Best Canadian Dividend Stocks
On Monday, I discussed how I modified my filter in the search of the best US dividend stocks. What I like about the US market is its size and diversification. You can “easily” find great dividend stocks across different sectors and complete your asset allocation without much trouble. Well when I ran the same filters [...]
Best US Dividend Stocks
Back in August, I created a filter to find the best US dividend stocks. My criteria were the following: – Dividend yield over 3% – Stock price over $10.00 – Payout Ratio under 60% Then, with your comments, I decided to pull out another search for the Top US dividend stocks by changing my filters [...]
Why Dividend Investing Will Become The Investment Trend In 2011
As we all know; there are a lot of dividend investors in the market. Some like the thought of getting paid quarterly, others think it is the best growth model for an investment portfolio but all agree that dividend investing works. And it sure does. But I am under the impression that this investment strategy [...]
Tobacco Stocks – Where Vice Meets Dividends
If you put ethics and health concerns aside for a second, you will discover the world of opportunities offered by the tobacco industry. In fact, tobacco companies continue their “dividend war” as 3 of the four largest companies have increased their dividend in Q3 2010 (Altria Group: Mo, Philip Morris: PM and Lorillard: LO). We [...]
Should You Benefit From Low Interest Rates and Borrow To Invest More?
I have been toying with this idea for the past 6 months. The reason why I haven’t made a move yet is that I was too busy managing debts and moving into my new house. Now that I am settled, I am again looking at the low borrowing rates and the high dividend yields paid [...]
Dividends for Q3 2010 and Outlook for Q4 2010
We are quickly heading into the last quarter of 2010 while the stock market has been boiling for the past couple of weeks. After the worries generated by the PIIGS (Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain) back in May and the enormous US deficit, investors seem to be comforted by the good news coming from [...]
Investing is NOT Sexy… But The Result IS
Can you tell me what is so glamorous about Jacques Lemaire’s Devils trap system put in place back in the year 2000? Can you tell me what is so exciting about losing weight through healthy nutrition and daily exercise? Or maybe you can tell me what is so attractive about Scarlett Johanson and Justin Timberlake… [...]
Dividend Holding Analysis Part 2 – A look at Kraft (KFT)
On Monday, I picked up a broker’s investment account and did a dividend portfolio analysis. While the first part was meant to be an overview, this part will analyze a few stock picks in his portfolio. Since I liked Kraft Dinner when I was a kid and they recently announced their growth plan, we will [...]
