David Stanley, a godfather of dividend investing in Canada and the man who brought us the uber-successful BTSX, wrote a post about about this very question:
Dividend investing isn’t the only way to invest, but it has many advantages for the DIY investor.
Top 10 reasons a dividend-based strategy is ideal for DIY investors:
The Confidence Dilemma
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Beating the TSX Annual Update 2022/2023
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Get to vs. Got to
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I heard someone smarter than me say on a podcast recently, "We don't react to…
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