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The Invisible Mistake You Keep Making

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Warning: this article will not be easy to read for most of you. You will likely deny making this investment mistake. Yet, you keep doing it and losing money without even realizing what’s happening. I’m not reciting classic investing mistakes with some generic solutions. I’m attacking the top investing mistakes I’ve seen across the DSR community over the past 6 years. This post covers one investing mistake you keep making and this seriously hurt your portfolio… without you knowing it! In …

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Best Dividend Achievers from the 2020 List

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While some companies cut their dividends and may occasion you to lose money, others like the Dividend Achievers will become real money makers in your portfolio. The Dividend Achievers list includes all the companies showing more than ten consecutive years with a dividend increase. Investors are impressed by the Dividend Kings (50+ years with dividend increases) or The Dividend Aristocrats (25+ years), but I prefer to use the Dividend Achievers Index to search for my next potential …

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Tracking your dividend growth is just step 1 of investing with confidence

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The past few weeks have been quite hectic on the market. First, the market was going sideways throughout all summer and now that we got some new earnings results, we hit new record highs. Now, everybody’s talking about when this madness will stop. I mean, the market must crash and burn one day, right? I wanted to write this article about confidence which happens to be a key component in successfully managing your investments and your life. The problem isn’t fear or being overwhelmed by …

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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

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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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Why I Don’t Keep Cash and Invest it All

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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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