As a youngster growing up in the public school system in Eastern Ontario, I remember taking a whole slew of courses designed to prepare me for my post-secondary studies and to a larger degree, adulthood.  Calculus, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Law…

Some of my close friends like to joke that my management position at a national not-for-profit organization is not stressful. I think they’re joking. I hope they’re joking 🙂 My job, like most jobs, has stress, sometimes lots of it. Short-term…

For dividend investors, buying and holding dividend paying stocks, I’d argue stock screening tools are not an absolute necessity. A bold statement I know. Why do I feel that way? Well, first of all, established dividend-paying companies are well-known and have…