Hum… what can I say… I didn’t sell my house. Last week, I was almost 100% sure to close the deal, but the buyers didn’t move up by a penny from their original offer. Maybe they thought we were stuck between selling our house and doing our RV project… well they guessed wrong! After a night of calculation, I came up with another plan. I’m still leaving, but I’ll keep the house! I’ll explain you this next week! It was quieter on the blog this week, but not because I didn’t write. In fact, I have …
In the Search for Optimal Numbers of Stocks in your Portfolio Part 2
Following Monday’s article here are the answers from 6 other generous participants: Dividend Life #1 What is the size of your portfolio, Dividend Life? Size as in value? I hold both individual stocks and mutual funds. The individual stock portion is $35,376 as of end of June and my portfolio total is $202,994. #2 How many different company shares do you own? I own stocks in 45 different companies today. Some of the stocks are from spinoffs; not every company I hold is of …
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In the Search for Optimal Numbers of Stocks in your Portfolio Part 1
Each week, I read numerous dividend investing blogs. Most of them are authored by savvy investors who have been following their own dividend investing strategies. What is amazing about investing is that there isn’t a single strategy that trumps all the others. There are many ways to make money on the stock market. What really matters is that you find the one that works for you. This is probably the hardest part as most investors you encounter will tell you they have the strongest strategy of …
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Dividend Stocks Do Worse
We often say 1 images worth a thousand words: It’s a fact that dividend stocks have done worse than indexes since the beginning of the year. How can this be possible? Aren’t we suppose to invest in dividend stocks to avoid high volatility and because they perform better in bearish markets? Take the index you want, dividend stocks underperformed the overall stock market in a situation where they should outperform. Why 2015 is so different? Is it the start of a whole new cycle where …
There are 3 Words in Dividend Growth
I decided I didn’t have enough from the article I wrote last week about dividend reports. Last week, I knew I was opening a can of worm when I wrote that I don’t understand the importance of tracking my dividend income on a monthly basis. While the discussion was very interesting on this blog, I got crucified for blasphemy on Seeking Alpha when they republished my article (at least they thought it was good enough to be read! Hahaha!). Don’t worry, I’m not going to go back to this post to defend …
My Dividend Growth Portfolio
In 2016, I made a life-changing decision: I took a sabbatical, put my family in a small RV, and drove 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 also decided to manage my pension account held at the National Bank. I’ve built this portfolio publicly since 2017 to make a real-life case study. I decided to invest 100% of this money in dividend growth stocks. In August 2017, …
