Time to jump into the links once again: 1. Top 100 Dividend Stocks – July 2012 – Return From The Dead? @ IS. 2. LGL Group: Upside with Protected Downside? @ Barel Karsan. 3. Family Finance: Property and Vehicle Insurance @ The Passive Income Earner. 4. When Do You Finally Spend Serious Money on Your Business? @ SFN. 5. A Diversified Approach To International Dividends @ DGS. 6. Novartis: Strong Stock @ Dividend Monk. 7. Market Strength in the Light of Negative News @ The …
Canadian Aristocrats; They Have it Too!!
Last week, I took a shot at Dividend Aristocrats on theUS side. But did you know that Canadians have Dividend Aristocrats too? Mind you, I’m going to temper your hype right away, the minimum requirements are far from the “original” aristocrats lists. Unfortunately, the Canadian stock market is way smaller and less diversified than the US market. It is actually impossible to find a good amount of stocks that have been increasing their dividend for 25 consecutive …
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AFL Aflac Dividend Stock Analysis
After the analysis of MCD last week, there was another stock on my radar that I wanted to check out. To be truly honest, I didn’t know much about this Dividend Aristocrat; Aflac Incorporated. I’ve been trading for several years but I’ve been looking into dividend stocks only since 2008. The fact that Aflac is an insurance company (AFLAC stands for American Family Life Assurance Company) was enough for me to check elsewhere to build my “stock on the radar …
To What Point Are You Ethical?
Sometimes, I feel that no matter what you do, no matter how much research is done, there are always skeletons in the closet. This is how I feel after reading about the lawsuit against Chevron. One thing I didn’t account for when I did Chevron stock analysis was to look at the company’s dark side. I didn’t do any research to find negative articles regarding the company. Why I didn’t do such work before trading CVX? It’s simple; I thought others would have done their homework. The …
Canadian Banks Expected to Raise Their Dividends
It is no longer a secret to any investor, the best banks in the world are found in Canada. We have only 6 “big banks” and one of them (National Bank; TSE: NA) is established mostly in only one province (therefore really a regional bank). This interesting banking model established a long time ago is controlled by the tight federal laws. This ensures that big banks don’t take huge risks and therefore, they maintain solid balance sheets. As of October 1st , the average dividend yield offered …
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Dividend Investing Strategy; Going Sector
A very important part of building a dividend portfolio (as is the case with any other investment portfolio) is asset allocation. Some investors will invest on different sectors to have a well-balanced portfolio. Others will invest massively in a sector according to the state of the economy. Using consumer, non-cyclical stocks as a defensive measure in a bear market is a good example of this kind of strategy. For information purposes, I have outlined the projected dividend yields for the …
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