Sometimes, I feel that no matter what you do, no matter how much research is done, there are always skeletons in the closet. This is how I feel after reading about the lawsuit against Chevron. One thing I didn’t account for when I did Chevron stock analysis was to look at the company’s dark side. I didn’t do any research to find negative articles regarding the company. Why I didn’t do such work before trading CVX? It’s simple; I thought others would have done their homework. The …
Canadian Banks Expected to Raise Their Dividends
It is no longer a secret to any investor, the best banks in the world are found in Canada. We have only 6 “big banks” and one of them (National Bank; TSE: NA) is established mostly in only one province (therefore really a regional bank). This interesting banking model established a long time ago is controlled by the tight federal laws. This ensures that big banks don’t take huge risks and therefore, they maintain solid balance sheets. As of October 1st , the average dividend yield offered …
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Dividend Investing Strategy; Going Sector
A very important part of building a dividend portfolio (as is the case with any other investment portfolio) is asset allocation. Some investors will invest on different sectors to have a well-balanced portfolio. Others will invest massively in a sector according to the state of the economy. Using consumer, non-cyclical stocks as a defensive measure in a bear market is a good example of this kind of strategy. For information purposes, I have outlined the projected dividend yields for the …
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Investing With Less Than $1,000 Part2: How To Pick The Right Brokerage Account Before Investing
Last week, I started a short series about dividend investing for beginners. I noticed that it had generated a few comments as I waved the first option that would be to start with stock picking right away. I still believe that starting with 1 or 2 stocks in your portfolio may put you at risk if you are just starting to learn the investing ropes and you are not fully aware of all the risks. I remember when I first started trading back in 2003, I thought I knew how the stock …
Why Asset Allocation is Important to my Dividend Portfolio (and my current allocation)
It has been a long time since I reported on my asset allocation. If you have been following the blog for some time now, then you know that I believe that the right asset allocation is important for a dividend portfolio - any portfolio for that matter. Among the academic reasons for a sound asset allocation that covers the right balance between risk and reward which leads to the right level of volatility for a portfolio which also helps determine return, there are other reasons I like asset …
Review: The Only Stock Advice I Pay For
I have never had much success with stock newsletters. The trouble is that over the years I often got sucked into subscribing to them with the promise of riches and huge stock market gains. As an example, I have been a subscriber of newsletters such as The Motley Fool's Hidden Gems and Income Investor, Gordon Pape's Internet Wealth Builder, and even the Keystone Small-Cap Report.[ad#tdg-embedded] The trouble with all of these was that they provide me with recommendations for individual stocks …
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