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The global balance of the world’s big spenders and buyers is shifting. The total share of world imports is moving away from the developed economies and towards the emerging markets. You knew this. But it’s happening sooner than you think.
Based on forecasts from the WTO and The Economist, here are ten key facts about the [...]
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Is diversification dead? It largely failed us in the 2008-2009 financial crisis, but if you held on for the long haul it did breathe life back into your portfolio on the way back up.
A perennial question is how much diversification is enough? If you’re invested in mutual funds and ETFs, these are by definition already [...]
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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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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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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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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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