Happy New Year – Best of 2024
Seasons greetings everyone and I hope everyone is getting ready to welcome 2025. 2024 was a big year for this blog, turning 10 years old! I want to thank every single one of you for …
ETF Investing
Index ETF investing, the other pillar of investing strategy that we deploy. Index ETF investing essentially tracks the different market indices. When market goes up, index ETFs go up; when market goes up, index ETFs go up. A simple and straightforward investing strategy.
Dividend Income – November 2024 Update
Welcome to another monthly dividend update. I have been posting these monthly dividend updates since the birth of this blog in July 2014. Why do I keep writing and publishing these monthly updates? Because they …
How to apply for the BC Training & Education Savings Grant (BCTESG)
If you’re a Canadian, you may know a tax-advantage savings account called the Registered Educational Savings Plan (RESP). The RESPs are for parents who want to save for their child’s post-secondary education. When you open …
QQQ vs QQQM – does it make sense to switch?
A few months ago, I questioned whether going all in on QQQ in our RRSPs makes sense. Thanks to engaging readers, the article created some very interesting discussions. One of the questions that many readers …
How we invest our own money
Long time readers may recall that my wife and I started building our dividend portfolio in 2011 after a financial epiphany. We focused on dividend stocks to provide us with some margin of safety so …
Dividend Income – Oct 2024 Update
Wow it’s hard to believe there are only two more months left before 2024 is over. Looking at the Archives page, it felt like it was only a few weeks ago when I interviewed Dividend …
Dividend Income – September 2024 Update
Welcome to another monthly dividend income update! We have been doing these monthly updates since the birth of this blog (over 10 years now). We do these monthly updates to keep ourselves accountable and show …