1) Focus on dividends. Buy companies that have a history of raising dividends each and every year. A company that raises its dividend signals confidence for the following year. 2) Don’t overpay. Buy companies that are trading at a Price Earnings [...]
By Barry Schwartz Over the past fifteen years I've learned a few things about investing and managing money. No two investors are alike. But here's what works for me. 1) I am not a better investor because of my university [...]
By Barry Schwartz That's it? The great stock market correction that everybody and their brother predicted would happen in Canada is already over? The week of October 14, 2014 was damaging, especially for those overweight commodities but this correction ended [...]
There are parts of the market that are frothy and there are parts that are extremely cheap. Bull market, bear market; this has always been the case. The names may change but the culprits are always the same. When you [...]
LONG LIVE BUY AND HOLD! Warren Buffett has said that his favourite holding period for a stock is forever. That might be taking buy and hold investing to an extreme, but we share the general sentiment. We recently looked at [...]
People are worried about the stock market. We can tell because we get phone calls. This happens pretty much every time the markets hit new heights, and I guess it’s not surprising. After all, we are by definition in uncharted [...]
We all know this rule of thumb. Take your age and that’s how much you should invest with bonds. I’m 40, so I should have 40% of my portfolio in bonds. Are you kidding me? That rule of thumb may [...]
Predictable revenue stream. Check. Company’s product will never be obsolete. Check. Company is the dominant brand leader and has held that position for years. Check. Company prudently invests in projects that will expand its revenues in the future. Check. Company [...]
Lock the prison door and keep your hands away from the bars. Dr. Pepper Snapple is a stock cannibal that you should buy and put away for good. A stock cannibal is a company that is buying back a significant [...]
Asset allocation, which sounds pretty boring, is much more important than stock picking. Deciding how much of a portfolio to put into cash, into bonds, and into stocks, has a huge effect on returns over time. One of the key [...]
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