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“Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.”

– Quote by Warren Buffett.

Words have never rang truer. Warren Buffett is one of my personal heroes, and I can think of few quotes that more embody his thesis on investing than the one I’ve included above.

I’m including that quote because it’s easy to get caught up in the excitement of the stock market…

We always think of Canadians as those reasonable, conservative investors but if you look at the chart on the right, you’ll probably be as shocked as I am…! Wow! Here are a few good readings from the past few days!
General Readings
-The robots are losing @ BusinessWeek
-Eurozone unemplyment out of control? @ CuriousCat
-Bitcoins and other bizarre investments @ HopeToProsper
Dividend & Passive Income Readings
-6 dividend stock to profit from the stock squeeze @ TheDividendGuyBlog
-McDonald’s: Appealing under $100 @ DividendMonk
Tech Stock Readings
-Will Zynga (ZNGA) shareholders be compensated for their patience? @ SeekingAlpha
-New Apple iOS is better and worse at the same time @ TheVerge
chart credit: BusinessInsider
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General Mills, Inc. (GIS) manufactures and markets branded consumer foods worldwide. This dividend achiever has paid dividends since 1898, and has increased them for ten years in a row.

The company’s last dividend increase was in March 2013 when the Board of Directors approved a 15% increase in the quarterly distribution to 38 cents /share…

General Mills, Inc. (GIS) manufactures and markets branded consumer foods worldwide. This dividend achiever has paid dividends since 1898, and has increased them for ten years in a row.

The company’s last dividend increase was in March 2013 when the Board of Directors approved a 15% increase in the quarterly distribution to 38 cents /share…

In recent years, dividend stocks have been hot. Investors have flocked to dividend-paying stocks as a result of the Federal Reserve’s near-zero interest rate policy and its aggressive bond-buying which have made it more difficult to find yield. In the pursuit of yield, investors have been pulling money out of fixed income and put it to work in dividend stocks…

In the latest look at the underlying components of the S&P 500 ordered by largest market capitalization, Costco Wholesale Corp (NASD: COST) has taken over the #74 spot from MetLife Inc (NYSE: MET), according to The Online Investor. Click here to find out the top S&P 500 components ordered by average analyst rating »

Let’s jump right into the links!
1. Analyzing And Investing In Community Banks @ Barel Karsan.
2. Realty Income Corp (O) Dividend Stock Analysis @ DGS.
4. Recent Buy @ Divided Mantra.
5. How to Generate Energy Dividends Despite the Peak Oil Non-Sense @ DGI.
6. Why you need to start investing when you’re young @ Retire by 40…

Today was quite an exhausting day and tomorrow will be just worst. I took 2 hours during my lunch break to have my taxes finally done and completed. I will be able to recover the one hour extra tomorrow. But I won’t be able to recover from all the money I have to pay in term of taxes for 2012.If like me you live in Montreal and would like to find a very good professional place to have your taxes done, I more than strongly recommend Impôt Ici…

Visit StreetInsider.com at http://www.streetinsider.com/Dividends/QLT%2C+Inc.+%28QLTI%29+Declares+%243.92+Special+Dividend%3B+48.3%25+Yield/8418890.html for the full story.