Dividend Investing Can Be Boring
As I was sitting her thinking what to write, it dawned on me that if I was writing about small-caps or oil stocks then there would be constantly something to write about – this small company did this and its stock skyrocketed (or tanked), oil stocks shot up 5% as OPEC cut production. With dividend [...]
Sell in May and Go Away?
The old adage goes that an investor should sell their holdings in May and go away until the fall when stock tend to pick up again. I think that this should be rephrased: A speculator should sell in May and go away, an investor should care less about this and just continue on with their [...]
Some Recent Dividend Transactions
The beauty of dividend payments is that they just happen – there is nothing that I need to do other than keep holding on to the underlying security. Depending on the company, the dividend payments are deposited into my account at the same 4 times each year. If you have an account that allows you [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
