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Retirement Vs FIRE: You Got It All Wrong and Both Your Ideas Suck

Blog, Retirement

Retirement is a concept that didn’t age well ~ The Dividend Guy Nope, this is not another article to tell you how those FIRE adepts (Financial Independence, Retire Early) are full of baloney. It’s not an article about how you should shut your mouth and endure your job until you reach 65 to finally enjoy life. So Mike, what’s that article about? It’s about what I discovered by not working for a full year. I’ll share with you what I found deep down my soul after living as a young retiree …

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September Dividend Income Report – 2 Years After I Started This Portfolio

Site Introduction

In September 2017, I received slightly over $100K as a result of the commuted value of my pension plan. I decided to invest 100% of this money into dividend growth stocks. Each month, I publish my results. I don’t do this to brag; I do this to show you it’s possible to build a portfolio during an all-time high market. The market will crash... eventually. In the meantime, I’d rather cash some juicy dividends! Would I Do It Again Today? At the time of writing this article (October 2nd), the …

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[Webinar] How You Can Play The Trade War To Your Advantage

Investing Strategy

Last month, I’ve went back in time and discussed how I invested all my money back in September 2017. I’ve discussed the process I used to select stocks and build an entire portfolio from scratch. I purchased my first shares (it was Power Corporation (POW)) back in 2003 and track my investing performances on this blog since 2012, but I recently have been given a unique opportunity to build a real-life case study from zero. In September 2017, I invested ~100K in the stock market and isolated this …

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Dividends Are Relevant and Can Beat the Market

Blog, Dividend Growth, Investing Strategy

Are dividends irrelevant? Some index investors think so. However, I think they have their noses stuck in their books and have forgotten about real-life results. Not too long ago, I watched an interesting video on YouTube which claimed that “dividends are irrelevant.” The video comes from my archenemy, Ben Felix. Ben is a financial advisor who sells ETF products and has also written a column for the Globe & Mail, a while back, which had several caveats. I, myself, have written a complete …

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August Dividend Income Report – The Yield Isn’t Important

Blog, Dividend Income Report

In September 2017, I received slightly over $100K as a result of the commuted value of my pension plan. I decided to invest 100% of this money into dividend growth stocks. Each month, I publish my results. I don’t do this to brag; I do this to show you it’s possible to build a portfolio during an all-time high market. The market will crash... eventually. In the meantime, I’d rather cash some juicy dividends! The Yield Isn’t Important (to me) Funny story, I’ve been told a couple of times …

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Why I Don’t Keep Cash and Invest it All

Blog, Investing Strategy

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. -Thomas Edison   “Mike, you should keep dry powder (cash) ready. Cash in your portfolio is ready to be deployed when there is an opportunity. Keeping liquidity will make sure you’re ready when the market crashes.” Each time I discuss investing “now” on this blog, I get served with the same soup. Keep cash to invest later. Depending on investors, this strategy implies keeping from 5% to 50% …

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