Open a Trading Account and Put $50 In Your Pocket Promotion
I usually don’t promote trading accounts and won’t make it a habit either, but when the product is good and there is a promotion, I believe you should know about it. Open a trading account with TradeKing and put $50 in your pocket!*. TradeKing is celebrating their 5th anniversary in 2011 and they are offering [...]
Top 4 Investing Actions to Take Now
If it has been awhile since you last looked at your portfolio, or even if you have a regular routine of investment actions you take, these are the top 4 things that I believe are essential to effective management of a portfolio. It does not matter if you are do-it-yourself dividend growth investor or use [...]
Avoiding Advisor Risk
As a DIY investor, I personally do not have an financial advisor helping me with my personal investments. I do have a lawyer that I use when need be, as well as an accountant helping me file my family’s tax returns. That being said, I am not at all against people having financial advisors if [...]
Switched My Main Broker to Questrade
(This article originally appeared on The DIV-Net) A few days ago one of my colleagues over at the DIV-Net wrote about online brokerages and using Zecco as low cost provider. As a Canadian, I like the sounds of Zecco’s low costs however we Canadians are not eligible to open an account with them. In this [...]
Discount Broker Options for Dividend Reinvestment Investors
Dividend reinvestment is one of the most powerful concepts in finance and investing. It allows for the concept of compoundingto do its work. A question I received recently from a reader (thanks Tim) concerning dividend reinvestment looked like this: “I am in Canada and have been looking for brokers that allow dividend reinvestment. I am [...]
Pre-Screened Securities Through Your Broker
One of the investment accounts that I have is through the Canadian Shareowner’s Association’s (CSA) Co-Op Trading Service. Part of their offering is a pre-screened list of securities that passes what they call their criteria based on, “strong growth, financial and operating fundamentals [with] the capacity to continue their strong growth into the future.” Once [...]
