Weekly Dividend Investing Roundup – June 7, 2008
How was that weeks for a roller coaster ride? A roller coaster of emotions as the market skyrockets and then tanks – all within 48 hours. It is that type of market that really tests a portfolio and makes one realize the true importance of asset allocation and diversification. Once again I have to focus [...]
Weekly Dividend Investing Roundup – May 31, 2008
Of special note this week is an article written by Thicken My Wallet on the topic of dividend growth companies who decide to forgo recent dividend increases. This is timely for me as I am still waiting for a dividend increase from Royal Bank and Home Depot (which probably won’t come). During the analysis of [...]
Weekly Dividend Investing Roundup – May 24, 2008
Welcome to the May 24th edition of my weekly roundup of interesting blog posts and articles that I enjoyed reading through the week. In addition, I also list the various carnivals that I participated in. Here we go… The Carnivals Carnival of Money Hacks included Using Suggested Portfolios to Build Your Portfolio Carnival of Personal [...]
Weekly Dividend Investing Roundup – May 17, 2008
I am greatly looking forward to this long weekend and time with family at our cabin. It is the time of year that we put the dock and boat in the water getting it all ready to ski. Who knows, we may even get to ski if the weather holds up like it supposed to. [...]
Weekly Dividend Investing Roundup – May 10, 2008
I have spent a good part of the week in Stavager, Norway on a sort-of recognisance visit in preparation to pack up our Canadian home and relocate. It is both a scary and exciting time. However, in between house hunting trips, school visits and work with the local office here, I managed to select a [...]
Weekly Dividend Investing Roundup – May 3, 2008
This was a good week for me as I received the pension plan contribution and employee stock purchase matches on my recent salary increase and bonus. It always feels good to get this additional money. My plan, as has been for awhile now, is to deploy these funds to get closer to my target asset [...]
Weekly Dividend Investing Roundup – April 26, 2008
If you have been following this blog for awhile now, you will know that typically I have posted my weekly roundup of posts and articles on the Friday of each week. However, I have noticed that a lot of bloggers are putting up similar posts on the Fridays so I thought I would try to [...]
Weekly Dividend Investing Roundup – April 18, 2008
With the tax deadline passed for US folks and the Canadian deadline looming for Canadians, there was a number of blog posts on this topic. However, as usual I have pulled together a list of good posts and articles that I enjoyed reading over the week and learned something from. Before I get into the [...]
