I had received my August dividend of Just Energy Income Fund

I won’t make this post too long since I want to wake up early tomorrow since I have a lot to do and also want to finally see Julie&Julia at the Theatre…

GREAT NEWS: I had received my new unit of Just Energy Income Fund (JE.UN) today! I now own 204 units of Just Energy Income Fund. Like that DRIP, but gees, sometimes, it can take some times for the new unit or stock to be add into the portfolio. Very long and annoying. The waiting delay, that’s the only thing that’s annoying with the DRIP. I had received on today September 14 the dividend of August… Anyway, at least, I had received it, I won’t complain. I had written an article about DRIP on HubPages: The power of a dividend reinvestment plan (DRIP) on an investment portfolio.

September 15 marks a wonderful day, as you can see at My Dividend Calendar Earnings 2009. I waiting a fantastic 64.30$ from PGF.UN and 22.29$ from YLO.UN in dividend earnings. It’s not that much of cash, but still, one day, those small amounts will increase. While waiting for that day to come, I will continue to blog and having fun with my dividend income.

Another great surprise, my Livingston International Income Fund is up to 623$, which is very close to the amount value of my initial investment, 635.97$. With this increase, can Livingston International Income Fund (LIV.UN) pay some dividends? LIV.UN had temporary suspend the payments of their dividend since a couple of months now. I am just waiting for Livingston International Income Fund (LIV.UN) to pay some dividends like it use to be.

And guess what, my Creststreet Alternative Energy Fund is up to 1 144$! Isn’t great? From a 1 000$ investment, I made 144$. Way too hot.

I just hope I can wake up early tomorrow to see Julie&Julia before hitting to work.

My TD Waterhouse investment portfolio in review

The following is a partial review of my portfolio, to analyze the loses and the gains… Since I hold many investments because I like my assets to be very diversified. Diversification is part of our investment strategy. I am only passing in review the content of my extremely valuable TD Waterhouse online investment portfolio lol. Let’s take a closer look at the money made… and lost…

Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS)
Initial investment: 4 616.42$
Currently: 4 694$
+77.58$

Blue Note Mining (BNT)
Initial investment: 689$
Current value: 88$
-601$

Dumont Nickel (DNI)
Initial investment: 719$
Current value: 460$
-259$

Fortis (FTS)
Initial investment: 2 573.13$
Current value: 2 548$
-25.13$

Hanwei Energy Services (HE)
Initial investment: 674$
Current value: 399$
-275$

Just Energy Income Fund (JE.UN)
Initial investment: 2 482.73$
Current value: 2 523$
+40.27$

Livingston International Income Fund (LIV.UN)
Initial investment: 635.97$
Current value: 602$
-33.97$

Methanex Corporation (MX)
Initial investment: 1 626.80$
Current value: 2 142$
+515.20$

Pembina Pipeline Income Fund (PIF.UN)
Initial investment: 1 241.70$
Current value: 1 539$
+297.30$

Pengrowth Energy Trust (PGF.UN)
Initial investment: 6 221.87$
Current value: 6 211$
-10.87$

Sprott Inc. (SII)
Initial investment: 4 934.99$
Current value: 2 017$
-2 917.99$

Timminco (TIM)
Initial investment: 4 065$
Current value: 252$
-3 813$

Yellow Pages Income Fund (YLO.UN)
Initial investment: 2 074.95$
Current value: 1 941$
-133.95$

Sprott Canadian Equity Fund
Initial investment: 7 033.50
Current value: 4 401$
-2 632.50$

Creststreet Alternative Energy Fund
Initial value: 1 000$
Current value: 1 123$
+123$

Overall initial investment: 40 589.06$
Overall portfolio current value: 30 941$
Money lost: 9 648.06$

As you can see, I lost a great deal of money in 2 major investments: Timminco (TIM) and Sprott Inc. (SII). After being the king of the TSX, Timminco is now… a penny stocks. I still hold Timminco because, well, it’s from my portfolio. And if I sell Timminco now, I won’t have any chance to recover from the lost of couple of thousands of dollars. At my age (29), I can deal with some losses. But no one invest in the goal to lost money. And of course, I will have preferred to face no losses at all, but I accept them. I accept my losses because I am investing for a long term basis. From the 9 648.06$ we can deduct my upcoming annual dividend earning of 2 059$. After what, my lost is only of 7 589.06$. Still a lot of money, but it’s better than the 9 648.06$...

A major surprise in our portfolio was the gained realize by Methanex (MX). For a reason or another, Methanex value literally “boom” from 15$ to 18$ and than, to almost 21$ per stock. This had been quite spectacular. I am not a specialist, I do not explain Methanex sudden gain, I just appreciate it. And like it.

The first gain we ever notice in our portfolio was with Pembina Pipeline Income Fund (PIF.UN). Back than, we had purchased 100 units of Pembina Pipeline Income Fund at 12$. And not too long after our investment, we saw the value of Pembina Pipeline Income Fund increasing to a fantastic 15$ per unit.

All the gains made are sign that the economy is getting better. We don’t expect to see Timminco rise to the old 20$ per stock like it use to be, but the gain made by our other investment will help us to recover from the losses we face with Timminco (TIM), Sprott Inc. (SII) and Sprott Canadian Equity Fund. All other losses are minor and are related to the market volatibility, which we are use to face now.

Our best investment: Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS), Fortis (FTS), Just Energy Income Fund (JE.UN), Methanex Corporation (MX), Pembina Pipeline Income Fund (PIF.UN), Pengrowth Energy Trust (PGF.UN) and Creststreet Alternative Energy Fund.

We are now a step closer to financial freedom.

Paying off bad credit card debts

I work very hard yesterday. I try to wake up early, but it didn’t work out, as I was sleeping peacefully and I didn’t want to move from bed. I wake up just early enough to do some laundry as I didn’t have any clean socks left… And I left home. On my way, I made a payment of 150$ on my TD credit line and also, I made a payment of 2 100$ on my RBC Visa. I really like my TD credit line. The credit line rates is only of 8%. TD credit line is certainly one of the best credit line there is out there. My limit is of 5 000$.

After I made those payments, I was feeling tired and I just wanted to go back in bed. Later on in the afternoon, I find out why I was feeling that tired… but that’s personal lol. Anyway, very soon, all of my credit card bad debts will be behind me. Also today, I had received my 300$ from ING Direct, and I didn’t get any fee for the transfer. So ING Direct is working pretty well for me. Good news: transfers are free! I can confirm it now.

My stocks and units portfolio is performing well

Also today, my stocks and units portfolio had performed quite well. My stocks and units portfolio is now at 25 423$. Even with the selling of my late Desjardins Fidelity True North Fund, I believe my overall assets value is still around 50 000$ or close by. No new investments had been made since the 300 units of Yellow Pages Income Fund (YLO.UN) I had purchased. I don’t earn enough money to both pay credit card debts and make new investment. But starting from November, things will be a lot better. I will be able to start investing again.

And about my HubPages income

I didn’t write any articles on HubPages for quite a while now. But I plan to continue working on HubPages from time to time. My Google AdSense income is up to 35$. It’s not that much, but still, with HubPages, I saw my Google AdSense income increase. Before, I was stuck at 26$ or so and nothing was moving. With HubPages, my online income is slowly increasing and it’s really fun. It’s possible to make money online, but it takes a great deal of time and efforts. So far, HubPages had worked pretty well for me. Writing articles on HubPages is a fun hubby and, in plus, you can earn money by doing so. If I can earn 35$ from Google AdSense, I can possibly earn more.

So far, my plans are going just fine, I am able to pay some debts, my portfolio is doing great and I am slowly beginning to make money online... but really slowly lol

Happy Surprise: I had received my Fortis Dividend!

This is great! I had received 26.52$ in dividend income coming from Fortis (FTS). It’s kind of a surprise because I wasn’t expecting the Fortis (FTS) dividend so soon... I had received one brand ne stock of Fortis (FTS) worth 24.77$. And I also received 1.75$ in cash. This dividend reinvestment plans for Fortis (FTS) is fully complete. My situation regarding Just Energy Income Fund (JE.UN) dividend reinvestment plans remain the same. So far, my dividend investing is doing well.

Nothing had change regarding my Just Energy Income Fund (JE.UN) DRIP investing situation. Still that little 10 cents that came in on August 31 and nothing else after that. I didn’t even receive my new unit that I should had received. I am going to wait 2 weeks and we’ll see what happen. Everyday, when I come back to work, I log in to my broker account just to see if my Just Energy Income fund (JE.UN) DRIP investing had been completed. But today, it was a surprised, as it was Fortis (FTS) that I had received the dividend from.

Another great news, my TD online trading account portfolio is now up at 30 390.28$ (that was yesterday...). It’s originally 39 589.06$ I had invested at T D Waterhouse. I am slowly recovering from my losses. So far, I had been relatively successful with my stock market picks. I am only missing 9 198.78$ in order to fully recover from my losses. For the first time since a very long time, Sprott Canadian Equity Fund units worth 29.02$ each. This is a good sign. It’s mean that the economy is getting better.

I just hope things will continue this way. If I could recover the 3 000$ lost with this Sprott mutual fund, it could be very good. I still have faith in the Sprott. It’s just the kind of fund that in time of recession, cannot perform well. Or at least, it’s my way to see it. Maybe Sprott participation in Timminco really hurt the Sprott Canadian Equity Fund, but I cannot really say because I don’t know lol. One thing I know, I had been hurt by Timminco (TIM).

When you see a 4 065$ worth in online investing that currently only worth 252$ it’s kind of… depressing. I really dislike having those majors lost with Timminco but hey, life goes on. I am sticking and holding to Timminco because as soon as I continue holding Timminco stocks, there’s still been hope. Still hope that I will (one day) recover from those major losts. But still, look like I didn’t learn my lesson yet because I keep investing and going, working, investing, working, investing and… hope one day my luck will come… In the meantime, I still can continue to dream of my future portfolio…

Another good news: a 1 089.29$ paycheck

I work around 105 hours for a 1 089.29$ paycheck… It doesn’t worth it to spend that time at work in 2 weeks for a so little paycheck. But still, I was in need of the money. Previously today, I had pay for my driver license. I also finally call ING Direct to get the 300$ transfer in my banking account. I should receive the money by Friday. And… right now, on my online bank accounts, I have a total of 2 266.15$. Since I work on Labor Day, my next pay check should be of around 800$. And by the end of September-beginning October, I will have my weekend job again. Since I still have my TD line of credit to pay (around 150$ in minimum payment for this month is needed), I will pay tomorrow 2 100$ on my RBC Visa and 150$ on my TD line of credit. After what, I will be done with my payments. At least for the month of September. I cannot wait for October to come, to finally clear it off, since the 0 interest credit card doesn’t exist.

After what, in term of debt, I will have left 285.87$ at 4.9% good for 6 months to pay off. I should be able to clear this month by the end of October. I will have left my TD line of credit which now almost reach the 5 000$ at 8%. But I get some of the interest pay off by what I had left as DRIP from my dividend income. Getting out of debts is a long process and all of this mess can very be difficult, mentally and physically. My credit card balance transfer really drain me out.

Many things on the way and I am completely lost, once again

I was looking into my ING Direct online savings accounts and its look like I had attached the wrong banking account with the ING Direct. That was done a while ago, back in 2005. I have to call to see how I can change of banking account. I hope this can be done by Wednesday. If not, it won’t be a disaster, I still be able to make a major payment of 1 887$ on my 2 500$ credit card debt I am just getting tired of. So far so good.

I realized that today was Labor Day. Time is passing to fast and summe is almost over. I work very hard this summer, but I had a lot to do. And I still have a lot to do. But I hope everything will fit well at the end. One major thing that I need to do is to open my Scotia iTRADE account. I didn’t proceed because I am facing one major problem. I own an account at T D Waterhouse that I want to keep (now that it’s been open lol). At the commission fee of 19.99$, Scotia iTRADE is a lot cheaper than T D Waterhouse. T D Waterhouse commission fee is of 29$. Why should have I pay an extra 10 bucks in commission fee at T D Waterhouse when I can have cheaper someplace else? Until here, no problem.

But by reading Scotia iTRADE forms, I read a question asking if I have another broker account someplace else and if so, I had to name the broker. I don’t feel comfortable to provide the information. I already contact Scotia iTRADE about this asking them simply that if I answer no to the question, knowing I hold a T D Waterhouse broker account, will I have any penalties and will it be consider as criminal. Because if I answer no while the answer is yes, I am making a false declaration and I don’t like that. But I don’t want those people at Scotia iTRADE to know about my T D Waterhouse account. And same thing with T D Waterhouse, I don’t want them to know I plan to open an account with Scotia iTRADE. Because I am like that lol. It’s part of the reason why I didn’t open a Scotia iTRADE account yet. Because I am confuse and I don’t know what to do.

Well, the representative of Scotia iTRADE told me that it wasn’t an offense, that it was ok if I wasn’t saying that I had another broker account someplace else. The Scotia iTRADE representative explains that this was part of the questionnaire mostly for banks employee. Example: an employee of T D Waterhouse is not aloud to have an account with Scotia iTRADE. Make sense to me, but do I really care? I mean, I am not a bank employee and I will never be lol, so what’s the deal? No one needs to know about this stuff when I am the main person concern by all this. In date of today, I still feel lost and I don’t know what to do about it. At the end, I will just probably declare the T D Waterhouse account or just applied a bunch of lines over the question see. Lol.

While I decide what to do, I have a lot of things to do at my place, like my laundry, groceries, cleaning… since I had been working overtime since the last 2 weeks. Tomorrow is Tuesday, movies are at 4.95$ and I hope I will be able to wake early to go see Julie & Julia :)

Getting ready for my 1 000$ paycheck

I did it! I work 105 hours in 2 weeks! Most of those extra hours were done over a short period of time, and they just exhausted me. For sure now, my next paycheck will be, after taxes, at least of 1 000$. The best will be to earn 1 100$ (after taxes of course) on my next paycheck, which I really need. I just cannot wait to see how much I will earn.

Its official: the selling of Desjardins Fidelity True North Fund is done and complete and now belong to the past and my online banking account

It’s the first time ever I was selling one of my investments. It could had broke my heart, but I get over it pretty quickly knowing that, well, it’s only money right?

Nice surprise, I had received the amount made in the selling of Desjardins Fidelity True North Fund directly in my online bank accounts. I had received 1 050$. I also received 37$ in paycheck from my weekend job, which I wasn’t expected. Might have been what I had left as vacations. When selling of this mutual funds investment, I didn’t know at which price I was selling. I taught it was a good time to sell. I sell, and made a small profit of 50$. A small profit, but still a profit. It’s actually better than loosing money from a sell. Back in 2005, it was 1 000$ that I had invested in the Desjardins Fidelity True North Fund. And I had sold the investment and now received 1 050$...

This Desjardins Fidelity True North Fund was quite special to me because it was my first investment ever. But it’s just money after all. After I saw the amount in my banking account, I was quite happy. Living with too much debts is never good and I really want to get rid of that 2 500$, 2 589.38$ exactly, in credit card of mine. I do not regret selling the Desjardins Fidelity True North Fund, because I know I can reinvest 1 000$ back at anytime in the fund. I will probably invest 1 000$ in the Desjardins Fidelity True North Fund as soon as I can. And this should be soon because work will be back available at my weekend job at the end of September… And it’s keep going and going… lol. I consider Desjardins Fidelity True North as being low risk mutual funds.

The balance transfer credit card of 2 500$ from td visa credit card to RBC visa card is now completed

This is it! Another happy news, I had cleared off my td visa credit card balance and my debt consolidation is on its way. Guess they might be pretty happy at td visa credit card lol. I am now using my CIBC Visa to pay my current expenses and other. I really would like to go see Julie & Julia tomorrow! So many expenses and so little money. Sometimes, I wonder, how this is possible? How can I possibly manage a so tight budget, meet all of my investment goals before hitting 29 and STILL have time to… think? Simply because I am a genius. This is just how good I am. I am an investor and a credit card balance transfer genius. And a work genius too. That’s all. And I am also a HubPages genius because my Google AdSense income is now up to 34.20$. And to stay in the same mood… I am only missing 49 965.80$ in order to reach my first 50 000$ income money from Google adsense program… I want some adsense cash. Is this making any sense at all? Lol

Other than this funny Google AdSense goal, I am pretty sure I am on my way to make a living from my dividend earnings.

What I learn about cedit card balance transfer among the way

Doing a credit card balance from a visa credit card, like td visa credit card to another Visa credit card, like RBC visa card, is free of charge. But if the balance transfer is being transfer from Master Card or American Expresss to a Visa card, there could be fee, from what I was told. I really like Visa credit card. They seem to be the best credit card ever. I don’t hold any Master Card credit card, but I hold one American Expresss, for the Air Miles. I really like this credit cards reward program. Basically, my American Expresss is one of those airmiles credit cards. One problem I face with American Expresss: it’s not being accepted everywhere. Common example: I cannot pay my grocery with American Expresss as it’s not being accepted at Provigo, either IGA. GAP accept American Expresss and a couple of other stores, but you cannot just go shopping having just American Expresss in your purse because for the simply and good reason that it’s not being accepted everywhere. That’s why I need my CIBC Dividend Card, fantastic canadian cash back credit cards.

I recently begin to use my new CIBC Dividend Card. The CIBC Dividend Card is one of those credit cards with cash back. The CIBC Dividend Card offers 1% cashback to its holder. Which mean I could possibly earn 120$ per year using this dividend credit card. Nothing much, but a nice little extra earn by doing nothing. Isn’t sounding a bit like Money from Nothing of you knows who?

Still no Just Energy Income Fund (JE.UN) dividend

Youhou, were are you, Just Energy Income Fund (JE.UN) dividend? Where are you hiding? And what about Fortis (FTS)? I think I should received Fortis (FTS) dividend this month, but I am not sure. When it comes to investment, I am never sure of nothing. Tell me, am I really going to spend the rest of my life like this? Will I continue have to look into my portfolio to find out if I had received my dividend, call my broker, scream at them that I still didn’t received anything yet? Is it going to be like this for the rest of my life? DRIP is such a pain! And I like it! It’s a like just receiving several little monster gifts per months. Even with the pain, it’s still worth it to register to a dividend reinvestment plan (DRIP) or not, no matter what, I will always have the last word when it comes to my investments.