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On July 12th, Disney reopened Disney World to the public. Unfortunately, we have limited information about how many tickets were sold and what percentage of normal traffic is being experienced. All we know is it wasn’t a grand opening. Only two theme parks (Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom) were opened while the other two (Epcot and Hollywood Studios) will follow on July 15th. Almost at the same time (July 13th), the Hong Kong Disneyland announced its closure as more covid-19 cases surge and …

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In my last article, I've covered What is a Dividend Trap. So you can avoid a future wave of dividend cuts, I’d like to offer you my three favorite techniques to avoid them. They have been proven to be highly effective in the past. Beside a few exceptions (mostly due to the nature of the exceptional economic lockdown we suffered), we were able to avoid most of the dividend cuts at DSR. The following is a short and applicable list of actions you should take with your portfolio this summer. …

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A dividend trap will do two things in your portfolio. First, it will leave you with the impression of safety. The market goes crazy, it creates confusion, it goes up and down, and then you feel safe because you receive your dividend every month or every quarter. That dividend is a high yield and produce a lot of income from your capital. It feels good, right? You feel smart. But the second thing the dividend trap will do is to destroy that capital. Management at one point or another will …

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Have you ever noticed that most of the difficult goals in life come with very simple solutions? You want to lose weight? Eat less and focus on healthy foods, and train more. You want to build a business? Identify a problem and offer a solution. You want to retire stress-free? Pay yourself first and invest systematically. You want to travel the world in your 30’s? Buy a RV, quit your job and start your adventure! Those goals are all considered “difficult” to achieve because they require …

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