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 [...]
Dividend Stock Wednesday: 3M Inc. (MMM)
Note: I use the Stock Selection Guide Software and its methodologies from the CSA to perform the bulk of my analysis on stocks. Company Profile: 3M Company (3M) is a diversified technology company with a global presence in various businesses, including industrial and transportation, healthcare, display and graphics, consumer and office, safety, security and protection [...]
Does Contrarian Investing = Value Investing?
In another one of my conversations with a coworker on the topic of investing, an interesting discussion came about concerning contrarian investing and what it meant. To this individual in particular, it meant that an investor buys a company that is mispriced lower than an investor believes it should be. I suggested that his definition [...]
Pre-Screened Securities Through Your Broker
One of the investment accounts that I have is through the Canadian Shareowner’s Association’s (CSA) Co-Op Trading Service. Part of their offering is a pre-screened list of securities that passes what they call their criteria based on, “strong growth, financial and operating fundamentals [with] the capacity to continue their strong growth into the future.” Once [...]
