Since 2012, I’ve initiated a tradition on this blog. Each year, I make a selection of 20 U.S. dividend growth companies and 10 Canadian ones. The goal is to build two portfolios of strong holdings that will beat the benchmarks. I’ve always used the same benchmark for the past four years: VIG: Vangua
This will be a crazy year… 2017 will not be like any other year, not for me anyway. As I’m writing my goals for 2017, I’m comfortably seated in a villa up in the mountain in the beautiful country of Costa Rica. A though crossed my mind the other day: “For the next three month, […]
This is a guest contribution by Ben Reynolds of Sure Dividend. With a new year comes an examination of our lives. Many people start new year resolutions. Others review the previous year and plan the coming year. Analyzing your portfolio for the new year is important as well. Are there stocks that
Yesterday, I wrote about getting the best resolution for your investment in 2017: stop struggling with buying and selling your stocks. After 2008, the stock market has never been the same. Uncertainties and fear of the next bubbles have fuelled up volatility to its highest level for de
The U.S. Market is beating all odds! Source: Ycharts I like this graph as it shows the pre and post situation of 2008 for unemployment rate and GDP. We can clearly see how the unemployment rate jumped drastically following the credit crisis and how the GDP slowed down during the same period. However