I am now at an investment portfolio of 56 622.36$

I now have reach 56 622.36$ in investment. Really fantastic. I am very happy with my brand new investment – 100 units of Bell Aliant Regional Communications Income Fund (BA.UN) I purchase earlier this week.

I have 18 019.62$ in debts. I calculate the amount of interest I will pay for a full year, and it make 885.56$... Which is not enormous, but still…

Sadly, here are my debts: :)

Student loan: 8 719.08$ at 4.75%
TD credit line: 2 718.76$ at 8%
TD Visa: 1 681.78$ at 4.9% for 6 months
New credit line: 4 900$ at a super low interest!
TOTAL: 18 019.62$

I will be working at paying my debts in the upcoming months; I just have to stop buying stocks or units whenever some money becomes available on my credit line…

Imagine it : the interest rate on my new credit line is lower than the one of my student loan! Isn’t fantastic? So here is the plan: to pay off my TD credit line, after pay of my TD Visa at 4.9% and after, pay off my student loan. I can achieve this in about 6 months or so… I will have to watch out my expenses carefully and slow down on coffees, junk and everything else…

At this point, since my stocks and units portfolio is slowly taking form, it’s important to pay off some debts and more important part is that I need to remain debt free and stop investing using my credit line. It’s very difficult for not to invest and just pay off debts… I find paying debts very boring because it doesn’t bring anything new to my portfolio.

And talking about my investment portfolio, let’s upgrade our yearly dividend income!! Yeahhh

Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS): 104 stocks x 1.96$ = 203.84$
Fortis (FTS): 103 stocks x 1.04$ = 107.12$
Just Energy Income Fund (JE.UN): 408 units x 1.405$ = 573.24$
Methanex Corporation (MX): 103 stocks x 0.685$ = 70.56$
Pembina Pipeline Income Fund (PIF.UN): 404 units x 1.56$ = 630.24$
Pengrowth Energy Trust (PGF.UN): 6 units x 0.84$ = 5.04$
Sprott Inc. (SII): 503 stocks x 0.10$ = 50.30$
Yellow Pages Income Fund (YLO.UN): 415 units x 0.80$ = 332$
Bell Aliant Regional Communications Income Fund (BA.UN): 100 units x 2.892$ = 289.20$

TOTAL: 2 261.54$
(average of 188$ per month)

My goal was to reach the equivalent of 200$ in dividend. I can easily say the goal will be reach in 2010, because of the DRIP I am register to with BNS, FTS, JE.UN, MX, PIF.UN, SII and YLO.UN. With those DRIP, I should earn an extra 100$. It’s not anytime soon I will be able to retired lol, but its fun to try to…. Early retirement on the way... 911

My investment portfolio in date of October 10, 2009

Savings:
2.69$ (ING Direct)

Non RRSP Investments:
Stocks & Units investment portfolio
Sprott Inc. (SII): 2 270$
Timminco (TIM): 258$
Blue Note Mining (BNT): 56$
Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS): 4 868$
Hanwei Energy Services (HE): 243$
Methanex Corporation (MX): 2 013$
Fortis (FTS): 2 622$
Pembina Pipeline Income Fund (PIF.UN): 6 107$
Just Energy Income Fund (JE.UN): 5 616$
Dumont Nickel Inc. (DNI): 460$
Yellow Pages Income Fund (YLO.UN): 2 270$
TOTAL: 26 519$

Mutual funds (outside RRSP)
Sprott Canadian Equity Fund: 4 588$

Tax-free savings account
RBC O'Shaughnessy Canadian Equity Fund:
2 473.86$
Creststreet Alternative Energy Fund: 1 170$
TOTAL: 3 643.86$

RRSP:
CIBC Dividend Fund: 478.44$
CIBC Emerging Markets Index Fund: 456.69$
CIBC Monthly Income Fund: 951.39$

Energy and Base Metals Term Savings (Indexed term savings): 503.46$
Natural Resources Term Savings (Indexed term
savings): 502.06$

GIC National Bank: 1 098.49$
GIC Finance Plus: 1 513.97$
GIC Plus: 500$

TD Canadian Bond: 109.05$
TD Monthly Income: 98.87$
TD Emerging Markets: 78.47$
TD Energy: 81.11$
TD Precious Metals: 97.58$
TD Latin American Growth: 91.62$
TD Entertainment & Communications: 95.73$
TD Dividend Growth: 186.68$
TD U.S. Mid-Cap Growth: 91.94$

Maritime Life International Equity Fund (Templeton):
660.47$
Manulife Simplicity Growth Portfolio: 827.03$
Maritime Life CI Harbour Seg Fund: 988.14$
Maritime Life Fidelity True North Seg Fund: 929.15$
Maritime Life Trimark Europlus Seg Fund: 589.65$

Great West - Various: 1 577.81$

RBC Canadian Dividend Fund: 480.53$
RBC U.S. Mid-Cap Equity Fund C$: 1 674.91$
RBC Global Resources Fund: 781.78$
RBC O'Shaughnessy International Equity Fund:
644.26$
RBC O'Shaughnessy All-Canadian Equity
Fund: 913.37$
GIC Canadian Market: 1 000$

TOTAL: 18 002.65$

Social Capital at Desjardins Membership share for 3 accounts: 40$

Savings + Stocks, units, mutual funds + Tax-free savings account + RRSP + Online Income (37.17$):
52 833.37$
[In date of October 10, 2009]

BA.UN, exams and other stuff

This week pass by quickly. So far at my new job, I got one quiz and 2 exams. I didn’t pass the quiz (which didn’t count), but I pass the 2 exams, which I was very happy. But there are 2 more to come… And by the end of next week, we will take our first calls… I hope it will go ok because right now, with the combination of the 2 jobs I have right now, my old evening job and this new one, I am making more than 3 000$ after taxes, which allow me to do a lot of things.

As I wrote previously, I pay off one of my student loan debt. The debt was of 1 087$. On Monday, I had received my new credit line with the bank I am working for. I use that credit line to pay my TD credit line. For about 4 days, there’s been no activity on my TD credit line lol. But it didn’t last for long. Yesterday, I purchase 100 units of Bell Aliant Regional Communications Income Fund (BA.UN) as, let’s say, a Christmas gift from me to me… BA.UN is not cheap. I took 2 729$ from my TD credit line to pay for the investment. BA.UN dividend payments are interesting. BA.UN yearly dividend is of 2.94$ per unit. My TD credit line is at an interest rate of 8%. 2 729$ at 8% make 218.32$ in yearly interest. And my BA.UN investment provides me an income of 294$, which is more than the cost of my interest on my TD credit line… This is actually a principle that Derek Foster cover in one of his book. Nice, but I still need to make the minimum payment on those loans! Anyway, for now, I can afford. If something would happen, I could always sell my investments… But so far, it’s seemed to go well.

The 60 hours per 2 weeks that I am doing at my evening job gave me 650$ after taxes. I was pretty happy when I saw the amount of my pay. I can basically afford my living with that job alone. All the other money I make can be spend at whatever I want. And what I truly want right now is to extend my investment portfolio. And right now, everything seem to be align in a way I can achieve my goal

This weekend is going to be a relax one. Like always, I am going to review my banking stuff lol, but I cannot wait to take pictures all over the place with my new digital camera… I didn’t got the chance to try it yet. It’s going to be fun. Also have to update my portfolio (what you see at the right column), but I am just too tired to do it right now.

My order to buy 100 units of Bell Aliant Regional Communications Income Fund

This week was really fantastic. I pay my little student loan (the amount was of 1 087$, which is now pay off). I also pay my TD credit line with the money I had receive from my credit line at a very low interest. But I couldn't help it, I just place an order to purchase 100 units of Bell Aliant Regional Communications Income Fund (BA.UN), at the maximum price of 28$... FINALLY!!!! I wanted to own some BA.UN for so long!!!! Their dividend is so fantastic! 2.9004$ per year per unit!

I wanted to stay at 0$ on my TD credit line, but I wanted to extend my stocks and units portfolio, and I could'nt wait. I wanted to purchase some Bell Aliant Regional Communications Income Fund for a very long time now, and this seem to be the perfect occasion. I calculate roughly, and I should earn around 2 500$ in dividend for the year 2010... Which make my 200$ per month I wanted to achieve and which make now more than 55 000$ in assets, and just a little bit of debt...

I just can't wait for the weekend to come, I really want to calculate how my investments worth now. A TSX at more than 11 600 points, isn't great? IT HAVE to remain the same until the weekend!!!

Busy-busy week

I had many things this week with my training for this new job I have and also the exam I got.. I pass the exam! By looking at my mistakes, I think there’s some stuff I taught I had understood but didn’t understand… So I guess I will read again banking stuff this weekend… Time goes by too quickly and things are getting pretty rough. Very difficult to follow a training, study for it, work 30 hours on top of that at my regular evening job… But money really worth it.

I also transfer money into my banking account in order to pay off one my student loan, at 1 087$... I am almost done with this, I only need to contact my Caisse on Monday to get the payment done and completed.

So far so good, I pass the exam, I continue the training. I might open an account with them in order to trade online very soon.

I received my Just Energy Income Fund (JE.UN) for the month of October. I now own 3 new units of JE.UN. Very nice. I am now at 408 units… Nothing extraordinary yet, but my portfolio slowly taking form and I am always amaze when I received my dividend. Currently, my stocks and units portfolio is at 26 725$, an increase of 206$ compare to October 10th… A little increase is better than nothing at all…

I got the loan, but failed my first quiz

I don’t have any training tomorrow; which is perfectly fine with me. I have so much to do, excluding studying. And surprise, my credit line of 5 000$ at a super low interest had been approved! Today, I provided some proof of incomes. But my credit line is not open yet as I had to take an appointment. By Friday, my credit line at TD will be all pay off, I won’t have to pay the regular TD interest rate of 8%. So I am quite happy with that part. I also ask a question of what will happen if I loose my job at the bank (which is not TD by the way lol), if the interest rate will remain the same, super low? And I was told yes, over the phone… But I would be quite surprise if it would be the case… Anyway, I don’t really mind for now. It make a lot of things to do for me to do at the same time and at a point, I won’t be very sad if I got fired because I had failed the exam or what so ever. Of course I will do my best not to fail, but I mean, if I fail, I won’t be too sad, because I miss my free time, I miss getting up late, drinking coffee late at night, I miss HubPages… Even if I fail, I am pretty happy with all the things I had been able to do. With the pay I will receive this week, I will pay off one of my student loan. After what, I will only have left less than 9 000$ in student loan. For the upcoming months, I would like to pay off some student loan debt, invest in something new for my portfolio, like BRC.UN or EMA, and plan something for my RRSP contribution of 2009. I will probably turn non RRSP investment into RRSP, just like I did last year. But this time, it will be with stocks and units. I have around 10 000$ to invest in RRSP and I will contribute to the maximum into it, in order the save as much as I can on taxes. I have a lot to do and I don’t like too much the training I am following right now because it’s a bit too much of fast food training as everything is being explained quickly and a lot of information is being provided at the same time. Everything is just not fitting well all together and to tell the true, I am not too happy with this. Low salary, great benefit and a training on-the-go. Really not for me. Anyway, I will continue. I am just praying my investment plan will work out and that everything will work out at the end. I really dislike living in the province of Quebec and I just want to escape from here. In God I trust.