Sin Stocks!!
I wanted to talk about something that I have been thinking about for quite some time now. Specifically, the question I ask myself is, “Should I invest in ‘sin’ stocks – specifically tobacco stocks?” Let me start off by saying that I am in no way a straight-laced preachy type of guy. I believe that [...]
Dividend Increase!
Just a quick post today, but one of the reasons I invest in dividend paying investments has happened today – a dividend increase of 5% (from $0.61 per share to $0.64 per share) from the Royal Bank of Canada. The entire article can be seen here. I will now be earning a total of $237.80 [...]
Keepin’ It Simple
I love to make my life easier. I am constantly looking for ways to reduce the clutter in my life, and to be honest, not do something unless I really need to. My life is crazy as it is, with kids, a house, new dog, etc. Luckily, my wife is a wonderful person who handles [...]
Dividend Aristocrats
S & P regularly tracks a list of stocks that it calls “Dividend Aristocrats” – companies that have regularly upped their dividends for 25 or more consecutive years. Business has recently posted an article that lists the stocks here. As of this list, Merck is still on the list and that makes me feel a [...]
A Bunch of Good Links
There is a number of websites that I visit on a regular basis (for blogs see my list in the left hand sidebar under ‘Links’). Each one of these sites usually serves a regular purpose for Value Line Free Reports:Value Line is an awesome source for great research on 1000′s of stocks. They publish what [...]
My Poorest Performing Investment – Merck
Right now, the worst performing investment in my portfolio is Merck. I made my first purchase of Merck in December of 2003. At that time, things were not looking great for pharma but I liked Merck’s numbers and the fact that they had been consistently raising the dividend year after year. In fact, I ended [...]
My Personal Finance Strategy
As part of my entire personal financial management plan, I have been looking at some of the debt and emergency reserves that I have and want to take action immediately. I have been thinking about it for some time now, but this post over at It’s Your Money really got me thinking about it again. [...]
Slow Progress
I have been on vacation for the past week and half and the life of leisure is a wonderful thing. Today, my kids and I headed out to Banff, Alberta just to hike around and I got to thinking how much I enjoy the ability to just go out and do whatever I want. That [...]
