT (REI.UN) Canadian REITs have been a strong source of steady income for investors for several years. While they don’t show spectacular stock price growth or even dividend payment growth, this asset class is still a must for all conservative and income seeking investors. For example, both …

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I Prefer the Small Telus over the Giant Verizon

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David Vs Goliath Challenge – how a $25B market cap stock can beat a $202B market cap stock? Both Companies show strong customer loyalty, but only one evolves in an Oligopoly One company is trading at a 10% discount, the other at a 10% premium   Last week, I wrote a stock analysis for Seeking Alpha on Verizon (VZ), you can read the analysis here. While I was writing this article, I kept comparing this telecom giant vs one of my holdings; Telus Corporation (T.To or TU on the NYSE). …

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