I’ve 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. I keep track of my results for accountability purposes. I find that too many analysts and blogs
One of the main reasons why the stock market has rebounded from 2008 so quickly (the S&P500 is +111% from Jan 1st 2009 to Jan 1st 2014) is because the FED was quick to relieve the pressure on US consumers. The Gov’t helped massively many companies in the auto and financial industri
Do you manage your portfolio the same way when it’s $5,000, $50,000 or $500,000? The world of investing is so interesting mainly because its strategies are widely spread from conservative to aggressive and everybody has their own thinking. Today, I’m asking a simple question tha
I’m always very interested to follow earnings season since it’s the perfect time to make sure that each stock I own is doing well. Quarterly results help me to keep up with all stocks and the management teams’ comments, often published by the CEO, give additional information on what happened and whe
Last Monday, I mentioned the possibility of using a margin account to invest in a TFSA account. To my knowledge, only Questrade offer TFSA margin accounts. It’s kind of counter intuitive when you think about it: why would you borrow money to invest in an account where you can’t deduct