Can Your Get Good Yield and Growth Too?
I believe that there is a common misconception out there with regards to growth and income stocks. Reading a lot of media articles it would appear that you can’t have one with the other. For example, if you are looking for growth then any sort of income from these stocks is out of the question. [...]
Back in Black
Just checking over my portfolio this morning and I see that I am once again back in black after these tough few weeks or market performance. My portfolio is now showing that I am up 1.6% for the year which is above the Dow’s 0.1%. To be honest however, I don’t think the tough times [...]
Feeling the Market Dread
I don’t know about you all, but I have been speaking with a lot of people out there recently and there is a general feeling of dread and uncertainty in the markets. The people making these comments seem to be very quick to react to a few down days in the past few weeks. I [...]
Do Investment Fees Matter?
I read an interesting article over at Moneysense.ca about the impacts of fees on an investment portfolio. The premise is to question whether a “measly” 1% in mutual fund fees (i.e. the difference between 2% MER and 3% MER) has much of an impact on your returns. The answer is a resounding yes, and I [...]
Banks Make Good Dividend Stocks
I have had good success with the bank stocks I have in my portfolio. Each of these holdings has a good dividend yield, consistently increases the dividend year after year, and have had good price appreciation to boot! In my personal case, I can also extent this to financial stocks. In addition to Royal Bank [...]
Money Blog Site – The Tournament Begins
Money Blog Site has a real cool thing going on over at his site: Money Blog Site. There is a tournament where PF / Investing bloggers are being placed in a contest to the death (ok – not to the death). You are all supposed to comment on which posts you like best and the [...]
Top 10 Reasons Dividend Investing Is Good – Updated With Your Comments
I have received a number of inputs to why Dividend Investing is good. Thank you so much for your input. Presented below is the original article with the additional reasons dividend investing makes sense. I read a lot of articles on the web and books about dividend investing, and find that there is some real [...]
Saving Too Much for Retirement
I have seen some trends in terms of media articles coming out every now and then stating that there are a group of economists out there who are suggesting that some people may be saving too much for retirement. I find this very interesting. I find this interesting because I strongly believe that many banks, [...]
