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Saturday, May 1, 2010

My investment portfolio in date of April 23, 2010

Savings:
372.07$

Non registered Investments:
Stocks & Units investment portfolio
Sprott Inc. (SII): 1 996.80$
Timminco (TIM): 168$
Blue Note Mining (BNT): 46$
Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS): 5 464.20$
Hanwei Energy Services (HE): 135$
Methanex Corporation (MX): 2 556.46$
Fortis (FTS): 2 985.15$
Pembina Pipeline Income Fund (PIF.UN):
7 508.80$
Just Energy Income Fund (JE.UN): 9 953.46$
Dumont Nickel Inc. (DNI): 460$
Yellow Pages Income Fund (YLO.UN):
3 010.93$
Bell Aliant Regional Communications Income Fund
(BA.UN): 2 638$
Pengrowth Energy Trust (PGF.UN): 1 233.84$
Enbridge Income Fund (ENF.UN): 4 093.32$
Corby Distilleries Limited (CDL.A): 1 589$
Davis + Henderson Income Fund (DHF.UN):
1 819$
Premium Brands Holdings Corporation (PBH):
2 856$
The Consumers’ Waterheater Income Fund
(CWI.UN): 1 060$
Cash: 127.48$

TOTAL: 49 701.44$

Tax-free savings account (TFSA):
RBC O’Shaughnessy Canadian Equity Fund:
2 863.38$
The Consumers’ Waterheater Income Fund
(CWI.UN): 1 060$
Sprott Canadian Equity Fund: 5 262.88$
Cash: 21.69$

TOTAL: 9 186.26$

RSP investment portfolio:
Claymore Gold Bullion ETF (CGL): 2 088$
EnCana Corporation (ECA): 3 267$
Emera Incorporated (EMA): 4 958$
Cash: 259.15$

CIBC Dividend Growth Fund: 512.36$
CIBC Emerging Markets Index Fund: 449.53$
CIBC Monthly Income Fund: 988.60$

Energy and Base Metals Term Savings (Indexed term savings): 546.25$
Natural Resources Term Savings (Indexed term
savings): 502.06$

GIC National Bank: 1 170$
GIC Finance Plus: 1 513.97$
GIC Plus: 500$

TD Canadian Bond: 112.68$
TD Monthly Income: 107.52$
TD Emerging Markets: 80.79$
TD Energy: 86.15$
TD Precious Metals: 108.76$
TD Latin American Growth: 94.20$
TD Entertainment & Communications: 107.83$
TD Dividend Growth: 204.99$
TD U.S. Mid-Cap Growth: 105.09$

Maritime Life International Equity Fund
(Templeton): 646.93$
Manulife Simplicity Growth Portfolio: 873.47$
Maritime Life CI Harbour Seg Fund: 1 034.32$
Maritime Life Fidelity True North Seg Fund: 985.72$
Maritime Life Trimark Europlus Seg Fund: 598.27$

Great-West – various: 1 753.62$

RBC Canadian Dividend Fund: 524.62$
RBC U.S. Mid-Cap Equity Fund C$: 1 924.89$
RBC Global Resources Fund: 971.31$
RBC O’Shaughnessy International Equity Fund:
606.20$
RBC O’Shaughnessy All-Canadian Equity
Fund: 1 061.69$

GIC Canadian Market: 1 000$

TOTAL: 29 743.97$

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

Savings + Stocks, units, mutual funds + Tax-free
savings account + RRSP + Online Income
(114.14$):
89 157.88$
[In date of April 23, 2010]

Thursday, April 29, 2010

My first 100$ payout from Google AdSense program

Yep! Usually, bloggers request a payment by cheque, but I did mine through online banking as I wanted to be sure to get the payment. I didn’t want to see the work of 3 years of blogging to get lost in the mail. What really help me in reaching my first 100$ in Google AdSense is HubPages and of course, this current blog. I reach 100$ once, I can reach 100$ a second time. I just hope that next time, it won’t take me as long as 3 years lol. But I see blogging as a hubby, and when you see blogging this way, your chances of making good money of blogging is low. I also blog on a very personal tone. I am not an expert on anything really, so it makes it even harder. But I have to say, in the last couple of months, I saw the traffic on my blog increasing. The key: just keep blogging, writing, I guess. On a long term goal, I would very much like to be able to earn 100$ per month from Google AdSense program. It’s possible. In my case, 100$ per month would required more articles on HubPages, more post on my blog. Extremely difficult to blog, write articles and work full-time! But I am willing to take the challenge!

The last couple of days had been quite busy. I had been busy at « stretching » my budget, as a new payer is being add on this upcoming May, my RSP credit line payment. My monthly payment is of around 107$. Currently, I have just enough money to cover up for my expenses. But luckily, I can cover all the payments I need to make, rent included for the month of May. Which mean that all of what I will earn on my next paycheque can be money save over my next investment, 100 new stocks of Corby Distilleries Limited (CDL.A). At a point, I am quite tempted to just cash in my dividend instead of making them roll over but as view before…. There seem to be no easy way. I can make end reach just the way I am being set right now but of course, I want more.

April 23, 2010 had been quite an extraordinary period for my portfolio. Back than, my non registered portfolio was at 49 701.44$. For the same portfolio, I registered today a 841.75$ lost. The beautiful gains had been lost, but I am confident I will reach the 841.75$ in gain really soon. I do not really know what to think about the situation in Greece and other European countries. But hope its turn for the best.

So I guess I will have no choice than going out of my comfort zone and work more hours at my daytime job, save save save and… job search. This week, I try to be careful with my expenses. I begin to cut on my coffees but believe it or not, it has an effect on me. I am feeling less alert and more sleepy. I bring tea bag at work and in the morning, I made myself some coffee. But nothing to compare to Second Cup coffee, that’s for sure.

Cutting on small expenses can have a huge positive effect on a budget. As for myself, we can talk about one, if not 2 coffees per day for a total of 4.42$ per day. 4.42$ x 30 days = 132.60$.... 30 days because not to forget I work Saturday and Sunday too… And this amount does not even include eating out. It make easily 200$ per month that I can save pretty easily. I done this kind of saving before, giving myself sometime a « non coffees week » goal. Each time, the goal had been more or less respected, but each time, I had been able to save some money. Myself, my bad habit is mostly coffee and eating out. Once it will be under control for good, I will be fine. I am just very happy to have already the cash to pay all of my May expenses.

Monday, April 26, 2010

Because its all about the lowest and the highest

The upcoming weeks are going to be much better as I got my regular schedule back. I went crazy for the past couple of days as I sometimes had to wake up at 6 in the morning just to go to work… But now everything back on track. My portfolio is doing quite well. Nice gain today again for my portfolio! Most interested gains were for my RSP stocks portfolio.

I don’t know how many times I write and told myself I was going to job search, but I didn’t and I don’t think I will. I am confident I might be able to reach the 90 000$ in assets if not by the end of June, later on this summer and this is enough for me. At a point, working more just getting the hell out of me, money is good, but I guess at 89 100$ in assets, the money lost is excitement, investment lost of its freshness and dividends well, they are what they are: dividend… lol… I know that I will be job searching again but it won’t be for now, unless I really need to.

Maybe I shouldn’t have done this but I just call T D Waterhouse to contribute to my TFSA. I had a 1 800$ or something left over, so I decide to take the 200 units I had of the Consumers’ Waterheater Income Fund (CWI.UN) in my non registered account transferred over my TFSA. And guess who else had join the TFSA? Dumont Nickel (DNI)! I transferred the 23 000 stocks from my non registered account to my TFSA. Why did I do so? I had 1 885.02$ left that I could be invested in for 2010 in my TFSA.

At this point, I am just fooling around with little investments but funny fact is that all of those little investments combine together, make, at the end, a really fantastic 89 100$ and something… Anyhow, I already had 200 units of the Consumers’ Waterheater Income Fund (CWI.UN) into my TFSA. I also had 200 units of the Consumers’ Waterheater Income Fund (CWI.UN) in my non registered broker account. This one actually was my latest investment. Since I had a contribution that could be made for my TFSA, I just decide to have all of my Consumers’ Waterheater Income Fund (CWI.UN) units sleeping in the same boat. That’s really all.

As for Dumont Nickel (DNI), I am just looking forward to sell the 23 000 stocks I hold at 4 cents each. The profit will be, of course, small – but still, a profit is a profit. And why not making a profit free of taxes?

When making those transferred into my TFSA, I had been told if I wanted to make the contribution at lowest or the highest. But I decide at the lowest because that way, it make more money left to contribute for my TFA. The representative didn’t want to give any advice. Brokers are really just that: brokers lol. Even if they want, they cannot provide any advice. What a dream job isn’t? Just execute orders, no hassle. Anyhow, I could also transferred over Hanwei Energy Services (HE) and Timminco (TIM) but at this point, I want to understand what’s the lowest and the highest mean before switching those 2 into my TFSA. Let’s say I want to begin to be more sophisticated and at a point, I promise, I am going to know exactly what I am doing for once in my life.

Transferring some non registered investment into registered investment (TFSA or RSP) is not an easy thing to understand. Just very mysterious. That’s what I remember from last year, when I transferred some non registered mutual funds into RSP mutual funds. I was very curious to see the effect on taxes. But I didn’t get any paper for the taxes except of course, a RSP contribution paper. Transferring non registered investment into registered account – when it comes to mutual funds – is not like making a sell because the exact same amount of units hold is getting transferred into RSP.

Ok, but stocks and units are not mutual funds. So will I have something to declare for the transfer I did tonight with T D Waterhouse? I don’t know. I mostly understand the basic, but that lowest and highest thing is quite intriguing.

Friday, April 23, 2010

Pushing it right to the top: I am now at 89 157.88$ in personal assets

I knew it was going to be great, but not that huge! Imagine my surprise today, as my investment portfolio exceed the 89 000$! I am currently at a fantastic 89 157.88$. If things continue this way, with my next investment in June – 100 extra new stocks of CDL.A – my portfolio could reach a value of OVER 90 000$! That’s pretty hot stuff. Between April 20 and 23$, my assets gain 817.73$, without new investment or new savings. 817.73$ represent a gain of 0.9256%! WOW!

My gain could have exceeded the 900$ if only Sprott Inc. (SII) would have close at 4$ and Just Energy Income Fund (JE.UN) at 14$... But of course, things just didn’t happen that way. Sprott Inc. (SII) close this Friday session at 3.90$ and Just Energy Income Fund (JE.UN) at 13.71$. Time to buy Just Energy Income Fund! Just Energy had announced recently the acquisition of Hudson Parent Holdings, an energy marketing company operating in New York, New Jersey, Illinois and Texas. One of Canada greatest dividend payer is growing in the USA! Rebecca MacDonald that just of a visionary. Of course, at this point, the only thing I want is to add more of the sublime Just Energy Income Fund (JE.UN) units in my investment portfolio!

Its looking really great for my first 100 000$ because I am now only missing 10 842.12$ before hitting the magic number. I gave myself until December 2010, but seeing how things are going, I may be able to reach my goal on a sooner date or maybe not.

Anyhow, what cannot happen on a closer date will just happen one day or the other. I received Enbridge Income Fund (ENF.UN) (29.28$) and Bell Aliant Regional Communications Income Fund (BA.UN) (24.17$) dividend. It’s now by tomorrow that I am gonna be able to live on my dividend income (lol), but while waiting… I have, let’s say bunch of fun.

My stock investment portfolio in date of April 20, 2010

Savings:
372.07$

Non registered Investments:
Stocks & Units investment portfolio

Sprott Inc. (SII): 1 894.40$
Timminco (TIM): 176$
Blue Note Mining (BNT): 48$
Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS): 5 451.60$
Hanwei Energy Services (HE): 114$
Methanex Corporation (MX): 2 524.53$
Fortis (FTS): 2 972.55$
Pembina Pipeline Income Fund (PIF.UN):
7 446.40$
Just Energy Income Fund (JE.UN): 10 134.96$
Dumont Nickel Inc. (DNI): 460$
Yellow Pages Income Fund (YLO.UN):
2 871.09$
Bell Aliant Regional Communications Income Fund
(BA.UN): 2 614$
Pengrowth Energy Trust (PGF.UN): 1 207.34$
Enbridge Income Fund (ENF.UN): 4 057.56$
Corby Distilleries Limited (CDL.A): 1 575$
Davis + Henderson Income Fund (DHF.UN):
1 797$
Premium Brands Holdings Corporation (PBH):
2 880$
The Consumers’ Waterheater Income Fund
(CWI.UN): 1 052$
Cash: 100.93$

TOTAL: 49 377.36$

Tax-free savings account (TFSA):
RBC O’Shaughnessy Canadian Equity Fund:
2 833.59$
The Consumers’ Waterheater Income Fund
(CWI.UN): 1 052$
Sprott Canadian Equity Fund: 5 090.23$
Cash: 21.69$

TOTAL: 8 997.51$

RSP investment portfolio:
Claymore Gold Bullion ETF (CGL): 2 052$
EnCana Corporation (ECA): 3 177$
Emera Incorporated (EMA): 4 904$
Cash: 259.15$

CIBC Dividend Growth Fund: 509.37$
CIBC Emerging Markets Index Fund: 447.06$
CIBC Monthly Income Fund: 981.28$

Energy and Base Metals Term Savings (Indexed term savings): 546.25$
Natural Resources Term Savings (Indexed term
savings): 502.06$

GIC National Bank: 1 170$
GIC Finance Plus: 1 513.97$
GIC Plus: 500$

TD Canadian Bond: 112.60$
TD Monthly Income: 106.92$
TD Emerging Markets: 80.67$
TD Energy: 84.90$
TD Precious Metals: 105.73$
TD Latin American Growth: 94.46$
TD Entertainment & Communications: 107.02$
TD Dividend Growth: 204.30$
TD U.S. Mid-Cap Growth: 102.77$

Maritime Life International Equity Fund
(Templeton): 645.28$
Manulife Simplicity Growth Portfolio: 868.54$
Maritime Life CI Harbour Seg Fund: 1 027.91$
Maritime Life Fidelity True North Seg Fund: 977.07$
Maritime Life Trimark Europlus Seg Fund: 598.36$

Great-West – various: 1 753.62$

RBC Canadian Dividend Fund: 520.53$
RBC U.S. Mid-Cap Equity Fund C$: 1 872.41$
RBC Global Resources Fund: 952.32$
RBC O’Shaughnessy International Equity Fund:
608.17$
RBC O’Shaughnessy All-Canadian Equity
Fund: 1 053.37$

GIC Canadian Market: 1 000$

TOTAL:
29 439.07$

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

Savings + Stocks, units, mutual funds + Tax-free
savings account + RRSP + Online Income
(114.14$):
88 340.15$
[In date of April 20, 2010]

Thursday, April 22, 2010

My credit card limit increase request had been approved!

Just a few days ago, I had applied for a credit card limit increase of 3 000$ so I can benefit of a credit card balance transfer of 4.9%... Well, the request had been approved. TD Canada Trust is the greatest financial institution in Canada. TD Canada Trust never refused me anything! I have a TD credit line, a TD Visa, a TD RSP credit line… not to mention a broker account. Actually, the only thing missing from my TD package is a TD chequing account. So this is pretty great. I could have get refused because of the current debts I hold. But since my broker account is at TD, they can also see what kind of cash I have invested. I guess it had played in my favor. The Dividend Girl is also… a TD Girl lol…

Just a few months ago, I had applied for a RSP loan at Bank of Scotia and got refused. The reason why? For Bank of Scotia (BNS), I was holding too much for the salary I had. Also, I had basically no cash, only investment. And a branch of Bank of Scotia (BNS) located in Montreal didn’t want to take my stocks portfolio as security, even if I am one of their shareholder. I think things could have worked out better if I would had been better at another branch. So just don’t go visit the branch of Bank of Scotia located on University downtown Montreal because you will just loose your time! Bank of Scotia is not willing to make business with you if you don’t hold cash and hold too much debt.

I am proud of my debts, of my investments and not having cash do not matter to me. Not working full-time had been an issue too… and being fired from BMO Bank of Montreal too lol. Like come on! Bank of Scotia (BNS) need to be more open-mind. I had an awesome credit history, I am rich, and some sick people of Bank of Scotia are saying NO to me?

I had big project for me and Bank of Scotia. I wanted to get the loan, transferred my portfolio over Scotia iTrade…. But since Bank of Scotia REFUSED my loan request, I told myself: f*** off, I stay with TD. From that point, I told myself I was going to stay forever with TD Canada Trust.

I wanted to switch for Scotia iTrade because with a minimum of 50 000$ in portfolio, which I was reaching at the time with the RSP loan, I could had placed trades at 9.99$. It was basically the only reason why I wanted to switch from T D Waterhouse to Scotia iTrade. But it never happens, so I decide to stay with TD. Business is over with Bank of Scotia, as well as BMO Bank of Montreal (BMO) because, as you might already know, BMO Bank of Montreal fired me after 3 months, shortly after giving me a 5 000$ credit line and 4 000$ Mastercard credit card. But shouldn't be surprised, as a New Brunswicker, I had experiment the lack of common sense of Quebeckers. I would have deserved a longer try out period. I was willing to learn and doing my best. My laid off from BMO Bank of Montreal is also a lack of social responsibilities from BMO Bank of Montreal. They had provided me credit, learn about my good credit situation and my investment and than, after giving me 9 000$ value in credit, fired me before my try out period. I could only have lived something like it here in Quebec. Quebec corruption is not only about wanted to be a country of their own, it’s about also their local MBA holders, thinking they are good and have it, to apply their own rules, thinking maybe I was going to get hurt, thinking maybe my spirit would get kill. But you have to follow my own rules. And BMO Bank of Montreal won’t be forgiven from my end.

And hopefully, I will reach 90 000$ in assets sometime this summer.
 

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