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Imagine your perfect day. You wake up when you are rested, without the need of any alarm clocks. You then do some working out , followed by having a nice healthy breakfast. You then read at your leisure, have a lunch later in the day to beat the 11:30 – 1 pm crowds, and then review your brokerage accounts…

In my quest to become financially independent, I try to prepare myself for all scenarios. I’ve certainly discussed my concerns about the economy, government deficits and the fact that depending on the government or any other type of pension is foolish. I do my best to prepare myself for such scenarios but there is a big difference between having a portfolio that can sustain or do well in difficult times and trying to “predict the end of the world”…

Before analyzing a company for investment, it’s important to have a perspective on how well the business has performed.  Because at the end of the day, if you are an investor, you are buying the business.  The FAST Graphs™ presented with this article will focus first on the business behind the stock…

As I’ve talked about many times before, I believe in the power of persistence. And one way I try to exemplify that is by purchasing shares in high quality businesses month in and month out, year after year. I’ve been doing this since early 2010, and the strategy is going three years strong now. I ignore the noise from most financial pundits screaming about the latest macroeconomic concerns and instead focus on the businesses I already own a piece of, and those businesses that I’d like to…

Its quite hard to understand why, but yesterday, the stock market reached out the 12 000 points. I was ready for more loses but hey, I won’t complaint. Knowing that the stock market was up up up, I took advantage of the situation.Now, on a more serious note, this week is paycheck week so I place my move in advance, I bought a few more stocks of Canadian National Railway Co (CNR) today…

In the latest look at stocks ordered by largest market capitalization, Russell 3000 component CubeSmart (NYSE: CUBE) was identified as having a larger market cap than the smaller end of the S&P 500, for example Apollo Group, Inc. (NASD: APOL), according to The Online Investor. Click here to find out the top S&P 500 components ordered by average analyst rating »

James A. Kostohryz is a leading “macro economic” writer and investor and his articles are generally aimed to provoke thought on certain “harbinger risks” and how to deal with the most important element of investing: the future. He summed up his thesis on the prospects for dividend-oriented stocks in the next couple of years: “It is currently my view that despite their recent correction, dividend