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Passionate DivInvestor, Father of 3 & Retired from the corporate world at 35.

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ENB vs TRP vs PPL: How I Rank Canada’s Three Pipeline Giants

Canadian midstream is a classic dividend investor playground. Long-term contracts, tolls instead of commodity exposure, irreplaceable assets, and dividend growth backed by real cash flow. Three names dominate the space: Enbridge (ENB), TC Energy (TRP), and Pembina Pipeline (PPL). Same sector, same business model on paper, three different dividend profiles. Here is how I rank […]

Core Holdings, Educated Guesses, and Falling Knives

Every stock in your portfolio plays a role. Most investors do not separate the workhorses from the bets they are still figuring out, and that confusion costs them the moment markets turn rough. At Dividend Stocks Rock, we sort every name into one of three buckets: core holdings, educated guesses, and falling knives. The label […]

Market Volatility at 40 vs. 65: What Changes

You retire on a Tuesday. The market drops 18% on Wednesday. Same portfolio, same dividend stocks you held last week, and every red number now feels personal. That gap between feeling and reality is the difference between the accumulation phase and the decumulation phase. When you are 40, a market drop is a sale. When […]

The Best US Financial Stocks for a Dividend Growth Portfolio

I often talk about Canadian financial stocks, especially banks, because they operate in what appears to be an oligopoly. To me, the best financial stocks are Canadian. That said, there are major US players that have proven to be excellent. Let’s dig into them. Financials get a bad reputation in dividend portfolios. Some investors associate […]

Portfolio Update – April Dividend Income Report

In 2016, I made a life-changing decision: I took a sabbatical, put my family in a small RV, and we drove all the way to Costa Rica. Upon my return in 2017, I officially quit my job as a private banker at National Bank and started working full-time on my baby: Dividend Stocks Rock. I […]