Sirona Dental Systems Breaks Above 200-Day Moving Average – Bullish for SIRO + MORE

Hey guys! Hope you’re enjoying your holiday weekend across the border. All the best from The Dividend Guy Blog.
Time for some links:
1. The Benefits of Short-Term Borrowing @ MJTM.
2. Five essentials to be a better investor @ My Own Advisor.
3. Notable Dividend Increases: June 2013 @ DGSI…

For your weekend reading enjoyment, I have highlighted a few interesting articles from the archives, which I find to be relevant today. The first five articles have been written and posted on this site, while the last five have been selected from other authors. I tend to post anywhere between three to four articles to my site every week…

I’ve been investing surplus capital from carefully saving over 50% of my net income for over three years now. I’ve done this month in and month out, building up my Freedom Fund to a respectable six-figure portfolio that has equity ownership stakes with 35 different high quality companies that pay out dividends, and raise them on a regular basis…

For most of you readers, this is a long independence weekend. For many others in Canada, that long weekend ended a few days ago:) In any case, I hope all of you are enjoying the summer so far, it’s going by so quickly but I guess it’s ok if we’re enjoying it:) I know that this weekend will be about watching Wimbledon finals…

In trading on Friday, shares of Sirona Dental Systems Inc (NASD: SIRO) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $66.00, changing hands as high as $66.03 per share. Sirona Dental Systems Inc shares are currently trading down about 0.4% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance of SIRO shares, versus its 200 day moving average:

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When shopping for dividend stocks, the biggest mistake you can make is buying yield without checking out the company’s fundamentals. This has been particularly true in recent months of those buying traditional blue-chip dividend stocks. Many investors think that because these companies are so large, they are automatically safe investments…