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Invest Your Money in 2013 & Make a Profit

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  January is always a good month for me as I receive my year-end bonus! Each year, I use this bonus to fund my retirement account and maximize my savings. Enjoying life today is important, but being able to enjoy it once I’m retired is priceless!   So each beginning of the year comes with the very same question: How Should I Invest My Money?   The question is always the same but the answer differs greatly from one year to another. My portfolio evolves as the market …

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13 Biggest Losers That Could Make You The Biggest Winner

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  Would you pick stocks that are among the biggest losers?   The recent debacle of SNC Lavalin (SNC) (aQuebec based engineer firm) made me think of this question. To make a long (and nebulous) story short; SNC recently declared an 18% drop in profit expectations due to “unexpected losses” and “miscalculations”. The last time we heard these terms inCanada, we were talking about Nortel (NT)… I’m not saying that SNC has not hired the right accountants and that their numbers are not …

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18 Stock Picks for 2012 Using My Crystal Ball

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Back in February 2011, I posted an article about 9 dividend stocks that would do well in 2011. Since I like to be held accountable, I thought of coming back to those stock picks to see how they performed (just to validate my crystal ball before I use it again for 2012!).   I calculated the yield between Jan 7th 2011 and Jan 6th 2012 and here’s what we have:     As you can see, these stock picks made a 2.88% return while providing a 3.83% for the upcoming year. …

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Top Free Canadian Stock Screeners

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I recently received an email from one my newsletter subscribers asking me about the top free Canadian Stock Screeners. This is why I decided to do a little bit more research on the topic and also added my comments to each of them instead of simply making a quick list of free stock screeners. Stock screening is crucial when looking for your next investment. However, when you are looking for free Canadian Stock Screeners, you don’t have many options… so here we go:   Top Free …

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2 Things Investors Don’t Want in a Dividend Stock (Plus 1 Controversial One)

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There is a lot of information on the web that covers how to select stocks, even dividend stocks. In this post I am going to take the negative angle and present what I feel to be three things that I, as a dividend investor, do not want to see in a dividend stock. In my view, if any of my own dividend stocks exhibit any of these traits then that is a red flag which I need to consider acting on.[ad#tdg-embedded] 1. A Very High Dividend Yield This one is talked about a lot and it has …

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One Dividend Rule that Can Help Your Investing Performance

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If you invest in individual dividend growth stocks, then you know that there are inherent risks in buying individual stocks. That is why I advocate a basic core portfolio of index funds before venturing into individual stocks. With this structure in place, you drastically reduce the individual stock risk you take on by buying dividend growth stocks. That being said, there are things an investor can do to help their individual dividend stock performance. One in particular has to do with …

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