I don’t know about you, but I’m in line to have another very successful year on the stock market. Last year, my RRSP account showed a 21.7% jump (50% in Cdn stocks and 50% in US). This year, I’m already at 15.7% and counting! But it’s not a reason to stop looking at my portfolio. After all, in the middle of October I was only +9%... The wind changes direction in short order these days! This is why I made a small change in my portfolio last week; since I don’t have cash on hand, I sold a less …
Canadian Dividend Growth Stocks – 4 picks Out of the Ordinary
Year after year, I study both the Canadian and American stock markets to find the best dividend growth stocks. For the past 4 years, I have noticed something sad; the choice for high quality dividend growth Canadian stocks is very narrow. Just for fun, I pulled out results using the following screener: dividend yield over 3% dividend payout ratio under 80% 5 year dividend growth positive 5 year revenue growth positive 5 year EPS growth positive as you can …
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A Dividend Engineer Stock With an Appetite for Growth
Have you ever heard of WSP Global (WSP.TO)? Probably not. This “brand new company” (they changed their structure and get a new name in January 2014) is one of the world’s leading professional services firms. They recently entered into an agreement to buy another US firm, Parsons Brinckerhoff for the small bid of 1.2G$. WSP Global (WSP) Business Description: WSP Global Inc is a professional services firm, working with governments, businesses, architects and …
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Is There Growth Left Inside the Canadian Banks and Telecom Sectors?
Since 2009, two Canadian sectors had proven to the world the Canadian market can provide strong dividend growth stocks. It’s not by luck that four out of the ten Best Canadian Dividend Stocks for the Next Decade come from these two sectors. Both sectors are quite similar on many fronts. They both oligopolies, this is a mature market, but natural growth is still available and federal laws protect them from other competitors (mind you, it has become less protected …
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Best 2014 Dividend stocks Returns & TSX60 Ex Dividend Date
I’m taking a quick pause in my new investing series about how to build an investment strategy (read part 1 and part2) to publish my stock pick returns as at March 31st and the usual TSX60 dividend yield and ex-dividend date chart. After a full quarter, I’m already taking a step ahead of both US and CDN benchmarks. Let’s check how I beat both benchmarks by more than 1%. PSST! If you are curious to know how I keep beating the market with dividend stocks for the past 3 years, check out my new …
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2014 Canadian Dividend Aristocrats List
Each year, the Aristocrats lists are updated. The dividend aristocrats are a group of US companies showing 25 consecutive years of dividend increases. When you think about it, only the strongest companies can make this list. In order to be part of this elite group, a company must be in a good position to increase both their sales and earnings year after year on a very consistent basis. If one fails to do so, it will quickly become impossible to raise its dividend. Canadians …
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