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.
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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 been doing well, but offset by […]
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
General Electric:
$4.55
General Electric:
$4.55
TOTAL:
$49.72
Of course, due […]
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 […]