Today’s online discount brokerage investor may never have had the experience of seeing or touching an old-school stock certificate like the one in my previous post on canceling your DRIPs.
Ownership of stocks today usually falls in the hands of the broker you buy and sell through. When the broker holds the stocks for you, it’s [...]
February 3, 2010 · 4 comments
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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 [...]
You can invest as little as $25 whenever you want with DRIPs (dividend reinvestment plans). Perhaps you have already heard about DRIPs or dividend reinvestment plans. Not all companies offer them, but the ones that do obviously pay dividends and thus will tend to be at least either more stable, less volatile stocks, or at [...]
In the only video interview I know of with him – aired on CBC’s The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulous yesterday – Derek Foster revealed that he took all his money off the table at the beginning of February 2008.
Video Interview Available Here: http://www.cbc.ca/thehour/videos.html?id=1063578735
Four Pillars also has a good post out breaking the development right here, [...]
I also wrote about this in a previous post, and I think it’s time to stress how amazing this option is again. If you’re on a low income or sporadic income, you really need to get acquainted with this form of investing for cashflow. You can invest in stocks directly using dividend reinvestment plans [...]
Who knows, they could be yours too! Everyone’s situation is different and no one’s is simple. Unless you inherited lots of money or grew up with rich parents who funded your first car, degree, and house, then probably you’ve also had to go majorly into debt just to try to get ahead.
There isn’t going to [...]
Many of these tips will no doubt apply to Computershare US and Australia, etc., too. I’ve been thinking about Computershare again lately as I try to get two more DRIPs up and running (if you don’t know about DRIPs, read about why I think you should be in them or how they’re perfect no [...]