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Last week, we launched the Dividend Growth Index, a dividend stock index created by a few bloggers. On a quarterly basis, each blogger will follow their stocks and may also comment on the portfolio as a whole. Since we just launched the index, I won’t be discussing the results after this first week but will rather talk about my 3 picks: Intel (INTC), Coca-Cola (KO) and National Bank (TSE:NA). These 3 stocks together pays a 3.80% dividend yield and are known for their dividend growth over time. …

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Dividend growth investors, you don’t have to wait any longer to find great dividend growth stocks; The Dividend Guy Blog along with my fellow bloggers are launching the Dividend Growth Index next week!   What’s the Dividend Growth Index? I was looking create a group project with other dividend bloggers but didn’t want to post a stock picking contest. The purpose of dividend investing is to hold your stock long enough to benefit from the power of dividend growth. Therefore, hosting …

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I’m going a little bit out of topic this week with a Dividend Dad article (the first one I wrote was back in May!). Since money is a very important topic, I think it is also important to discuss how we teach money management to our children. After all, if they learn that before they earn some real money, they will definitely become better investors than us ;-).   We are already in the middle of September and this means that school has started for many of our children. My oldest, …

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  If you have been reading any financial newspaper or site for the past 6 months, you have seen numerous front pages concerning the catastrophic Government debt situation. It’s not only about the Greek debt anymore, now, we have tons of countries to be worried about: Portugal Ireland Italy Greece Spain And the most popular one: The United States of America has reached 100% of their GDP in debt.   So this is the end my friend, all governments are going to collapse …

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Phew! I just got back from 2 back-to-back trips! One was a family vacation at Virginia Beach (just before Irene) and the second one was a Lover's trip in New York City (right after Irene!). This is why my posting schedule has slowed down a little over the past weeks!  But now I am back in business and ready to write more articles. While I was on vacation, a fellow blogger, Dividend Mantra, poked me to participate in the 7 links project. The goal of the project is to answer 7 questions regarding …

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  Best Personal Financial Planning and Personal Investment Articles this Week from Personal Finance Blogs Carnival of Financial Planning - Edition #201 - September 9, 2011 Welcome to the September 9, 2011 Edition #201 of the Carnival of Financial Planning. The Carnival of Financial Planning takes a long-term view of personal financial planning for individuals and families. We focus on efficient and sustainable personal financial planning practices that can lead to lifetime …

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