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How Do You Decide Which DRIPs To Get Rid Of?

February 3, 2010 · 4 comments

in Computershare, DRIPs, dividends, financial planning, income trusts, investing, investment tools, money decisions, money management, passive income, portfolio, stock picks, time in the market, wealth transfer

There was a time when I first learned about DRIPs when I had some idea that I would eventually own some shares in every one, or almost every one.  Over the years as I’ve learned more about investing in general, I’ve realized that (1) I don’t need a portfolio that big and (2) not all [...]

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Have You Made Your Financial Plan For 2010?

December 21, 2009 · 4 comments

in December, Financial New Year, discipline, estates, finances, financial planning, goals, holidays, lifestyle design, money decisions, networth, portfolio, wealth protection, wealthbuilding

It’s a good time to draw up some financial New Year’s resolutions if you haven’t yet.  Sure – don’t call them New Year’s resolutions if you don’t want to – it’s a financial plan for 2010 that I’m really talking about.
Although we are still in the thick of the holiday season, take a quiet day [...]

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Getting Motivated About Tackling Credit Card Debt

August 9, 2009 · 10 comments

in budgets, credit cards, debt, discipline, finances, paycheck, portfolio, spending

To truly become free – and stay free – from consumer debt, it takes a strong shift in mindset, akin to the force of a tsunami (as my blogging colleague Baker from ManVsDebt has creatively put it).
What’s the point of paying off all those credit cards if you’re just going to end up racking them [...]

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Plunged More Cash Into My DRiPs Today, Made it to #83 in Wisebread’s Rankings

March 5, 2009 · 1 comment

in diversification, portfolio, purchases, stock picks

Sending off some smallish-sized cheques for Emera (EMA), Bank of Montreal (BMO), Imperial Oil (IMO), CIBC (CM) and Bell Aliant (BA.UN).
My new DRIPPING goals:

make at least 10 optional cash investments before putting them back into my online broker, in order to maximize the leverage I can on no-fee investments.
make at least one investment per year [...]

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Funding My US Dollar Dividend Account with Intel

March 3, 2009 · 2 comments

in portfolio, stock picks, technology

I don’t usually treat my blog like a trading diary, and I don’t intend to spit out a bunch of numbers that no one can read or won’t yawn over.  But some readers have asked me to share more of my successes, and so in that vein I’ll keep you posted on what I’m buying, [...]

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DRIP Investment Strategy: Scotiabank, TransAlta, TransCanada

March 2, 2009 · 4 comments

in DRIPs, portfolio, stock picks

Last month I invested in Telus (for its growth and rising dividends), Suncor (needs no explanation, I hope), RioCan (extremely cheap pricing right now) and Canadian General Investments (just because I haven’t given it attention in a while).
This month’s DRIPs include Scotiabank (BNS), TransAlta (TA) and TransCanada (TRP).  It’s partly because their investment dates are [...]

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My February 2009 accomplishments

February 28, 2009 · 5 comments

in accomplishments, portfolio, stock picks

paid off $100 of student loan
obtained a U.S. credit card (I’m from Canada) for emergency purposes and credit-building
paid off and lowered Canadian VISA credit card limit by $500
invested $700 into my DRIPs
bought $1500 of dividend-paying stock*
increased overall networth by $2800
increased January quarter cashflow by about $18.00
increased monthly cashflow by $3.50

*includes managing to buy Toronto-Dominion Bank [...]

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