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Investing the Canadian Way – Tricks I use to Boost My Returns

Asset Allocation, Blog

Investing as a Canadian comes with it's fair share of challenges. The first is that we come with a very biased background. We are fortunate to have the Federal Government to set protectionism rules around our banks and our telecom. This situation creates perfect oligopoly where everybody makes profit. While it is not optimal for consumers, it does ensure some stability. The problem is that once we have purchased your favorite banks, you haven’t built a full portfolio yet. Buying the big 6 …

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The Perfect Portfolio of Assets for Financial Independence

Asset Allocation, Personal Update, Retirement

Since June of 2016, I’ve been on the road experiencing the most amazing feeling life can offer us: absolute freedom. For a complete year, I had the opportunity to live like a millionaire. Not in a sense that I was living a life filled by luxury (far from it, hahaha!), but in a sense that I was doing everything I wanted whenever I wanted. This gave me a taste of what Financial Independence look like. I also decided I want more of it! To be honest, I wish I would never come back to my previous …

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Review in May, Buy in October

Asset Allocation, Blog, Investing Strategy

As the second earnings season is over, it’s now time to review my portfolio and see how the first part of the year has progressed. As the old sayings goes… “sell in May and go away”, I would rather say review in May and buy in October ;-). After all, if I were to sell now, I would not cash in the dividends, right? Asset Allocation Review The first thing I do when I look at my portfolio is an asset allocation review. I want to make sure I’m not too concentrated in a specific industry. Too …

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Compilation of all Dividend Stocks Per Sector for 2014

Asset Allocation, Best Dividend stocks, Blog, Investing Strategy

warning; this post is quite lengthy and includes several stock charts, you may want to bookmark it if you read this on your mobile! I don’t know if you are like me, but the thing I like the most about managing my own portfolio is buying stocks. The simple fact of adding another company to my investments thinking I will generate profits makes me happy for the day. The second thing I like best is when I sell a stock and cash out the profit. Here again, it’s always fun to look at your paper …

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Asset Allocation Recap and Eye on my 2013 Investing Goals

Asset Allocation

Summer time is a great time for investor to take a moment as it marks a relative pause in the stock market. The stock market continues to go up and down but we all have more time to think about our investments as vacations approach. I also like to take a look at my portfolio after 6 months to verify my performance and see where I’m going and if I’m aligned with my investing goals.   My Investing Goals for 2013   I had 3 simple but straightforward goals for my portfolio in …

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5 Reasons I Will Add an ETF to my Asset Allocation in 2013

Asset Allocation

  At the beginning of the year,  I had set 3 main investing goals (you can read about them here):   #1 Buying a consumer stock (I picked another techno stock instead with Apple) #2 Dripping most of my stocks (not done yet, I’m procrastinating!) #3 Buying an index ETF (most probably an ETF tracking the S&P 500)   Why a Dividend Investor Would Switch to Index Investing?   The main purpose of dividend investing is obviously to select the stocks you …

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