What to do with a $5 million windfall
Recently a reader emailed me about a big windfall that he received. “Hi Bob, I recently received a pretty significant windfall… $5 million! To be honest, I’m not sure what to do. I want to …
Intermediate
Intermediate topics on investing & FIRE
Dividend growth – looking back 12 years and looking forward
We got serious with dividend growth investing after our financial epiphany in 2011. Since then, we have maxed out our TFSAs and RRSPs, and invested in our non-registered accounts with extra new cash every year. …
Is short-termism hurting your investment?
Are you a patient investor? Or are you looking at your portfolio multiple times a day, having the itch to sell everything? Despite having done DIY investing for over a decade and making my shares …
Is AQN’s dividend safe? Should I continue investing?
Well, Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp (AQN.TO / AQN) sure has seen better days in the past. On November 11, AQN reported their Q3 earnings, and the stock fell by more than 19% that very …
Dividend vs Index + Good reads from the PF community
Ahh, the age-old debate… dividend investing vs. index investing. Is one better than the other? Well, like any good debate, there are many of evidences that can support both sides of the argument. For example, …
Reviewing every dividend stock transaction between 2020 – 2022
As a DIY investor, the last two and half years have been extremely interesting. Back in February 2020, equities were firing on all cylinders and we saw all-time highs. Then the uncertainties of the global …
Why I don’t invest in…
We are hybrid investors – we invest in individual dividend growth stocks and index ETFs. As of writing, we own 50-something dividend stocks and 1 ETF. We are doing a hybrid investing approach to capture …