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Sell Now – It’s About Time Someone Tell You This

Blog, Investing Strategy, Principles

Should I sell now? That is probably the most difficult question to answer, right? Would you sell now? What would you sell? How would you do it? Which holdings should you keep? Your winners or your losers? I bought this blog back in 2010 and have written over 850 articles since then. Most of them are about my buy strategy. But one thing that keeps coming back when I ask my readers about their #1 investing struggle is the total opposite: “I've never made any money from this listing and I'm in …

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Portfolio Fitness; Tricks to Train Your Money To Work Harder

Blog, Investing Strategy, Principles

I believe taking care of my portfolio is like taking care of my body. It requires simple actions that are difficult to maintain over the long run. I’ve recently discussed some basic principles to get your portfolio in shape in “How’s Your Beach Money?”. I wanted to go a little bit deeper with this post and describe a step by step methodology I use to make sure my portfolio is always in top shape. It is one thing to build a great portfolio, it’s another to keep it at the top of its shape. Over …

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Best 2019 Dividend Stocks Revisited Q1 Update [4 of my picks included]

Best Dividend stocks, Blog, Investing Strategy

Have you taken a look at my best 2019 dividend stock picks yet? I have a tradition going on this blog (and now it’s at DSR) since 2012. During the month of November and December, I go on a long research journey to identify dividend stocks that show great short-term potential. The idea is to beat the market with these top picks for the next 12 months. I select my top 20 US stocks and top 10 Canadian holdings. DSR members get the list during December so they can get ready and pull the trigger …

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How’s Your Beach Money?

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I’ll be honest, I’ve never been a fan of winter. Since I spent almost an entire year in Central America and totally skipped the snow during that trip, my skin can’t cope with our cold winter anymore. This is why I’m so happy to see April coming with more sunny and warmer days! I’m back at my running schedule lately and I can’t get enough. After all, I have to get ready for my “beach body”. Winter has this “bear hibernation” effect on my body where a few more pounds are being accumulated. Since I …

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I’m Going 30% Cash

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That’s it; I’m going 30% cash… maybe 50%! The market is too high. It just recovered to drop even further! Most stocks are overvalued; Consumers debt levels are ridiculous; It seems the same consumers are managing government debts because they keep borrowing more; Pension plans are still underfunded after such an amazing bull market. I’m going 30% cash and I’ll wait for the dip That’s what many investors said, right? Some started in 2015. Others followed in 2016 and 2017. …

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Video of the Week: Think Core, Think Growth

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Years of doing research, reading academic studies and working on portfolios (including mine) brought me to this set of rules that enables me to simplify my investing process. Principle 7 - Think Core, Think Growth The last part of this 7 Dividend Investing Principles series is all about my portfolio management philosophy. Basically, now that you're all set, how are you going to build up your portfolio? Personnally, I like having "core" dividend stocks and "growth" dividend stocks. Let's see …

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