How Did You Do On The Dividend Investor Test?
Last week, I opened a can of worm by publishng a dividend investor survey. The goal of this survey was to have you think about whether or not you have what it takes to be a successful dividend investor. I thought the idea was interesting or at least funny and it could create some [...]
How to Tell the Difference Between a Ride in the Markets and When You are About to Lose Serious Money
First things first, I must say that right before I wrote this article, I had just read on Bloomberg that the Greeks would ask for a referendum on the bailout (that was Tuesday morning, November 1st). At that specific time, there was not a better time to talk about how to tell the difference [...]
6 Reasons Why You Should Panic and 1 Reason Why You Should Keep Investing
Since its peak back at the end of April and beginning of May, the stock market has gone down 20%. Regardless if we are looking at the US stock market, Canadian or International markets, they are all in the red. During the summer, we had front pages telling us that one or another government was [...]
Why You Should Not Care About The US Government’s Debt Problems
If you have been reading any financial newspaper or site for the past 6 months, you have seen numerous front pages concerning the catastrophic Government debt situation. It’s not only about the Greek debt anymore, now, we have tons of countries to be worried about: Portugal Ireland Italy Greece Spain And the most popular [...]
What You Should Do In A Flash Crash On The Stock Market
Last Thursday (August 4th) was another black day on the stock market. In fact, it was the worst day on the stock market since 2008. Here’s how bad it was: Dow Jones lost 512.76 points (-4.31%) S&P500 lost 60.27 points (-4.78%) Nasdaq lost 136.68 points (-5.08%) TSX lost 435.90 points (-3.40%) This is the [...]
It’s Time To Say Farewell
Before making this investment, I knew that I was entering into an adventure in and of itself. I knew it would require a lot of patience and that I would be tempted to quit a few times. However, during the past year, I’ve been tempted to quit too many times. What kept me going until [...]
Why Do We Think We Are So Good As Investors
As I am writing this article, I am really wondering: what makes YOU think you are better than the market? Or better than a financial advisor/broker? Is it because of the fees they charge? Is it because you think you can time the market? Or do you simply believe that ETF investing or Dividend Investing [...]
7 Deadly Sins of Investments – 7 Investor Common Mistakes
I was about to write an article on investors’ common mistakes and then I thought of adding a little bit of color to the black & white world of finance by matching them with the 7 deadly sins. What’s weird about these common investing mistakes is that we all know them… and we still commit [...]
