tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6818486532233792196.post465177451066628985..comments2024-03-18T14:35:45.389-04:00Comments on The Dividend Girl: Syrian refugees shouldn't be welcome in Canada Sunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10439081666297874311noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6818486532233792196.post-88484083847794935812015-11-27T19:26:53.999-05:002015-11-27T19:26:53.999-05:00Hi Sam,
I guess you are a new reader because I ha...Hi Sam,<br /><br />I guess you are a new reader because I had been supporting NDP for many years now.<br />I vote for Tom Muclair NPD this year and 4 years ago, I voted Hélène Laverdière of NDP also.<br /><br />I used to be Liberal, but Justin Trudeau doesn't have what it take to be our Prime Minister and chief of its party. He's a jerk. Same thing with his wife. A ridiculous couple.<br /><br />This election proof that most Canadians are really superficial. <br /><br />It cost a lot to be Canadian, but not as much as $150 000, I can assure you. They're many French of France people at my workplace and becoming Canadian, I don't remember exactly, bit something like $2 500 - $3 000, but never as much as $150 000.<br /><br />Sunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10439081666297874311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6818486532233792196.post-7750423510273613072015-11-27T11:46:14.014-05:002015-11-27T11:46:14.014-05:00What as been your performance in the last few year...What as been your performance in the last few years. We have had quite a bull market since 2008 and if you were properly diversified, you were able to accumulate wealth. Of course you had to be invested in the US to take advantage of our strong dollar back then.<br /><br />My performance is as follows<br /><br />My portfolio dec 31, 2007 was $203,131<br />In 2008, I invested $208,070, closed at $314,382 for a loss of $97,615 (-23.74%)<br />In 2009, I invested $104,074, closed at $561,131 for a gain of $142,675 (33.62%)<br />IN 2010, I invested $163,736, closed at $822,437 for a gain of $97,570 (13.46%)<br />In 2011, I invested $131,088, closed at $833,598 for a loss of $119,928 (-12.57%)<br />In 2012, I invested $206,738, closed at $1,235,875 for a gain of $195,540 (18.79%)<br />In 2013, I invested $10,000, closed at $1,636,123 for a gain of $390,248 (31.3%)<br />In 2014. I invested $21,756, closed at $1,835,673 for a gain of $177,794 (10.72%)<br />In 2015, I invested $0, balance so far is $1,980,000 for a gain of $144,327 (7.86%)<br /><br />In the last 8 years, I gained $930,611 which is almost double the amount I have invested. I am invested in individual stocks as well as mutual funds and close to 40% of my portfolio is invested in the US which has seen the most gains. <br /><br />At the start of 2008, I invested 50k in the Mawer Canadian fund, 50k in the Mawer US fund and 50k in the Mawer International fund and today the balance is 84,500 in the cnd fund, 111,135 in the US fund and 94,381 in the International fund for a total of 290,316 which is almost double the original 150,000 in less than 4 years. This demonstrate 2 things: first, you don't have to pick individual stocks to make money, and secondly, there were better opportunities outside of Canada to invest although the Mawer Canadian performance is quite impressive considering the performance of the tsx during that period.<br /><br />Just curious if you have that kind of information on your performance during that period. <br /><br />On the other side, accumulating close to 2 million in wealth hasn't changed much in my life, I still work at running my business and my portfolio whether up or down 10 or 20k is now just a number. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6818486532233792196.post-78717134586758750352015-11-27T06:59:35.894-05:002015-11-27T06:59:35.894-05:00Darned if you Do. Darned if you Don't.Darned if you Do. Darned if you Don't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6818486532233792196.post-27535950443321756192015-11-26T09:33:21.138-05:002015-11-26T09:33:21.138-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07237544432937958819noreply@blogger.com