The market is too high, it has to go down… I bet you have heard this more than a few times recently. Some investment gurus came out of their tombs and are back with their favorite REM song: “This is the End of the World as we Know it”. They had to hide for a few years after tell
After the amazing ride we had in 2013, many investors have decided to sell a part of their portfolio and cash out their profits. They did this because they are waiting for the next dip to buy again. The problem is that since the small dip of 5% (where those guys were probably still wai
I started this “tradition” on my blog in 2012. The goal is to pick 20 US and 10 CDN dividend stocks that I think will outperform their peers. This is the reason why I use VIG and XDV as my benchmarks and then keep track of my results for accountability purposes. I find that too many analysts and blo
This guest post was written by Ben Reynolds, of Sure Dividend The Dividend Aristocrat Index has outperformed the overall stock market by 2.88 percentage points per year over the last decade. A Dividend Aristocrat stock has paid increasing dividends for 25 or more consecutive years. To accomplish t
Each month on this blog, I publish my Best 2014 stock picks for both the US and Canadian markets. I always compare my picks to a dividend ETF. When I look at my own portfolio, I do the same thing. Finally, each month I publish my Dividend Stocks Portfolios at Dividend Stocks Rock and c