June 15, 2024 Last month I received a dividend income of $5,797.91 (Jan 2024) Life Update! It’s been a minute. Life gets busy with 3 kids in sports (and expensive). I’ve been meaning to... January 2024 March 13, 2021 February, what a strange name for a month. “Never invest in a business you cannot understand.” Warren Buffett I’m rebalancing as I purchase more stocks. I’m now... February 2021 dividend update March 7, 2021 Can you believe 2020 is already over? What a crazy year. Let’s see what’s shaking. “Never invest in a business you cannot understand.” Warren Buffett It’s been a... January 2021 dividend update February 6, 2021 Can you believe 2020 is already over? What a crazy year. Let’s see what’s shaking. “Know what you own, and know why you own it” Peter Lynch I... December 2020 dividend update and year review November 21, 2020 Can you believe November 2020 is already over? (close to it eh) Lets see what’s shaking. Awww “The wise man walks with both eyes open, the foolish invest... November 2020 dividend update November 7, 2020 Can you believe October 2020 is already over? Yes I say this a lot but, look at that dog! “The intelligent investor is a realist who sells to optimists and... October 2020 dividend update October 4, 2020 Can you believe September 2020 is already over? Seriously 2020, you need to slow down… Well, as many of you may know, the market was not very good for last... September 2020 Dividend Update September 12, 2020 A book I just picked up on amazon that was recommended to me by a real estate investor friend. I really enjoyed it. About 95 pages on how to deal... Who moved my cheese? September 6, 2020 Hello old friends (and new?). What a wild year so far. So, I had a bit of time on this long weekend and was cleaning up my site and thought... Dividend Income – Jan-Aug 2020 ~ And life update 🙂 April 11, 2020 Well hello there. What a wild start to the year. So the Coronavirus happened! I was fortunate enough to have a brother living in Shenzhen China at the start of... April 2020 Update January 3, 2020 2019 has come and gone. It was a tough year, to be honest. I couldn’t save nearly the amount I was hoping to but there’s always 2020. I did end... 2019 End of year update February 17, 2019 Made $1,626.86 in Divi income. I’m not expecting my div income to get too crazy this year as I’m hedging hard for a correction. I will probably unload more REIT’s... Jan 2019 Update February 17, 2019 Yep 2018 End of year update August 6, 2018 Where Have I been and what have I been up too? I’m just wrapping up my final rehab on my 3rd rental property. Dividend Income For the month of April, I... Dividend Income Report – April 2018 – July 2018 April 7, 2018 Hello and welcome! March 2018, what a whirlwind of a month, seriously busy. Just a few of the things going on in March. My wife started a new job 3... Dividend Income Report – March 2018 March 7, 2018 This is a list of my up to date portfolio. This does not include any of my other investments such a my pension, real estate or small caps. Disclaimer I... Portfolio March 7, 2018 This is my dividend history so far. Look at this crazy free money!! Dividend History March 4, 2018 Can you believe February 2018 is already over? Seriously 2018, you need to slow down… Well, as many of you may know, the market was not very good for last... Dividend Income Report – February 2018 February 5, 2018 Hello and happy new year. January 2018, can you believe that? Well, with 2017 firmly in the rearview mirror I can say that it was probably the best year I... Dividend Income Report – January 2018 January 22, 2018 Hi, I’ve been busy… I bought a rental property in a foreign land (USA) and started 3 companies. Here is my numbers for October, Nov and Dec 2017. Dividend... Dividend Income – Oct, Nov and Dec October 17, 2017 Hi, what a September! I must admit, it was hard getting back to work after taking much of the summer off. I just finished a 30 day non stop work... DIVIDEND INCOME – SEPTEMBER 2017 September 6, 2017 Hello, August is over. I’m back from holidays, ready to get back to work and collect some dividends! The last update I had was $733.18 for May and I was making pretty... Dividend Income – June, July and August all rolled into one ball of greatness August 31, 2017 I hope everyone had a great summer! This summer I decided to put all my financial goals on hold just to enjoy the time that I had to spend... Summer Is Over. Time To Get Back To The Grind June 14, 2017 Good question! This is my trading history so far this year. Pretty standard moves so far. As you can see, I’m moving pretty heavy into utilities. I plan on owning... What have I been up to? 2017 Trading history so far June 6, 2017 Last month I received a dividend income of $931.34 for April and May looks pretty decent as well. I’m definitely having a banner year so far but summer is a coming.... Dividend Income – May 2017 May 2, 2017 Last month I received a dividend income of $850.50 for March. I crushed my year over year increase goal of $170 per month with a legit $248.50 increase. I’m hoping to... Dividend Income – April 2017 April 1, 2017 Last month I received a dividend income of $557.24 for the month of February. It was a good month in terms of YoY growth and met the expectation of not having... Dividend Income – March 2017 March 5, 2017 Last month I received a dividend income of $639.32 for January. It was a great start to the year and I hope to keep the momentum going. Let’s check out February.... Dividend Income – February 2017 February 27, 2017 Hello. Shalom. Time for some more stock purchases in February – part duex. I’ve been doing some more shopping, I think I might have an addiction! I must admit, I... Stock Purchases – February 2017 (PART DUEX) February 7, 2017 What’s up FIRE bronies. Time for some more stock purchases! I’ve been doing some more buying, adding some of this and a little of that, hoping to catch a few... Stock Purchases – February 2017 February 1, 2017 Last month was my best payday ever with a dividend income of $766.38 for December. That put my year total to over the 6G mark that I was pushing hard to... Dividend Income – January 2017 January 21, 2017 Reasons why I sold Magna. Trump threatened German car makers with a 35% import tariff. Magna supplies crazy amounts of parts to German car companies. This threat brings uncertainty Uncertainty... SOLD January 15, 2017 What’s up FIRE bros. I’ve been doing some buying and got to throw it out there. FIRST, some questions. Is the market expensive? YES Are yields Low? YES Are earnings... Recent Stock Purchases and Sales January 4, 2017 Last month was a good month with a dividend income of $514.57 for the month of November. I want to try and keep my monthly dividends above that $500 mark. My... Dividend Income – December 2016 December 12, 2016 At the end of every year I like to take some time to look back at my last years goals in review and also plan a little bit ahead for... GOALS FOR 2017 December 5, 2016 It’s time again to try and dig through all the noise out there and find what are the best dividend stocks for December. This is my list of December Dividend Kings.... THE BEST DIVIDEND STOCKS FOR DECEMBER November 29, 2016 Last month was a slow month with a dividend income of $479.38 in October. Let’s check out my dividend income for November to see where I end up. November Dividend Income... Dividend Income – November 2016 November 25, 2016 Well, it’s been a while. I have had a very busy November with 9 stock purchases and 2 Sales. The last time I made a move was in August when... November Stock Purchases And Sales November 21, 2016 If you are like me, you probably find it tough to dig through the mountains of information floating out there on the internet. With so many opinions of what you... THE BEST DIVIDEND STOCKS FOR NOVEMBER November 20, 2016 It’s time again for my monthly CANADIAN DIVIDEND KINGS list. It’s not always easy to dig through the mountains of information to try to find some hidden gems out there. Hopefully,... THE BEST CANADIAN DIVIDEND STOCKS FOR NOVEMBER 2016 November 7, 2016 Last month was a new personal best with a dividend income of $716.88 in September. Let’s check out my dividend income for October to see where I end up. But First... Dividend Income – Oct 2016 October 25, 2016 The Graham Number is a calculation used to see if a stock is trading at its fair value. It’s named after the father of value investing Benjamin Graham. Graham, known... What is the Graham Number and Why it Still Matters October 19, 2016 If you are like me, you probably find it tough to dig through the mountains of information floating out there on the interweb. With so many opinions of what you... THE BEST U.S. DIVIDEND STOCKS FOR OCTOBER October 17, 2016 It’s time again for my monthly CANADIAN DIVIDEND KINGS list. It’s not always easy to dig through the mountains of information to try to find some hidden gems out there. Hopefully,... THE BEST CANADIAN DIVIDEND STOCKS FOR OCTOBER 2016 October 12, 2016 It’s Dividend Time! I received $716.88 in September Dividends. My year over year increase was 43.66% My quarter over quarter increase was 6.05% Every quarter there are 3 months or dividend payouts, this... MY SEPTEMBER DIVIDENDS September 15, 2016 It’s never easy being a retail investor trying to dig through the mountains of information searching for a deal. We don’t have a staff to read every company’s financial reports... September U.S. Dividend Kings list September 14, 2016 It’s never easy being a retail investor trying to dig through the mountains of information searching for a deal. We don’t have a staff to read every company’s financial reports... September Canadian Dividend Kings List September 10, 2016 What I am not I don’t have a MBA from Harvard. I am not some wunderkind who has a secret you can buy. I’m not a professional writer, in fact... Do You Dare Do Something Different September 8, 2016 I’m always looking to purchase a new company. Everyday I run multiple stock screeners that do my heavy lifting. These screeners data mine the indexes looking for certain metrics that... Recent Purchase August 30, 2016 Millennials get a bad rap for not caring about their finances. But according to a recent Bankrate survey, these young bucks are starting to flip the script and have started saving... The Best Free Saving Tools For Millennials August 29, 2016 Good Bye $400’s Hello $500’s!! I received $501 in dividends in AUGUST. My year over year increase was 33.60% My quarter over quarter increase was 9.87% Every quarter there are... AUGUST DIVIDENDS August 19, 2016 Company Symbol Shares Bought Shares Owned Purchase Price Last Price BOOK VALUE MARKET VALUE Canadian Western Bank CWB.TO 350 356 $20.48 $25.56 $7,168.00 $9,099.36 Magna MG.TO 20 20 $46.44 $52.61... Bi Yearly Portfolio Update August 12, 2016 What I Made Well, July has come and gone and it’s time to look back at my savings rate for the month. As you can see in the chart below, July... July Income Report August 5, 2016 Being rich is a very relative term. My definition of being rich is when you are able to reach true financial independence – the ability to live comfortably off one’s savings... 3 SIMPLE STEPS TO BECOMING RICH August 2, 2016 I received $380.16 in dividends in JULY. Every quarter there are 3 months or dividend payouts, this is the smallest one. Monthly Dividends per Year 2016 Month 2015 2016 2016 $INC... JULY DIVIDENDS July 20, 2016 The beginning of the year is the hardest to save for but I was fortunate to have worked a fair amount of overtime. Some expenses that pop-up are property tax,... My Total Savings So Far July 14, 2016 What is it? The payout ratio, or dividend payout ratio, is how much money the company earns (EPS) compared to what it is actually paying out to its shareholders in... Payout Ratio July 12, 2016 I sold all my shares of Kinder Morgan today. As I mentioned in my older posts, I will be exiting many of my oil stocks that I picked up during... SOLD July 11, 2016 This is a list of the dividend increases for the later part of last year up until July 2016. I will update this as it changes and maybe make... Dividend Increases So Far July 8, 2016 DIVIDENDS! I received $676.99 in dividends in JUNE. Every quarter there are 3 months or dividend payouts, this is the largest one. My total dividend haul this year is now $2840. The... June Dividends June 9, 2016 Alright, DIVIDENDS! I received $456.69 in dividends in May. Every quarter there are 3 months or dividend payouts, this is the middle one. My total dividend haul this year is... May Dividends May 1, 2016 Now that we have an understanding of what a dividend is lets look into the yield. A yield is the dividend per share divided by the current price of the... What is a Yield? April 29, 2016 Simply put, a dividend is a payment you receive from a company you own. It’s your share of the profits! Let’s pretend you just opened up your own discount brokerage... What is a dividend? April 28, 2016 DIVIDENDS!! I received $313.14 in dividends in April. Not the biggest haul but Jan, Apr, Jul and Oct are slower months for dividends. The market has come roaring back... April Dividends Share this:FacebookXLike this:Like Loading...
June 15, 2024 Last month I received a dividend income of $5,797.91 (Jan 2024) Life Update! It’s been a minute. Life gets busy with 3 kids in sports (and expensive). I’ve been meaning to... January 2024
March 13, 2021 February, what a strange name for a month. “Never invest in a business you cannot understand.” Warren Buffett I’m rebalancing as I purchase more stocks. I’m now... February 2021 dividend update
March 7, 2021 Can you believe 2020 is already over? What a crazy year. Let’s see what’s shaking. “Never invest in a business you cannot understand.” Warren Buffett It’s been a... January 2021 dividend update
February 6, 2021 Can you believe 2020 is already over? What a crazy year. Let’s see what’s shaking. “Know what you own, and know why you own it” Peter Lynch I... December 2020 dividend update and year review
November 21, 2020 Can you believe November 2020 is already over? (close to it eh) Lets see what’s shaking. Awww “The wise man walks with both eyes open, the foolish invest... November 2020 dividend update
November 7, 2020 Can you believe October 2020 is already over? Yes I say this a lot but, look at that dog! “The intelligent investor is a realist who sells to optimists and... October 2020 dividend update
October 4, 2020 Can you believe September 2020 is already over? Seriously 2020, you need to slow down… Well, as many of you may know, the market was not very good for last... September 2020 Dividend Update
September 12, 2020 A book I just picked up on amazon that was recommended to me by a real estate investor friend. I really enjoyed it. About 95 pages on how to deal... Who moved my cheese?
September 6, 2020 Hello old friends (and new?). What a wild year so far. So, I had a bit of time on this long weekend and was cleaning up my site and thought... Dividend Income – Jan-Aug 2020 ~ And life update 🙂
April 11, 2020 Well hello there. What a wild start to the year. So the Coronavirus happened! I was fortunate enough to have a brother living in Shenzhen China at the start of... April 2020 Update
January 3, 2020 2019 has come and gone. It was a tough year, to be honest. I couldn’t save nearly the amount I was hoping to but there’s always 2020. I did end... 2019 End of year update
February 17, 2019 Made $1,626.86 in Divi income. I’m not expecting my div income to get too crazy this year as I’m hedging hard for a correction. I will probably unload more REIT’s... Jan 2019 Update
August 6, 2018 Where Have I been and what have I been up too? I’m just wrapping up my final rehab on my 3rd rental property. Dividend Income For the month of April, I... Dividend Income Report – April 2018 – July 2018
April 7, 2018 Hello and welcome! March 2018, what a whirlwind of a month, seriously busy. Just a few of the things going on in March. My wife started a new job 3... Dividend Income Report – March 2018
March 7, 2018 This is a list of my up to date portfolio. This does not include any of my other investments such a my pension, real estate or small caps. Disclaimer I... Portfolio
March 4, 2018 Can you believe February 2018 is already over? Seriously 2018, you need to slow down… Well, as many of you may know, the market was not very good for last... Dividend Income Report – February 2018
February 5, 2018 Hello and happy new year. January 2018, can you believe that? Well, with 2017 firmly in the rearview mirror I can say that it was probably the best year I... Dividend Income Report – January 2018
January 22, 2018 Hi, I’ve been busy… I bought a rental property in a foreign land (USA) and started 3 companies. Here is my numbers for October, Nov and Dec 2017. Dividend... Dividend Income – Oct, Nov and Dec
October 17, 2017 Hi, what a September! I must admit, it was hard getting back to work after taking much of the summer off. I just finished a 30 day non stop work... DIVIDEND INCOME – SEPTEMBER 2017
September 6, 2017 Hello, August is over. I’m back from holidays, ready to get back to work and collect some dividends! The last update I had was $733.18 for May and I was making pretty... Dividend Income – June, July and August all rolled into one ball of greatness
August 31, 2017 I hope everyone had a great summer! This summer I decided to put all my financial goals on hold just to enjoy the time that I had to spend... Summer Is Over. Time To Get Back To The Grind
June 14, 2017 Good question! This is my trading history so far this year. Pretty standard moves so far. As you can see, I’m moving pretty heavy into utilities. I plan on owning... What have I been up to? 2017 Trading history so far
June 6, 2017 Last month I received a dividend income of $931.34 for April and May looks pretty decent as well. I’m definitely having a banner year so far but summer is a coming.... Dividend Income – May 2017
May 2, 2017 Last month I received a dividend income of $850.50 for March. I crushed my year over year increase goal of $170 per month with a legit $248.50 increase. I’m hoping to... Dividend Income – April 2017
April 1, 2017 Last month I received a dividend income of $557.24 for the month of February. It was a good month in terms of YoY growth and met the expectation of not having... Dividend Income – March 2017
March 5, 2017 Last month I received a dividend income of $639.32 for January. It was a great start to the year and I hope to keep the momentum going. Let’s check out February.... Dividend Income – February 2017
February 27, 2017 Hello. Shalom. Time for some more stock purchases in February – part duex. I’ve been doing some more shopping, I think I might have an addiction! I must admit, I... Stock Purchases – February 2017 (PART DUEX)
February 7, 2017 What’s up FIRE bronies. Time for some more stock purchases! I’ve been doing some more buying, adding some of this and a little of that, hoping to catch a few... Stock Purchases – February 2017
February 1, 2017 Last month was my best payday ever with a dividend income of $766.38 for December. That put my year total to over the 6G mark that I was pushing hard to... Dividend Income – January 2017
January 21, 2017 Reasons why I sold Magna. Trump threatened German car makers with a 35% import tariff. Magna supplies crazy amounts of parts to German car companies. This threat brings uncertainty Uncertainty... SOLD
January 15, 2017 What’s up FIRE bros. I’ve been doing some buying and got to throw it out there. FIRST, some questions. Is the market expensive? YES Are yields Low? YES Are earnings... Recent Stock Purchases and Sales
January 4, 2017 Last month was a good month with a dividend income of $514.57 for the month of November. I want to try and keep my monthly dividends above that $500 mark. My... Dividend Income – December 2016
December 12, 2016 At the end of every year I like to take some time to look back at my last years goals in review and also plan a little bit ahead for... GOALS FOR 2017
December 5, 2016 It’s time again to try and dig through all the noise out there and find what are the best dividend stocks for December. This is my list of December Dividend Kings.... THE BEST DIVIDEND STOCKS FOR DECEMBER
November 29, 2016 Last month was a slow month with a dividend income of $479.38 in October. Let’s check out my dividend income for November to see where I end up. November Dividend Income... Dividend Income – November 2016
November 25, 2016 Well, it’s been a while. I have had a very busy November with 9 stock purchases and 2 Sales. The last time I made a move was in August when... November Stock Purchases And Sales
November 21, 2016 If you are like me, you probably find it tough to dig through the mountains of information floating out there on the internet. With so many opinions of what you... THE BEST DIVIDEND STOCKS FOR NOVEMBER
November 20, 2016 It’s time again for my monthly CANADIAN DIVIDEND KINGS list. It’s not always easy to dig through the mountains of information to try to find some hidden gems out there. Hopefully,... THE BEST CANADIAN DIVIDEND STOCKS FOR NOVEMBER 2016
November 7, 2016 Last month was a new personal best with a dividend income of $716.88 in September. Let’s check out my dividend income for October to see where I end up. But First... Dividend Income – Oct 2016
October 25, 2016 The Graham Number is a calculation used to see if a stock is trading at its fair value. It’s named after the father of value investing Benjamin Graham. Graham, known... What is the Graham Number and Why it Still Matters
October 19, 2016 If you are like me, you probably find it tough to dig through the mountains of information floating out there on the interweb. With so many opinions of what you... THE BEST U.S. DIVIDEND STOCKS FOR OCTOBER
October 17, 2016 It’s time again for my monthly CANADIAN DIVIDEND KINGS list. It’s not always easy to dig through the mountains of information to try to find some hidden gems out there. Hopefully,... THE BEST CANADIAN DIVIDEND STOCKS FOR OCTOBER 2016
October 12, 2016 It’s Dividend Time! I received $716.88 in September Dividends. My year over year increase was 43.66% My quarter over quarter increase was 6.05% Every quarter there are 3 months or dividend payouts, this... MY SEPTEMBER DIVIDENDS
September 15, 2016 It’s never easy being a retail investor trying to dig through the mountains of information searching for a deal. We don’t have a staff to read every company’s financial reports... September U.S. Dividend Kings list
September 14, 2016 It’s never easy being a retail investor trying to dig through the mountains of information searching for a deal. We don’t have a staff to read every company’s financial reports... September Canadian Dividend Kings List
September 10, 2016 What I am not I don’t have a MBA from Harvard. I am not some wunderkind who has a secret you can buy. I’m not a professional writer, in fact... Do You Dare Do Something Different
September 8, 2016 I’m always looking to purchase a new company. Everyday I run multiple stock screeners that do my heavy lifting. These screeners data mine the indexes looking for certain metrics that... Recent Purchase
August 30, 2016 Millennials get a bad rap for not caring about their finances. But according to a recent Bankrate survey, these young bucks are starting to flip the script and have started saving... The Best Free Saving Tools For Millennials
August 29, 2016 Good Bye $400’s Hello $500’s!! I received $501 in dividends in AUGUST. My year over year increase was 33.60% My quarter over quarter increase was 9.87% Every quarter there are... AUGUST DIVIDENDS
August 19, 2016 Company Symbol Shares Bought Shares Owned Purchase Price Last Price BOOK VALUE MARKET VALUE Canadian Western Bank CWB.TO 350 356 $20.48 $25.56 $7,168.00 $9,099.36 Magna MG.TO 20 20 $46.44 $52.61... Bi Yearly Portfolio Update
August 12, 2016 What I Made Well, July has come and gone and it’s time to look back at my savings rate for the month. As you can see in the chart below, July... July Income Report
August 5, 2016 Being rich is a very relative term. My definition of being rich is when you are able to reach true financial independence – the ability to live comfortably off one’s savings... 3 SIMPLE STEPS TO BECOMING RICH
August 2, 2016 I received $380.16 in dividends in JULY. Every quarter there are 3 months or dividend payouts, this is the smallest one. Monthly Dividends per Year 2016 Month 2015 2016 2016 $INC... JULY DIVIDENDS
July 20, 2016 The beginning of the year is the hardest to save for but I was fortunate to have worked a fair amount of overtime. Some expenses that pop-up are property tax,... My Total Savings So Far
July 14, 2016 What is it? The payout ratio, or dividend payout ratio, is how much money the company earns (EPS) compared to what it is actually paying out to its shareholders in... Payout Ratio
July 12, 2016 I sold all my shares of Kinder Morgan today. As I mentioned in my older posts, I will be exiting many of my oil stocks that I picked up during... SOLD
July 11, 2016 This is a list of the dividend increases for the later part of last year up until July 2016. I will update this as it changes and maybe make... Dividend Increases So Far
July 8, 2016 DIVIDENDS! I received $676.99 in dividends in JUNE. Every quarter there are 3 months or dividend payouts, this is the largest one. My total dividend haul this year is now $2840. The... June Dividends
June 9, 2016 Alright, DIVIDENDS! I received $456.69 in dividends in May. Every quarter there are 3 months or dividend payouts, this is the middle one. My total dividend haul this year is... May Dividends
May 1, 2016 Now that we have an understanding of what a dividend is lets look into the yield. A yield is the dividend per share divided by the current price of the... What is a Yield?
April 29, 2016 Simply put, a dividend is a payment you receive from a company you own. It’s your share of the profits! Let’s pretend you just opened up your own discount brokerage... What is a dividend?
April 28, 2016 DIVIDENDS!! I received $313.14 in dividends in April. Not the biggest haul but Jan, Apr, Jul and Oct are slower months for dividends. The market has come roaring back... April Dividends
