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Ex-Dividend Date and Record Date Explained

February 15, 2010 · 4 comments

in CIBC Mellon, Computershare, DRIPs, brokers, dividends, financial education, investing, special dates, stocks, terminology

So you finally want to figure out the exact difference between the ex-dividend date and the record date?
If you’re a dividend investor, you know that stocks which pay dividends set three important dates around the determination, announcement, and distribution of dividends: the payment date, the record date (or date of record) and the ex-dividend [...]

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eNorthern Shuts Down – Questrade Takes Over

July 10, 2008 · 9 comments

in Canadian, DRIPs, brokers

It’s too bad, because eNorthern had really cheap prices on share certificates, which is one of the reasons I was interested in them in the first place.  Only $20.00.  I’m not sure why, but now eNorthern is closing its “doors” to new business.  Here’s what they posted on their site, if you click on “Open [...]

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eNorthern Share Certificates Slow Getting to Computershare

June 18, 2008 · 0 comments

in Canadian, DRIPs, brokers

Recently I opened an account with eNorthern primarily for the purposes of ordering share certificates (registering the share in my name as opposed to the street name). What’s great about eNorthern is that they have the cheapest prices for share certification of any Canadian broker. It only costs $20.00 to order one. [...]

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Buy Stocks Direct with MoneyPaper’s Guide to Direct Investment Plans

June 13, 2008 · 5 comments

in DRIPs, brokers, foreign investment

In a previous post, I discussed the benefit of investing in stocks directly using dividend reinvestment plans (also known as direct purchase plans, direct reinvestment plans, or direct stock purchase plans – there are some slight pragmatic differences here, but nothing that should prevent you from getting started and enrolling). In this post [...]

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Why You Should First Invest in Dividend Reinvestment Plans (DRIPs)

June 10, 2008 · 18 comments

in DRIPs, brokers, cashflow, dividends, investing (general), students

Over the past couple of years, more attention has been given to a type of investment known as dividend reinvestment plans – in both the popular finance news media as well as around the blogosphere.  Yet surprisingly, a lot of people still aren’t familiar with these plans that allow you to invest in stocks with [...]

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Insider’s Look at Canadian ShareOwner

May 27, 2008 · 2 comments

in Canadian, brokers

If you’re Canadian and a buy-and-hold, cashflow investor like me, Canadian ShareOwner is perfect for you. Here are some reasons why – in addition to other great things about ShareOwner. I’ve mentioned some of these in an earlier post, but I’d like to clarify a few things and emphasize others.

Excellent Customer Service: [...]

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The Benefits of Canadian ShareOwner

May 22, 2008 · 0 comments

in brokers

Recently I spent quite a while searching for the right discount broker. I already had an account at one of the “Big 5″ (in Canada, that’s RY, TD, BMO, CM, BNS), but I was looking for a cheaper way to get into exchange-traded funds, especially since I wasn’t going to be investing huge lump [...]

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