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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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Invest Now, Or Wait? The Results of My Decision

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The market is at an all-time high, you have $100,000 to invest, what do you do? Invest now, or wait? I faced this very situation not too long ago: Invest now or wait. $100,000 is a lot of money. I worked very hard to build that nest egg. For a long time, it was growing inside my former employer’s pension plan. When I finally realized that I didn’t want to wait until I’m 65 to enjoy freedom, I quit my job and asked for my pension check! The exact sum was $108,362.19. This was the largest sum …

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Video of the Week: Dividend Investing is Fun and Exciting

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A couple weeks ago, I wrote an article on Dividend Investing is Fun and Exciting. As a complement to the article, here is a video about Why Dividend Investing is so much fun! What if you could earn money and have fun? I think this is not only possible, it's now a reality to me! Video If you enjoyed the video and want more of them, subscribe to my YouTube channel! …

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How to Invest a Lump Sum of Money

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What you are about to read is my story on how I invested a lump sum of money ($108,760 dollars and 2 cents!) in the stock market. I started this portfolio from scratch in September 2017. You can read my monthly update here. My goal is to share my story and tell you how I managed to invest in this crazy market. Waiting is not an option. Investing today is the best decision you will ever make. The arrival of a Lump Sum of money would likely create mixed emotions. It could come from a former …

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