Yearly Dividend Income Up
A while back I sold my Merck and BCE shares due to lack of performance and confidence in the companies and stocks. As a result, my yearly dividend income took a bit of a hit. Merck contributed about $51 per year and BCE about $79. A relatively big chunk of coin in terms of reinvestment [...]
GuruFocus.com – What The Investment Gurus Hold
Ever want to see what other investment ‘gurus’ are doing with the money they have under their administration. I came across a cool site called GuruFocus that does just that. For example, go in and take a look at Warren Buffet. You will see that on March 31, 2006 he bought some ConocoPhillips, what he [...]
Slow and Steady Wins the Dividend Race
I recently completed my very first marathon. It was possibly one of the most difficult and exciting (next to the birth of my children) that I have ever been through. I passed a lot of the 4 hours and 50 minutes it took me to complete it thinking about investing and earning as much money [...]
Transfering Employer Shares to Registered Account
I have decided that I am going to transfer the shares I purchase through my company’s employee share purchase plan into my RSP. I am able to do this free of charge through the broker I use (one of our company’s bankers). There are a couple of benefits of doing this. First, I don’t have [...]
Dividend Investing Does Work
Bill Cara over at billcara.com has posted an interesting bit of researchcompleted by Bear, Stearns, and Co. I found this statement especially interesting: What’s more, we have found that during backdrops in which economic growth prospects wane, the dividend-paying universe stands out as a particularly effective investment theme. Year to date, the dividend-paying universe has [...]
CEO Compensation – Nortel
I was perusing the list of highest paid CEOs in Canada on this site, and the likely suspects were all there – Precision Drilling, Talisman Energy, CNR. What I found odd was the fact that Mike Zafirovski or Nortel was number 3 for 2005 with a whopping $37,429,297 for the year. Correct me if I [...]
