Warning: I really wanted to name this article “Financial Split Corp Bashing,” but I thought it would be nicer if you read the words “explained” instead. Jokes aside, I find there are some major issues investors decide to ignore (or just don’t know) when they look at an investment p

As you might have read about it here, I now do live webinars and certainly have fun doing so. I have been surprised by the positive interest attendees had towards many of my stock picks. This is how I came to the idea of sharing here some of my “Video of the Week”, duri

I can recall the face of my assistant when I was dancing around the printer, waiting desperately to read those quarterly reviews. A pile of numbers, charts and a good coffee and I was the happiest man on earth. Wow… this is boring! She kept telling me. I don’t know why, but I’ve al

If you are a regular of this blog, you know that each year, I pick 30 stocks to beat a dividend ETF in the upcoming 12 months. Each year, I select 20 U.S. and 10 Cdn stocks and try to build a portfolio. So far, I have a great batting average where I had failed […]

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For many, 2018 will be the year of the crash. Those Black Swan Fans have been praying for this over the past 3 to 4 years. They have been sitting on the sideline for so many years that they don’t even look at how much they have lost by not investing. In fact, it’s probably […

Sometimes it will be too late, but better be late than sorry… Last week, I experienced another premiere as a financial author; I got my first live interview on a Cheddar TV, a live streaming financial news  network. All I can say is wow… this moves fast! I recently started to do li

On Tuesday, I explained how I intend to grow a 192K portfolio into 1 million before I retire. After over a decade spent in working, researching and investing in the stock market, I feel well confident that I can make it happen. A fellow blogger, Dividend Geek, pointed out a very in

Summary #1 At the age of 36, I have $192,430 invested for my retirement. #2 I plan to reach the iconic million dollar value by the age of 59. #3 This article is not about more raw calculation numbers, you can do that. #4 This article is about how I will manage my assets to […

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

How can I pay for my children’s tuition fee? This is a question we often ask ourselves when we see our kids blowing their candles on their 16th birthday (like it or not, they will still accept candles if they get a bigger piece of the cake!). At that point, it is sometimes too late