Three Key Questions You Must Ask Yourself Before Purchasing A Dividend Stock

Note this is a guest post from Dan at Stocktrades.ca. Dan is an active Canadian dividend growth investor with whom I share many investing similarities. Hope you enjoy! -Mike Dividend investing isn’t exactly the risky business that growth investing is. That being said, a lot o

Should You Trade Aecon?

I often have the feeling we forget about industrials. There is nothing sexy about them. There is nothing to create hype on the stock market. Even worst, this sector is not seen as a high yielding one. Still, the fact that many companies operate through cycles, there are always a few i

Andrew Peller: I love the wine and you should too!

Andrew Peller (ADW.A.TO) owns wineries in British Columbia, Ontario and Nova Scotia. It doesn’t only produce its own wine, but also market it along with other products. ADW owns several brands like Peller Estates, Trius, Hillebrand, Thirty Bench, Sandhill, Copper Moon, Calona Vineyard

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Can My Portfolio Survive a Crash?

The idea of losing lots of money in a short period of time is probably one of the biggest fear of any investors. In fact, many of them rather wait on the sideline than suffer this “inevitable-next-market-crash”. After all, nobody wants to suffer this type of drop: When a market crashe

Selling SNC Lavalin & Buying Amazon

Back in April 2015 I made a bold move in my portfolio; I sold ScotiaBank (BNS.TO) to buy SNC Lavalin (SNC.TO). Many readers weren’t too sure about this move, but I’ve proven that I was right 2 years after the trade: Source: Ycharts While SNC outperformed BNS all the way, it is clear o

Best 2017 Dividend Stocks Review

After a little bit more than 3 months on the stock market in 2017, we have already experienced our fair share of emotions. While the U.S. market peaked at +7.02% on March 1st, investors’ enthusiasm is fading away as the market is now up only +4.03% as at April 16th (yes, I’m writing t

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The Dividend Lifestyle Portfolio Approach

A few weeks ago, a reader suggested that I write an article about buying dividend paying companies in line with one’s lifestyle. In other words, for each budget type of expense, you select a company that would “protect” you from potential inflation. While it will not replace any kind

Canadian Banks Are Your Friends

About a month ago, TD Bank (TD.TO) was caught doing naughty things. They have been accused to push employees selling products clients don’t really need. A bank pushing product sales? Nah, never gonna happen, right? To be honest, I laughed when I read that news. Many journalists jumped