Start with the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) 60. Then grab the top 10 highest yielding dividend stocks at the end of one year, and then hold for the next year. Rinse and repeat each year and then sit back and beat the market over the longer term. Sounds simple, right? The Beat The TSX portfolio […]
How to use your TFSA account.
It’s year end and you may have a couple of questions on how to use your TFSA account. The Tax Free Savings Account is one of the greatest additions to your investor tool kit. It is true to its name in that the monies grow completely tax free. When you take the monies out for […]
Checking in on Vanguard’s VRIF on Weekend Reads.
In September of 2020, Vanguard’s VRIF ETF was launched. The ETF is an all-in-one retirement funding solution. It is designed to pay out 4% of the portfolio value in 12 monthly distributions. That level of income is set at the end of each calendar year, based on the year end value. If the Santa Claus […]
Too much success with Apple stock, on Weekend Reads.
Unfortunately I am not talking about my own Apple stock holding. I’ve done very well with Apple, initiating a position in 2014, and adding a few times soon after. I then trimmed a few times creating homemade Apple dividends to help fund trips to PEI, starting in 2018. But my Apple holding pales in comparison […]
Canadian energy producers are on fire, on Weekend Reads.
In a post on October 18th I had suggested that “it is certainly possible that the pessimism has jumped the shark. There may be incredible value in the energy sector for Canadian investors.” From that date the Canadian energy sector is up some 40%. Yes, like you, I’d like to jump in a time machine, […]
RioCan cut its dividend by 33%. What’s next for the REIT sector?
What a difference a pandemic makes. And what a difference a few months can make in the REIT sector. Just a few short months ago RioCan CEO Ed Sonshine promised that the distribution was rock solid. But on Friday of this week RioCan cut its dividend by some 33%. In May of 2020 Mr. Sonshine […]