Dividend Investing with Less Than $1,000 Part 3: How To Pick Your ETFs and/or Dividend Funds
I remember the first time I opened my brokerage account online to start trading. I had $19,500 that I just transferred from a line of credit and I felt like a kid in a candy store with $1M in my pocket . Even though I had a solid background in finance and had friends working [...]
Your Take; Dividend Investing; ETFs or Stock Picking?
When I started my series for new dividend investor beginners 2 weeks ago, I noticed that many people disagreed with ETF dividend investing. In fact, there were a lot of readers who claimed that investing in 1, 2 or 3 stocks (for $333 each including commission fees) with $1,000 would be better off than investing [...]
TSE: XDV Review; a Closer Look at a Dividend ETF
On Monday, I posted the first article of a series about dividend investing for beginners. In this article, I have outlined the top 5 Canadian ETFs and the top 10 US ETFs tracking dividend stocks. As many of you expressed the desire to read about dividend stock analysis, I decided to start by reviewing the [...]
Dividend Investing With Less Than $1,000 Part 1
Since I received access to The Dividend Guy Blog email address, I got a very interesting question from one of our readers. Here’s what Michael had to say: I’m just starting to look into stock investing and potentially dividend stocks. After some initial research, my question is this: How can I make real returns from [...]
Why ETF Marketing is Hurting Investors
The one thing that did the most to turn me off of mutual funds was their relentless marketing on how diversified they were. Invest in this mutual fund and you are diversified and safe – is what we often heard. All the while, mutual fund companies were charging enormous fees in the form of high [...]
Which Sectors Do Dividend ETFs Invest In?
If you are building a portfolio of individual securities, then the sectors you invest in should be part of your overall asset allocation plan. Recently I ran a post which energy companies are most predominant in a few dividend ETFs. I took this analysis one step further and tried to dissect what sectors dividend ETFs [...]
Oil and Gas Stocks as Part of Dividend ETFs
Energy stocks are a large component of dividend-based ETFs and getting bigger based on some research I have been looking at. As someone who works in the energy field, specifically oil and gas, I am exposed to the ups and downs of the industry on a daily basis. It is pretty hard to ignore the [...]
