3 Dividend Traps You Must Avoid
To What Point Are You Blind When Looking At Your Dividend Stocks? Have you ever heard of what investors call the “value trap”. A value trap happens when a stock is trading at a very appealing P/E ratio. Investors think they have found the deal of the year and they buy it without thinking further. The problem is that sometimes, the stock is a value trap: it’s worth a lot today, but the economics around the stock will eventually lead the company to be less …
What’s Your Bet On…
We have six months done in 2012 and stock markets seem to have gone nowhere. I want to know what you think is going to happen for the next six months. Where will we be at the end of December? I’m asking you the question and giving you my answer… So what’s your bet on… TheUSStock Market? I think the US stock market will finish on a positive note. The FEDseems to support economic growth by maintaining its interest rate at the minimum and …
The Investing Fee That Makes a $300,000 Difference
My best friend and I are both passionate about investing. We spend several hours a week reading, talking and debating finance topics. But among all financial topics, investing is definitely the most interesting! We recently had a debate about investment strategies with mutual funds (or discretionary investments) Vs ETF investing. We both wanted to know what is the real difference in an investor’s pockets between managing his own funds and paying someone to do it …
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What I Would Do With $10,000
Last week, I asked you what you would do with an extra $10,000. Most of you answered that you would invest in the stock market, precisely into dividend stocks. I wasn’t too surprised by this answer. While I discussed several options, I didn’t really tell you what I would do with an extra 10K. So here we go... Pay Off an “Expensive Debt” I recently bought a pool based on an expected tax return. This was a really dumb move! Last year, we were able to …
If You Had $10,000 Today, What Would You Do With It?
I was talking with a friend the other day and he asked me a very interesting question: what is the best investment that I can make TODAY? I’m not going to explain the whole context around this discussion but I wanted to mention these thoughts on this blog. Let’s say you have a specific amount (for this article, let’s put it at $10,000) that you can use to make more money. You don’t need this money for a while and are looking for the best investment possible. What would you …
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