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🎙️Episode #477 – Your portfolio grew, but your freedom didn’t. Learn how to shift from “builder mode” to true freedom, and why more rentals and… The post Why Your Real Estate Wealth Still Doesn’t Feel Like Freedom appeared first on Coach Carson.
The post 2026 Canadian Dividend Aristocrats: Analysis, Performance, and Insights appeared first on Dividend Power. The 2026 Canadian Dividend Aristocrats are Canadian stocks that have grown dividends for 5+ years. There are currently 97 stocks on the list. However, five years or more of dividend growth does not by itself qualify a stock as a Canadian Dividend Aristocrat. A company must meet three criteria to be included on the list: Be a member of the S&P Canada […]
The stock market outlook remains in a downtrend, with geopolitical risks primed to inject volatility into financial markets.
In our 2025 dividend portfolio annual report, we break down our savings rate, organic dividend growth and yield on cost. Discover how dollar headwinds impacted our results and how we strengthened portfolio quality while marching toward financial freedom. The post 2025 Dividend Portfolio Review: The Good, The Bad and The Dollar appeared first on European Dividend Growth Investor.
So much for the February blahs. Canadian stocks delivered some February wows. We can add in international developed and international developing markets as well. The U.S. market stays in the basement where it resided in 2025. For the month, the TSX added 6.9%, marking its biggest monthly gain since November 2020. The Toronto market has advanced for 10 straight months, the longest such winning streak since 2017. We can largely thank gold and materials. Let’s […]
New to dividend growth investing? Start here. 10 curated podcast episodes for beginners to build a solid foundation – listen in order. The post Dividend Growth Investing for Beginners: 10 Podcast Episodes to Listen to First appeared first on European Dividend Growth Investor.
We discovered our gas stove has cost about $3K in utility fees since we moved in, started on our baby buying spree, and got lucky with a huge capital gain! Continue reading Crazy Gas Surprise, Baby Buys & Investment Surge (Jan. 2026) at TicTocLife.
Happy belated Valentines Day! It’s the end of February. We are two months into 2026. I feel like New Year’s was yesterday. Time truly does wait for no one. So you have to decide not only how you want to spend your time, but also your money. It’s the age old question: Do I live for today or save for tomorrow? We know most folks would rather splurge on experiences such as Beyonce or Taylor […]
There’s a quiet misconception about how to build passive income that refuses to die. That the people pulling it off are somehow different. Smarter. Earlier. Braver. Richer. Better positioned. They’re not. Most of them are just… normal. Busy. Slightly skeptical. Often late to the party and unsure if it’ll even work. That’s what makes their stories interesting. Because passive income, when you strip away the hype, isn’t built by superheroes. It’s built by people who […]
Over the past 150 years, the U.S. stock market (including dividends) has ended the year positively roughly 75% of the years, according to many studies, including one by Visual Capitalist. So if you max out your IRA during the first week of January in the tax year of the contribution, there’s a 3-in-4 chance your… The post The Best Time to Invest Your IRA (It’s Not April) appeared first on Retire Before Dad.
🎙️Episode #476 – Is 5% down enough to start investing in real estate? Learn the legit strategies, loan options, and risks you need to understand… The post 5% Down Rental Loans: When They Work (And When They Don’t) appeared first on Coach Carson.
Back in December, I shared the five stocks that we were considering to purchase for our 2026 TFSA contributions. Now that the contributions & purchases are done, I thought it would be worthwhile to look … Read more
The post Alexandria Real Estate: Analyzing the Dividend Cut appeared first on Dividend Power. Alexandria Real Estate Corporation (ARE) cut its dividend due to the impact of a weakening life science real estate market, federal policy and budget changes, high interest expense, and other factors. Weak financial results in 2025 and a weak outlook for 2026 are also a concern. The firm was a Dividend Contender with a 14-year streak of annual increases before the […]