Archive for “September 2005”

Dividend Paying Sin Stocks - Follow Up

Written by The Dividend Guy on September 30, 2005 Be the First to Comment »

As a follow up to this post, there has been some developments with tobacco companies up here in the Great White North. It appears that the British Columbia government is going to sue Rothmans in order to recover billions of dollars in health-case costs. These types of lawsuits are a definite risk of investing in […]

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DRIPs - Dividend Reinvestment Plans

Written by The Dividend Guy on September 29, 2005 3 Comments »

About 5 years or so ago, I held a couple of DRIPs outside of a brokerage account. I went through the whole process:

Bought 1 share of Johnson and Johnson and 5 shares of Pepsi to get started. The number of initial shares that are required is dependent on the company. A good place to see […]

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A Strong Financial Plan

Written by The Dividend Guy on September 28, 2005 Be the First to Comment »

Ray over at “The Millionaire Blog” posted an interesting synopsis of what constitutes a good financial plan (according to Dave Ramsey). You will notice that at the root of it all is the planning - and that a plan is useless unless it is carried out. Easier said than done. I tend to focus on […]

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Real Estate As An Asset Class

Written by The Dividend Guy on September 28, 2005 3 Comments »

I was speaking with a friend of mine the other day about asset classes, and the topic of real estate as an asset class came up. We were under the impression that there are really two ways to hold real estate:

Investing in Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) that purchase and hold real estate investments; or
Investing […]

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