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A little while ago, I wrote an article on the key metrics for a dividend growth investor. This lengthy article was about each metric I personally use to manage my portfolio and create successful portfolio models at Dividend Stocks Rocks. Following on this article, many readers comment

As the second earnings season is over, it’s now time to review my portfolio and see how the first part of the year has progressed. As the old sayings goes… “sell in May and go away”, I would rather say review in May and buy in October ;-). After all, if I were to sell […]

The economy is like my wife, it will never cease to surprise me ???? I’m somewhat surprised by the Canadian economy vs how the market reacts. The Canadian GDP recently escaped its “technical recession” (2 quarters of decreasing GDP in a row) during the third quarter. We can’t say the

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As you probably know already, each year I select 20 US and 10 Canadian dividend stocks that will outperform the dividend index (and hopefully the overall stock market). I started this tradition back in 2012 and so far, I’m almost always right. This means that almost all my portfolios

Funny enough from a guy who manages his own brokerage account since the age of 21 (13 years ago!), I must admit; I left others to manage the money for my children’s tuition. It made sense for a while since I found it easier for me to let someone else take responsibility for these fund

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I don’t really care where the market is currently or where it’s headed as long as my dividends continue to be paid.   I often read this on blogs when the market is going sideways. When you think about it, I guess it can make sense. First, dividend growth investing is for th

Did you know that 95% of portfolio managers don’t beat their index? How can you be better than them? I’ve been bombarded by such assumptions over the past 15 years as an investor. Imagine that professionals surrounded by scores of analysts doing research 7/24/365 and fueled by virtual