Investment Ideas from My Fridge
Did you know that your fridge can hold the key to a well funded portfolio? I personally make money from my refrigerator every day. Every time I grab that Diet CokeI am contributing to the success of Coca-Cola and helping to ensure that my dividend payments continue to increase every year. Ok, so maybe I [...]
The BMW Method of Picking Undervalued Stocks
I bet you never thought that a BMW would be a way to value stocks? Well, you are correct – it isn’t. The BMW Method is a specific type of analysis done on a stock that I read about by reading the discussion forums over at The Motley Fool and has nothing to do with [...]
Top 7 Screening Criteria When Using Online Screening Software to Find Dividend Stocks
As a dividend investor, I consistently use the Dividend Achievers and Dividend Aristocrats list when coming up with potential future investment ideas. However, one thing that I have been doing lately is using online stock screens to further narrow down my search. It has been interesting because it has allowed me to really hone in [...]
The Geraldine Weiss Dividend Strategy
I had a request from a reader to talk about one of the more prominent proponents of a dividend based investment strategy – Geraldine Weiss. Weiss is the editor of the dividend newsletter called Investment Quality Trends that focuses on buying blue-chip stocks whose dividend yields are near the high of their historical ranges and [...]
The 10 Most Important Things I Have Learned About Dividend Investing
It’s only when the tide goes out that you learn who has been swimming naked. – Warren Buffet Warren Buffet says it best in this famous quote. For investors, the only true thing we have to help us build successful portfolios is learning and being prepared. Investors learn in many different ways – by reading [...]
Dealing with a Falling Knife – Citigroup
If you are like me and bought Citigroup as a core dividend holding then it is not too much fun at the moment. Have a look at this 3 month chart from the company: That is one steep drop. The issue for the company is the subprime issues in the housing market, which lead to [...]
Market Timing Works
Note: Don’t forget that I have a new RSS feed due to some issues I recently had with Feedburner. You can subscribe using your favorite reader by clicking here. …only if you are lucky. I was reading some back posts by one of my favorite bloggers out there, Canadian Capitalist, on a topic that I [...]
Small-Cap Investment Choices for a Dividend Portfolio
Approximately a week ago I wrote a post about whether small-cap stocks have a place in a dividend investing portfolio. I concluded that based on the overall historical performance of small-caps, and the fact that investment returns are primarily driven by asset allocation as opposed to individual stocks, small-caps do indeed have a place in [...]
