Why patience is a virtue in investing
Long time readers will know that I believe in time in the market instead of timing the market. Investment isn’t a short term game. We must think long term. To do so, one must be …
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Intermediate topics on investing & FIRE
My investment mistakes & failures
Since having our financial epiphany in 2011, we have changed how we view our finances and most importantly, how we invest our money. Dividend growth investing and index investing became our focus. As a result, …
What is the optimum number of stocks to have in a portfolio?
What is the optimum number of stocks to have in a portfolio? For many years, this has been one of the questions I kept asking myself whenever I look at our dividend portfolio. As of …
Is The Smith Manoeuvre a good idea?
Three years ago I had the opportunity to interview Robinson Smith, son of Fraser Smith, who has been advising thousands of Canadian families on the implementation of The Smith Manoeuvre. In that particular interview, we …
1H 2023 dividend portfolio review – Part 3
Welcome back to Part 3, and the final part of our 1H 2023 dividend portfolio review. I analyzed 31 out of 49 holdings earlier this month. In case you missed the previous analysis, please take …
1H 2023 dividend portfolio review – Part 2
Last week I reviewed 15 dividend growth stocks out of the 48 that we hold in our dividend portfolio. Our dividend portfolio generated $24,685.91 in the first half of 2023. This dividend income growth has …
1H 2023 dividend portfolio review – Part 1
With the first half of 2023 in the books, I thought it’d be an interesting exercise to review our dividend portfolio. The key focus will be determining what to do with each position – should …