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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Investing With Less Than $1,000 Part2: How To Pick The Right Brokerage Account Before Investing
Last week, I started a short series about dividend investing for beginners. I noticed that it had generated a few comments as I waved the first option that would be to start with stock picking right away. I still believe that starting with 1 or 2 stocks in your portfolio may put you at risk if you are just starting to learn the investing ropes and you are not fully aware of all the risks. I remember when I first started trading back in 2003, I thought I knew how the stock …
Why Asset Allocation is Important to my Dividend Portfolio (and my current allocation)
It has been a long time since I reported on my asset allocation. If you have been following the blog for some time now, then you know that I believe that the right asset allocation is important for a dividend portfolio - any portfolio for that matter. Among the academic reasons for a sound asset allocation that covers the right balance between risk and reward which leads to the right level of volatility for a portfolio which also helps determine return, there are other reasons I like asset …
