Stepping into complete darkness
This past Sunday Mrs. T and I went to a Vancouver restaurant called Dark Table using a Groupon deal. Mrs. T had previously purchased the deal and gave it to me as Christmas gift. Yes it has taken …
Investing
You have saved money, now what? How do you invest so your money can grow and compound exponentially? Let’s face it, hide money under your mattress isn’t a sound investment advice.
Learning how to invest money in dividend paying stocks and index ETFs. How to minimize taxes legally so you can grow your money without paying the taxman.
Dividend Income Update – January 2015
Wow I can’t believe it’s already the 2nd week of February. Seems to me that January just flew by. Work has been busy as usual but I’m really glad that we’re investing in 50 companies and collecting dividend …
How we got started with dividend investing
If you look at our dividend portfolio, you will see that we are currently investing in 50 dividend paying companies. We hold these company stocks in tax-deferred accounts like RRSP and TFSA, as well as …
Shaking my fist and screaming WTF – money mismanagement 101
Here in Canada, both Financial Post and The Globe and Mail run similar articles each week where they go through readers’ current financial situation and suggest how they can improve their retirement readiness. I’ve always enjoyed …
December dividend update
This update is a little bit later than usual as I’ve been under the weather the last few days. 🙁 When I tallied our dividend income in middle of December, I knew we already met …
Boom Shakalaka
I was just doing the usual mid-month dividend update on my dividend excel sheet and found that we have officially reached our $8,000 annual dividend goal for 2014! BOOM SHAKALAKA! As of today we have …
Creating a legacy – dividend portfolio for kid(s)
When I first started investing in dividend paying stocks, I kept coming across statements like the one below to show how powerful dividend reinvesting is. If you invested $5000 in (Insert a stock symbol) in …