I Will Teach You to Be Rich
There is an awesome blog out there, and one of the writer’s topics is investing. Within in it, there is a whole schwack of excellent articles about investing and his view of investing correctly. I have to say, there was very little in his blog that I could find reason to disagree about. To see [...]
Portfolio Performance YTD – 5%
My portfolio YTD is up 5.2% according to Microsoft Money. Let’s look at this in comparison to the overall markets for their YTD numbers: S&P/TSX (Canada): 8.3% FAIL S&P 500: 5.0% PASS Those darn resource stocks in Canada keep shooting the Canadian markets up, and my only true exposure is through Talisman Energy which has [...]
Dividends Received for April – $49.72
April is usually a pretty good month for me in terms of dividends received in my account. This year’s was really no different. In total I received a total of $49.72 in dividends from the companies I own. Here is how it breaks down: Coca-Cola: $10.91 Merck & Co: $15.02 BCE: $19.24 General Electric: $4.55 [...]
Sold Merck – Buying More Procter & Gamble
My trade to sell my Merck shares went through today. I sold 34.1309 shares at $34.72 per share for a total payout of $1,303.66 (including foreign exchange and commissions). I am still very confident in my decision to sell based on the fact that they are going to fight each suit against them individually and [...]
Opened a new RRSP Account – eTrade to Buy More Speculative Stocks
Today I filled out all the online forms to open a new RSP account with eTrade Canada. For those US investors reading this site, an RSP is our tax deferred investment vehicle that the governments “let” us set up. I opened this new account as I am going to do some investing in some more [...]
Use This Market Opportunity to Unload Merck
After a lot of deliberation, I have decided that I am going to sell my Merck stock and focus on finding a better place for that money. The lawsuits are going fast and furious, and Merck does not seem to be faring well. This article discusses the 71-year old man that Merck now has to [...]
Google Continues to Impress – How High Can It Go
Internet search engine giant Google Inc. reported a 60 per cent rise in first-quarter profit Thursday and a 79 per cent jump in sales as on-line advertising continued to expand at a rapid pace, sending the stock higher in late trading. The stock closed up $4.50 to $415 per share. This is one of those [...]
Executive Compensation – How Much to Too Much
All over the papers these last few days has been the compensation amount for retired CEO Lee Raymond. Raymond will receive a pay package of nearly $400 million. Part of this package includes access to the executive jet, a car and driver, and some consulting gigs. The question is, is this too much and how [...]
