Welcome to the first Weekend Reads post of 2021. Who knows what the year 2021 has in store for us? In January of 2020 we didn’t have a clue. It’s human nature to think that we at least have some sense of where things are going. In early 2021 we are planning our escape from […]
The 2020 year in review.
It was the year of the first modern pandemic. Will it be the decade of the pandemic, or pandemics? Or will 2021 put the COVID-19 pandemic in the rear view mirror? Well, we’ll be writing that story in a year from now. What we do know is that the pandemic dominated the year in every […]
The Beat The TSX Portfolio on the Weekend Reads.
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 […]