What's up baby

My TSX went down of more than 100 points today... My non-registered portfolio is currently at 124 274.34$. Not too bad. I would like to see things get more stable. The stock market is not about to lose its extreme volatility anytime some. So far for 2012, my dividend income is exceeding the 1 700$.

I had set up my banking account for my home business. I got one assignment so far. I done for about 300$ of work last week, but I work like crazy. I should receive more certainly by the end of the week. While waiting, I try to do all of those little things that need to be done, but it’s not easy. I have to come with some Web site content in both French and English, I need to have the English content be proofread – because you know, me and English is like firework... I need to search for new customers... I also need to apply for my tax number.

I had previous experience as a freelancer. Being a freelancer is not easy. While being in Montreal, I had an evening job from 4 to midnight in a call center. I had the whole day to work on my stuff or seek for contracts. I also had a survey job during the weekend. I was doing a nice living, I had no money problem, I was doing more than what needed for my living, it allowed me to invest for my portfolio, etc. The whole situation was certainly chaotic with all that work-work-work, but I didn’t mind. I had no money problem. And I was living in the beautiful Mont-Royal, not far away from the Lafontaine Park and all other beauties of the Plateau.

However, I didn’t like the in-deep Quebec, its politic, the non-access to health care and the high income taxes, among other.

But my whole existence took a different path when I moved back to New Brunswick in September 2011. I was promised a full-time permanent position. However, I had been laid off beginning of March 2012. The reason? Lack of financial resources. What the heck.

I was lucky to meet my local New Brunswick MLT. The MLT was extra nice to me. I was able to go through the whole work situation and the circumstances of my laid off. And the MLT opinion was about the same as for the lawyers that I spoke too so far. I was happily surprised because at first, i wasn’t expecting much from a politician LOL (Laid off or not, there’s thing that will NEVER EVER change OK).

Next step for me is to email to my local Federal Deputy. I hope for a meeting as well. So yeah, the Dividend Girl is talking to a bunch of politicians. But why am I doing so?

Why? Because my workplace had received thousands and thousands of dollars from the government, the federal one especially. Close to or more than 1 million bucks. My taught is: EVERYONE in position of authority need to know. And trust me, everyone will know when I will be done with this. As you can imagine, it’s taking a lot of my time. But now that I am laid off, I don’t have anything better to do: complaint and blog, do business, check out on my portfolio. DO BUSINESS LOL.

Problem being, money had been spend around without any respect. Salaries had been raised when they shouldn’t, and money had been invested in piece of software when they shouldn’t. A bad management is the reason of all this. And when I will be done, their ignorance will just explode on their F face! YOUYOU. You'll regret the day you were born! :)

Myself, with my business, I could spend thousands and thousands on all kind of software and other. But I start slowly. I can use free online resources BEFORE spending money. I plan to only invest if I can, and only on money I would have made on the famous business. At my current 300$, I had have enough to cover one software I bought at 120$. I have enough for my domain address and also to cover the cost of the English proofreading Web site content, and also to buy a nice template... the rest is peanuts, but enough to pay some coffees. I don’t like to be working from home, in my tiny bedroom like ALL DAY LONG.   

That’s pretty much what’s going on right now.

I run around for jobs. But I am not expecting anything. Some parts of New Brunswick are a dead zone. It’s the most area to be living in while facing a laid off. Because there’s no job and a lot of corruption. It’s a game of power and corruption, basically. And no one is really paying the price of that, if not the victims themselves.

The overall scheme is not too bad. I need 400$-500$ or 600$ for my basic living expenses. On top of that, the minimum payment on my debt is about 300$. With my dividend income + online earnings + freelance contracts, I can make a holly bunch of money, it’s just a matter of getting the thing started.

HELLO MONEY.

Am I idiot enough to become rich?

My non-registered portfolio closed today session at 124 223.21$. From my impression, it seem like the market is on its way for a situation a bit more stable than what we had used for the past couple of months. While being under that impression, I decided to withdraw 2k from my margin account and apply the money on my 10k value credit line at 7.52%. I apply on it 1k coming from my own money, for a total of 3k. The balance left on my credit line is now about only 2k. In 2-3 months, I will be able to pay it all.

I got that 10k credit line (7.52%) at the RBC Royal Bank a couple of years ago. Since the opening, the interest rate never changed, it’s always been 7.52%. But that’s soon going to change.

This week, I received a letter from RBC Royal Bank saying that starting May 1th, 2012, my interest rate will be increase from 7.52% to 10.52%, which represent an increase of 3%! Knowing the economic situation we are in right now, I was very surprise about this increase. How it work with credit interest rate generally speaking, the interest increase when the prime rate increase.

When the economic situation is chaotic, interest rate remains low. So I knew for sure that there was no change regarding the prime rate. So what I did, I gave a call to RBC Royal Bank. I asked the representative why I was facing an increase on my interest rate.

First of all, my account is in good standard. I never missed one single payment on my credit line and my whole RBC account is in good standard.

I confirm with the RBC representative: the prime rate didn’t change.

So why RBC Royal Bank is increasing my credit line from 7.52% to 10.52%?

There’s no reason why, basically, behind this increase.

RBC just wants to make more money on my back, that’s really all. But that’s not going to happen. I will be able to completely pay off my credit line before the month of May.

I wasn’t happy and I requested no change on my credit line. In order to do so, to keep my old 7.52%, the only solution for the representative was to perform a credit evaluation. I refuse and asked to speak to a supervisor. The supervisor took my complaint, but he couldn’t do much. I had to go under a credit evaluation to keep something that I had been giving to be a while ago.

I find that system very stupid. I refuse to go through a credit evaluation to keep my 7.52%. I won’t be doing more business with RBC Royal Bank NEVER EVER AGAIN. My account ALWAYS been in good standard at the RBC. There’s no reason why I should go another credit evaluation. People at the RBC Royal Bank are a bunch of little jerks. That vice-president Goyers is a piece a s**t.

I had placed my complaint to RBC on March 20.

March 20, 2012 is a date to be remembered. Not because of the complaint I place with RBC Royal Bank, but because it’s on that date that I became a small business owner! That’s right... Like the Rebecca MacDonald and the Ronnie Seterdahl Negus that we found out there, I am now.., a woman entrepreneur, but without the millions and the men ;)

I cannot use my regular banking account for my “business” lol because I have a business name you see. So basically, RBC Royal Bank wasn’t interested in resolving my problem so consequences, I didn’t open my commercial banking account with them. Instead, I call the Caisse populaire. It’s much more affordable. I can have an account per operation to start with, which mean no business, no banking fee. I have my business name, my business registration number (NE). On Monday, I will get the banking account and following what, I will fill out the form to receive my tax number.

And oh surprise, I already find work. Nothing substantial, but it’s a good start. I prefer to work at a lower salary than not working at all. And it’s giving me an experience and it keeps me busy. I cannot say I already have a lot of experience in what I am doing... I prefer to just accept whatever presents to me. And this one was an easy one... I like it when it's easy. :)

You won’t see me spending hundreds or even thousands in publicity or marketing, that’s for sure. But it’s not what the CBDC would like to see me doing. I went to my local CBDC. They have a program for self-employed to start a business while received unemployment. They can provide as much as 50 weeks on unemployment.

Let say I am being approve to received 40 weeks of unemployment, the program will give me 10 extra weeks. However, for the extra weeks, the CBDC only give away 250$, which I find very cheap. And on top of that, the CBDC request a credit check – and that being just to received a 250$ for a few weeks!!! This must be a joke right? No, it's not, sadly. I don't like to be treated like a stupid hot chick.

Nothing much is being done in New Brunswick to help youth. Bernard Valcourt is A FOOL and he’s a one eye man. Harper government S**K LIKE HELL. The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency? WHO GIVE A DAMN. I will do without. F U Stephen Haper government!

Like always, I will go the Dividend Girl way style and just like always, it will be JUST FINE. I have the HELL of a good investment portfolio.What I have done to be such of a good investor?

ahaha

I don’t plan to stay in New Brunswick for very long. The CBDC can also provide a loan, but just to present a request for a loan, I need to pay 75$! **AND THE DATING SCENE IS HORRIBLE IN NB!**

Applying for a loan at the bank is FREE. Why CBDCs are requesting a fee for a simple loan request? That's really stupid.

Why? BECAUSE IT’S ALL ABOUT MONEY and only a bunch of super retarded people work at the CBDC, a real bunch of dummies.

And the loan by itself is really not interesting. The max available is 20k. There’s no interest charge on the first year, BUT, a payment of 100$ per month is requested... IT DOESN’T MAKE ANY SENSE. Interest charge begins on the second year. The interest rate is quite high, close to 7%. It doesn’t worth it to get involve with CBDC credit check, fees and stuff. I would have proceed with a request if the loan rate would have been of something like 5%. Higher than that, no thank you, I am not interested.

I am not receiving any kind of help and I don’t need any. I don’t even have a place to print my résumé for free. The Conservative New Brunswick government may think they are doing a great job, but they really not. No support, no service, no public transportation (Acadian Line bus transportation service had been on strike forever now....). I mean come on! New Brunswick Conservative government is hurting the citizens really badly. People of the CBDC, people of the government are just SITTING ON THEIR A*S, doing nothing at all. CBDCs should be completely eliminated. There’s no true services, no true willingness to help and to assist.

I am waiting until the end of April and after what I get the HELL out of here. Why I am not leaving now? Well, I plan to fill a small claim against my employer. I had been laid off because of their financial difficulties. Can you tell me why I was hiring back in September if you had financial difficulties? Like COME ON. My case is so good, I had spoke with several lawyers and I could get 15k, if not get up to 30k in compensation, but certainly a 15k. AND I WILL FIGHT UNTIL THE END and get my big bucks. I cannot wait for Monday to come. Just watch me going.

I am not running after trouble, it’s just that trouble LOVE me. KIND OF A LOT.

Between my portfolio management, small claim procedure, small business opening, and me working on the Web well, in the between, yeah, I had been busy. And oh, I sometime drink.

And here Derek Foster coming on today with a newsletter title: Any idiot can be rich! Ah yeah? Are you sure, Derek Foster?

:)

I wish I am idiot enough to be rich. I WISH. $$$

Maybe I am after all. What do you think? 

I am idiot, but I am not idiot enough to stay in New Brunswick.

TOO SMART FOR MY MONEY, TOO SMART FOR RBC, TOO SMART FOR CBDC AND TOO SMART FOR MY LATE EMPLOYER.

Happy $$$ weekend. 

New investments for my non-registered portfolio

My non-registered portfolio seems to have close the day at a very good 126 050.70$.

Now that I am freshly laid off, I spend my days sleeping in late, going to bed late, and sometime drinking wine and beer in the between. Being laid off is really not bad at all.

Other than drinking, I did apply for some jobs online. I found a couple of offers that could be of an interest. I also wrote some articles on HubPages, but nothing really consistent. With spring coming ahead, I would like to visit my bro in Ottawa and check on if I can find anything there. I would like to see the Ottawa tulips more than actually getting a job there, actually.

Right now, my biggest challenge and what I have to be more alert on is setting up a working schedule to become more efficient. And I also have to exercise, which I haven’t done quite often these last couple days.

I have been checking on my stocks too. Everything is pretty much under control. Some readers around here said to pay off my debt and to invest only once the stock market will crash. To that, I would be surprise to face a stock market correction. My taught is that the stock market already been corrected ENOUGH. Investing in US stocks is a good idea, but with my margin account situation, it would be too risky to have my non-registered portfolio split between my Canadian and US account. It’s unfortunate, but my margin account makes it almost impossible for me to invest more in US dollars. That situation doesn’t bother me at all. I am happy to have a strong margin account so I can pay off my 10k credit line at 7.52%. I made a deposit of 1k last week. If I make another 1k deposit on the credit line. If I proceed with another 1k deposit, I will be down to 4k left to pay.

I found a couple cool stocks I could eventually invest it:

Brookfield Real Estate Services Inc. (BRE)

iShares U.S. High Yield Bond Index Fund (CAD-Hedged) (XHY)

Bell Aliant Inc. (BA)

AltaGAs Ltd. (ALA)

RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust (REI.UN

I found ALA and REI.UN on Susan Brunner blog. As for BRE, I don’t remember if it’s from Susan blog, but I knew that one before. I also had BA in my portfolio a little way back, it could make a return in my portfolio, eventually.

iShares U.S. High Yield Bond Index Fund (CAD-Hedged) (XHY) is a stable stock offering a great dividend yield at the same. I like it.

Nothing much other than that if its not that even while not working, my portfolio grow, grow and grow.

Investment portfolio restructuration is on its way

At this time, I really like what I have as portfolio, but with a few exceptions. The Maple Group acquisition of TMX Group (X) will probably go through, maybe not by the end of March, but still, it seems to be on its way. When the deal finally closed and completed, I will earn some big bucks. In case of such eventuality, I need to prepare and find some quality stocks to invest in and that’s really not easy. I need a quality stock that will both support my margin account situation and my dividend income. The task is certainly difficult, but not impossible.

Among all of the investments I hold, I would like to be able to sell at profit Kinross Gold Corp (K), First Majestic Silver Corp (FR), Sprott Physical Silver Trust ET (PSLV) and Sprott Physical Silver Trust UTS (PHS.U). A little way back, I had been able to reduce my position in Rogers Sugar Inc. (RSI) and Colabor Group Inc. (GCL). I would like to the same thing, but in better. Currently, stuff like K, FR, PSLV and PHS.U are not paying any dividend. What I would like to do is to sell at profit those investments and reinvest in some high quality dividend stocks. To do so, I need to: sell at profit K, FR, PSLV and PHS.U and than reinvested. And after what, the only problem being that I have to find those quality stocks and I am not in a rush to sell K, FR, PSLV and PHS.U, but it’s eventually something I would like to care of. And I am not in any rush at all to restructure my portfolio in order to increase my dividend income. And there’re many reasons for that.

Before selling any stocks and reinvested in any other things, I have think, primo, of reinvested in stocks that will have the same loan value – same of very close of being similar. And it’s not exactly an easy thing.

Making a living on dividend distribution: is the dream possible, like right now?

I had been quiet lately for several reasons. I had been laid off. And no, I won’t tell you more! I am looking forward at my options. I qualify for unemployment, so I will be applying for that soon. Where I am in New Brunswick, there are not too many jobs available in this desert of snow, I am in a little town and just to make things worst, Acadian Lines, the Maritime public transportation public, is on strike. This is helping a lot!

We’ll move on for now but I am really not stress. Want to know why? Ok, we’ll begin by checking over my budget and my monthly needs:

Minimum of the minimum living expenses:
Rent + Internet + other: 400$

DEBT:
Student Loan: 98$
RRSP Loan: 108$
Credit line: 50$
Credit card balance transfer: 30$
American Express at 0.99% for a year: 27$
Banking fees: 5.90$

Minimum debt payment total: 318.90$

TOTAL: 718.90$

The amount of 718.90$ over the minimum of the minimum, without car expenses, without any extra money to shop, no entertainment. But hey, I am the entertainment, right?

At this point, we know how much I have in debt, we know my net worth (84k), we know the value of my investment portfolio. But what about my dividend income? Can I support my minimum monthly expenses by relying on my dividend distribution?

Let’s check it out, without including any possible special dividend:

Non registered Investments:
Stocks and Units investment portfolio CAN$
Sprott Inc. (SII): 123.24$
Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS): 226.72$
Methanex Corporation (MX): 70.04$
Fortis Inc. (FTS): 129.60$
Pembina Pipeline Corporation (PPL): 714.48$
Just Energy Group Inc. (JE): 860.56$
Pengrowth Energy Corporation (PGF): 190.68$
Enbridge Income Fund Holdings Inc. (ENF): 416.64$
Corby Distilleries Limited (CDL.A): 68.40$
Davis + Henderson Corporation (DH): 264.12$
Premium Brands Holdings Corporation (PBH): 514.48$
EnCana Corporation (ECA): 164.80$
iShares S&P/TSX Capped REIT Index (XRE): 113.96$
Horizons Gold Yield Fund (HGY.UN): 192.70$
Canfor Pulp Products Inc. (CFX): 108$
New Flyer Industries Inc. (NFI): 179.71$
Exchange Income Corporation (EIF): 511.92$
Rogers Sugar Inc. (RSI): 31.96$
Student Transportation (STB): 117.02$
Colabor Group Inc. (GCL): 107.60$
TMX Group Inc. (X): 163.20$
Data Group Inc. (DGI): 443.88$
K-Bro Linen Inc. (KBL): 110.40$
Westshore Terminals Invest Corp (WTE.UN): 210.89$
WesternOne Equity Income Fund (WEQ.UN): 228$
Atlantic Power Corp (ATP): 267.26$
Kinross Gold Corp (K): 24$
TransCanada Corp (TRP): 44$
Canadian National Railway Co (CNR): 45$
Firm Capital Mortgage Investment Corporation (FC): 37.44$
Sprott Strategic Fixed Income Fund (SFI.UN): 30$
Enbridge Inc. (ENB): 31.696$
Agrium Inc. (AGU): 6.30$
Canadian Utilities Limited (CU): 37.21$
Veresen Inc. (VSN): 65.736$
Crescent Point Energy Corp. (CPG): 60.72$
Chorus Aviation Inc. (CHR.B): 90$

TOTAL: 7 007.76$
583.98$/month

I am missing less than 200$ per month before being able to “live” from my dividend income. I am in position to reinvest so I can increase my dividend income. And I could do so without too much trouble, without risking my margin account situation.

By the end of March, we should know if the Maple Group deal goes through. If it work out, each and single of my TMX Group Inc. (X) stocks will give me 50$ in cold cash. Once the transaction completed and the cash received, I could reinvest in a quality dividend stock.

Also, I hold close to 4k in First Majestic Silver Corp (FR). Fr is a good stock, but it doesn’t pay any dividend. Once I can make a little profit out of it, I will be selling FR and reinvested in a dividend stock.

What I hold in my TFSA and in my US account could be review. Just there, I could easily increase my dividend income.

However, there’s a catch. I should not reinvest in stocks that offer a super high dividend yield. I need to invest in a quality stock offering something like 7% in dividend yield. I should not consider investing in a stock offering like 10% and up in dividend yield. See what I mean? I need to keep a balance and what I will be investing next need to be of quality and the dividend yield need to be reliable and reasonable. And that can be tricky! I may check out Susan Brunner blog to search for quality stuff. I need to do my search. But for now, no rush, no need to sell overnight. I know how to deal with those kinds of things. I am a real New Brunswicker if you see what mean. So stay tune.

By the way, go check my Twitter account: Jully Black herself has read the Dividend Girl! (check out my Twitter account on the right column). After Raymi the Minx, now it’s Jully Black.

I am laid off, but I am a... superstar.

Or kind of. lol :)))))

My investment portfolio value on date of March 13, 2012

Savings: 543.08$

Non registered Investments:
Stocks and Units investment portfolio CAN$
Sprott Inc. (SII): 6 378$
Timminco (TIM): 1$
Blue Note Mining (BNT): 20$
Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS): 5 897$
Hanwei Energy Services (HE): 30$
Methanex Corporation (MX): 3 322$
Fortis Inc. (FTS): 3 582$
Pembina Pipeline Corporation (PPL): 12 870$
Just Energy Group Inc. (JE): 9 318$
Pengrowth Energy Corporation (PGF): 2 222$
Enbridge Income Fund Holdings Inc. (ENF): 7 577$
Corby Distilleries Limited (CDL.A): 1 813$
Davis + Henderson Corporation (DH): 3 945$
Premium Brands Holdings Corporation (PBH): 7 517$
EnCana Corporation (ECA): 4 054$
iShares S&P/TSX Capped REIT Index (XRE): 2 524$
Horizons Gold Yield Fund (HGY): 1 988$
Canfor Pulp Products Inc. (CFX): 1 485$
New Flyer Industries Inc. (NFI): 1 654$
Exchange Income Corporation (EIF): 7 786$
Rogers Sugar Inc. (RSI): 530$
Student Transportation (STB): 1 448$
Colabor Group Inc. (GCL): 1 120$
TMX Group Inc. (X): 4 412$
Data Group Inc. (DGI): 3 692$
K-Bro Linen Inc. (KBL): 2 192$
Westshore Terminals Invest Corp (WTE.UN): 4 931$
WesternOne Equity Income Fund (WEQ.UN): 2 797$
Atlantic Power Corp (ATP): 3 297$
First Majestic Silver Corp (FR): 3 638$
Kinross Gold Corp (K): 1 560$
TransCanada Corp (TRP): 1 112$
Canadian National Railway Co (CNR): 2 329$
Firm Capital Mortgage Investment Corporation (FC): 538$
Sprott Strategic Fixed Income Fund (SFI.UN): 462$
Enbridge Inc. (ENB): 1 085$
Agrium Inc. (AGU): 2 141$
Canadian Utilities Limited (CU): 1 400$
Veresen Inc. (VSN): 1 011$
CHR.B: 531$

TOTAL: 125 213$

Stocks and Units investment portfolio $US:
Sprott Physical Silver Trust ET (PSLV): 2 214$
Cash: 4.12$

TOTAL: 2 218.12$

Tax-free savings account (TFSA)
EnerCare Inc. (ECI): 30$
Dumont Nickel Inc. (DNI): 1 898$
Sprott Physical Silver Trust UTS (PHS.U): 2 849$
Cash: 3.90$

TOTAL: 4 780.90$

RSP investment portfolio:
Sprott Canadian Equity Fund: 6 094$
Claymore Gold Bullion ETF (CGL): 5 046$
EnCana Corporation (ECA): 1 988$
Emera Incorporated (EMA): 7 508$
Sprott Physical Silver Trust UTS (PHS.U): 950$
Cash: 145.62$

CIBC Dividend Growth Fund: 564.99$
CIBC Emerging Markets Index Fund: 465.76$
CIBC Monthly Income Fund: 1 085.52$

Energy and Base Metals Term Savings (Indexed term savings): 577.30$
Natural Resources Term Savings (Indexed term savings): 502.06$

GIC National Bank: 1 242.70$
GIC Plus TD: 500$

Maritime Life International Equity Fund
(Templeton): 622.35$
Manulife Simplicity Growth Portfolio: 902.11$
Maritime Life CI Harbour Seg Fund: 1 076.47$
Maritime Life Fidelity True North Seg Fund: 1 010.72$
Manulife GIF MLIA B World Invest: 646.42$

Great-West – various: 1 957,04$
Various other mutual funds: 675$

RBC Canadian Dividend Fund: 568.39$
RBC U.S. Mid-Cap Equity Fund C$: 2 133.67$
RBC Global Resources Fund: 1 080.49$
RBC O'Shaughnessy International Equity Fund: 589.13$
RBC O'Shaughnessy All-Canadian Equity
Fund: 1 216.63$
RBC Global Precious Metals Fund: 833.04$

TOTAL: 39 981.41$

Social Capital at Desjardins Membership share: 40$

Savings + Stocks, units, mutual funds + Tax-
free Savings account + RRSP + Online Income
(58.58$):
172 835.09$

My deb situation on date of March 13, 2012

8 232.30$ at a low interest rate of 4.75% (RRSP credit line rates) = 391.03$ in annual interest

4 900$ at a low interest rate of 4% (credit line rates) = 196$ in annual interest

7 735.29$ on a credit card at a low interest rate of 2.9% (result of a credit card balance transfer) = 224.32$ in annual interest

6 924.05$ at low interest rate loan at 5.50% (student loan) = 380.82$ in annual interest

5 000$ at 8.75% (credit line) = 437.50$ in annual interest PAID OFF

6 296.88$ at 7.52% (credit line rates) = 473.53$ in annual interest

54 331.42$ at a low interest rates of 4.25% (margin money coming from my broker account): =
2 309.09$ in annual interest

935.41$ at 0.99% for a year (with American Express) = 9.26$ 

TOTAL: 89 354.85$

TOTAL in annual interest: 3 984.05$
[In date of March 13, 2012]

My investment portfolio review

Over the years, I have accumulated new investments after new investments, whenever I could. Among the way, I certainly made some mistakes, but I also invested in some very good high quality stocks. I wanted to post a review of my very good, so-so and not recommended stocks. You could be tempted to think that everything I hold is extra good, but it’s not exactly the case.

So there you go, here’s the ranking (they are not post in term of preference, just in term of good investments, so-so ones and the I-don’t-recommend):

The very good investments that I would recommend to anyone

K-Bro Linen Inc. (KBL)
Westshore Terminals Invest Corp (WTE.UN)
WesternOne Equity Income Fund (WEQ.UN)
Atlantic Power Corp (ATP)
First Majestic Silver Corp (FR)
TransCanada Corp (TRP)
Canadian National Railway Co (CNR)
Firm Capital Mortgage Investment Corporation (FC)
Sprott Strategic Fixed Income Fund (SFI.UN)
Enbridge Inc. (ENB)
Agrium Inc. (AGU)
Canadian Utilities Limited (CU)
Veresen Inc. (VSN)
Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS)
Methanex Corporation (MX)
Fortis Inc. (FTS)
Pembina Pipeline Corporation (PPL)
Just Energy Group Inc. (JE)
Pengrowth Energy Corporation (PGF)
Enbridge Income Fund Holdings Inc. (ENF)
Corby Distilleries Limited (CDL.A)
Davis + Henderson Corporation (DH)
Premium Brands Holdings Corporation (PBH)
EnerCare Inc. (ECI)
Dumont Nickel Inc. (DNI)
iShares S&P/TSX Capped REIT Index (XRE)
Horizons Gold Yield Fund (HGY.UN)
Canfor Pulp Products Inc. (CFX)
Exchange Income Corporation (EIF)
Student Transportation (STB)
TMX Group Inc. (X)
Claymore Gold Bullion ETF (CGL)
Emera Incorporated (EMA)

The so-so investments


Sprott Inc. (SII)
RBC Canadian Dividend Fund
RBC U.S. Mid-Cap Equity Fund C$
RBC Global Resources Fund
RBC O'Shaughnessy All-Canadian Equity Fund
RBC Global Precious Metals Fund
CIBC Dividend Growth Fund
CIBC Emerging Markets Index Fund
CIBC Monthly Income Fund
Sprott Canadian Equity Fund
Sprott Physical Silver Trust ET (PSLV)
Sprott Physical Silver Trust UTS (PHS.U)
Energy and Base Metals Term Savings (Indexed term savings)
Natural Resources Term Savings (Indexed term savings)
GIC National Bank
GIC Plus TD

The investments I hold that don’t worth to be hold

Data Group Inc. (DGI)
RBC O'Shaughnessy International Equity Fund
Timminco (TIM)
Blue Note Mining (BNT)
Hanwei Energy Services (HE)
EnCana Corporation (ECA)
New Flyer Industries Inc. (NFI)
Rogers Sugar Inc. (RSI)
Colabor Group Inc. (GCL)
Maritime Life International Equity Fund (Templeton)
Manulife Simplicity Growth Portfolio
Maritime Life CI Harbour Seg Fund
Maritime Life Fidelity True North Seg Fund
Manulife GIF MLIA B World Invest
Kinross Gold Corp (K)

DNI Metals Inc. (DNI) is experiencing massive grow

2011 had been a great year for DNI Metals Inc. (DNI), but it looks like 2012 is going to be even better. In 2012, DNI has joined the TSX Venture 50. Since 2009, my investment value in DNI almost triple. 2009 and 2010 were death years, I was holding, but the investment remains at the same point, without experiencing any grow. Things began to change in 2011.

So far, 2012 had been an excellent year for DNI. The 52 week high is of 0.74$. And with the recent developments, DNI Metals Inc. (DNI) is on good track to experiment even more grows. At this time, it’s not a good timing to sell. I always hold DNI thinking that could eventually cash big on the company, for whatever reason.

Nickel is not gold or silver, it doesn’t have the same value, it is not a precious metal. However, it’s a metal. As emerging countries “emerge” even more lol... the demand for metals, including nickels, increased and that make nickel worth something, not as much as gold or silver, but still, it worth something. And nickel certainly worth something because as you know, I almost triple my investment in DNI Metals Inc. (DNI).

On March 1th, DNI Metals Inc. (DNI) announced it has discovered “rare earth elements” and had come out with some statistical results and so on. And really, it gave me a good impression.

I am quite happy with my decision to hold at this time.

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Welcome in my stock investment portfolio Chorus Aviation Inc. (CHR.B)!

I didn’t perform day trading on Horizons BetaPro COMEX Silver Bear Plus ETF (HZD) today. It’s not anytime soon that I will be winning the day trading game. At this point, the hot stock market is all upside down. Performing some trades in the hope to sell on the exact same day is a real bad idea. It barely made any sense at all. However, I did proceed with 2 investment moves today in my personal investment portfolio: Chorus Aviation Inc. (CHR.B) and First Majestic Silver Corp (FR).

A reader had introduced me to Chorus Aviation Inc. (CHR.B) a little while back. It caught my attention again today while gaining close to 5%, closing the session at 3.35$. Chorus Aviation Inc. (CHR.B) had reported a good financial situation for 2011. It’s partly why I decided to invest in CHR.B. Also, Chorus Aviation Inc. (CHR.B) is based in Halifax it’s a Maritime stock. I invested about 500$ on this one, not more. I wouldn’t feel comfortable investing more. The title is a bit volatile, but at 3.35$, I didn’t have anything to lose. CHR.B pays a quarterly dividend. Its dividend yield is of 18.692%, 0.60$ annually per share. This makes me kind of remember Yellow Media Inc. (YLO), low stock price, super value dividend stocks. However, CHR.B is in much better shape than YLO. I wouldn’t recommend to anyone to invest thousands of dollars in CHR.B, but just a 500$, it’s cool, you can certainly go ahead with a cutty 500$ investment, but not more. I plan to keep CHR.B in my personal investment portfolio.

Also today... ok, I must admit I did try to perform day trading tactics today, but not on HZD, on one of my favorite of all time: First Majestic Silver Corp (FR). I invested in a few shares at 18.40$, I was hoping for FR to hit the 19$ today... but as the hours passed by, I was getting tired, so I just entered an automatic sell order at 19$, and that was it. Following what, I will be done with day trading. But this time, it’s for real. I did say before that I wouldn’t be performing day trading again... and today well, I went back to it. It’s a real good thing that I didn’t invest in HZD today because I think FR is a better short-term investment company choice than HZD. Anyway, this was the real last day trading move like ever.

If the bankers can have good words for the global market conditions tomorrow, the TSX could gain points and I may be able to sell my FR at 19$ and, why not, 20$ per stock... Why not. I want this done and completed.

Eric Sprott among Canada’s top 25 billionaires

Forbes publishes its annual richest of the richest list and Eric Sprott of Sprott Inc. (SII) ex-CEO, the silver promoter guy, the one and only, is on the 17th position within Canada, and classified 1 075 worldwide.

Not too bad! Now, wait and see what will happen when Sprott of the Sprott Asset Management will finally launch his banking project.

Meet Reiko Mackenzie of The Real Housewives of Vancouver

Reiko Mackenzie is a Japanese-Canadian lady who had been selected to be part of the Real Housewives of Vancouver. The other jet-setting women are Christina Kiesel, Jody Claman, Mary Zilba, and Ronnie Seterdahl Negus.

The Real Housewives of Vancouver is the Canadian edition of the US hit TV reality show The Real Housewives. The popular TV show had followed the luxury housewives of several cities. Other than The Real Housewives of Vancouver, we find the Real Housewives of: Orange County, New York City, Atlanta, New Jersey, Beverly Hills and Miami.

She graduated from the University of British Columbia. She wanted to become a lawyer, but decided to focus on her family after she welcomed her first daughter.

She’s married to Sun Mackenzie, who has a criminal gangland murder trial and court history. In 2000, Sun Mackenzie, from his real name Sun News Lal filled legal papers to change his name for Sun Mackenzie. Reiko Mackenzie’s husband was considered a suspect in the 1994 murders of Jim and Ron Dosanjh, victims of a turf war between rival factions of a drug gang. Sun Mackenzie was acquitted of murder. In July 1998, Sun Mackenzie’s half-brother, Vinuse News MacKenzie, 27, was killed with a gunshot to the head. Two decades following the sad events, Reiko Mackenzie and Sun Mackenzie focus on their family. Reiko Mackenzie is the mother of two daughters.

Together, the couple owns a mansion valued at $3.5 million. Sun Mackenzie is a professional day trader.

With her husband, she owns nine luxury cars, including a Ferraris 599 GTO and 458 Italia valued together at $1 million.

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Reiko Mackenzie likes to spend spare time studying mixed martial arts.

On how to make a few bucks by day trading Horizons BetaPro COMEX Silver Bear Plus ETF (HZD)

I had experimented day trading back in the summer of 2011 and I had lost about 1k with that experience because I freak out. For the first of my life, the market controlled me. I had lost control. I am certainly not proud about that but I wrote about this adventure anyway. I had catched up with a couple of other great move nicely and of course, I wrote about those too. Like I am not all that bad at all. If I would be very bad at investing, I would have stopped way back. But no matter what, it always went well. Fact that the value of my portfolio is down right now doesn’t affect me that much.

The timing is like perfect to perform day trading on Horizons BetaPro COMEX Silver Bear Plus ETF (HZD)!

YEAH!

The stock market is down right now and it come remain to the same level if not go even DEEPER. It’s in time like those that it’s time to perform day trading on silver. Horizons BetaPro COMEX Silver Bear Plus ETF (HZD) + a down market is the PERFECT combination.

How to perform day trading on Horizons BetaPro COMEX Silver Bear Plus ETF (HZD)?

First, before the TSX opens, go check on Bloomberg.com what happen during the night for the Asian markets. It will give you a pulse of what’s going on. If those Asian indexes are down, chances are that our fantastic TSX will be down too. If it’s the case (Asian indexes are down), make sure you are in front of your computer for the market opening.

Secondly, watch the opening. Watch the TSX: is it up or down? If it’s down, go straight and check on HZD immediately. The market is very down and HZD is already exploding? Well, if it’s the case PLACE a small BUY order (just a few shares for the heck of it and get what I like to name as being a market buzz), but be careful, double check the buy order before submitting for real ok?

Following the BUY order, check out on HZD, see how the title goes, try to figure out the profit you want to make. Quickly set-up an automatic SELL order. You may have to adjust the amount of profit depending on how HZD goes during the day. You want to cancel the automatic sell order and enter a new amount? You can, but be careful. CANCEL, and after what, go in your account activity to check if the order go through, just to make sure. No order went through? Perfect! Just go back in, set-up a new automatic sell order for the amount wanted.

During the whole process, you need to be quick, efficient and extremely careful, specifically while entering the order. Also, I wouldn’t recommend to trade more than 1k at a time. Day trading isn’t made to make a living out of it... it’s just to get a MARKET BUZZ.

March 6, 2012 to be remembered as a Black Tuesday

I don’t know why the medias stress so much about the facts that in the US today, 10 States had voted for their Republican candidate. Who care about Republicans anyway? How can Americans vote for the Republican following the events of 2008? Republican is a party of shame. Back off Republicans! The best thing Americans can do to save their souls and the rest of the world at the same time is to vote massively for Barack Obama. There’s like no twenty options available.

My non-registered portfolio closed at a bit more than 119k. Tooo bad. I taught a solution had been found for Greece problems, but it seem like it’s not exactly the case. It’s so complicated!! However, I have faith things will get better. There’s way too much involved. There’re too many banker pigs involved. Lol. Pigs and bankers are definitively two things that just match like magic. Angela the German is like wearing all the weight of the Euro debt on her back basically... She’s so fascinating.

The market is really extra sensible to the Euro situation. Not too long ago, we had good jobs data coming from the US, things had improved a lot over there... but as soon as a bad news is being announced for Europe... watch out...

Those volatile times can be good for something I had experimented during the summer of 2011: day trading. Most of the time, when the stock market take a big hit like today, silver goes down. PHS.U, and other mining silver stocks react, most of the time, really negatively. Silver is sensible to what’s going on with the stock market.

Stuff like PHS.U and FR loss in value today, but as always, Horizons BetaPro COMEX Silver Bear Plus ETF (HZD) reacts exactly the opposite way. And to tell you the true, the temptation is like way to high at this time for me to perform day trading on HZD. Greece won’t resolve all the problems overnight. We could be on a down market for a little while. The occasion is like way too much perfect to take advantage of the super high volatility of the market. Problem being, super high volatility = super high risk too. But the risk is calculated. Even without having Greece in the portrait, the stock market there’s always a lot of volatility we have to deal with. So my investment in HZD could always go up on a later date. And we’re not talking here about several thousands of dollars that I will be playing with, just a 1 000$, very big max. If I cannot sell at profit on the same day, I will be just holding, place an automatic sell order for X value per share... Fact is, I have all figured it out already!

Day traders, be ready for Horizons BetaPro COMEX Silver Bear Plus ETF (HZD). On a day like today, on which the TSX lost more than 200 points, HZD gain like 6%... And knowing that all this is due to Greece... And Greece won’t resolve its debt problem by tomorrow... TEMPTATION, TEMPTATION OF DAY TRADING AGAIN IS LIKE RIGHT HERE! ohhhhhh noooooooooooo!

LOL :)

Yeah yeah! So we’ll see how it goes, but I have a fatal attraction for HZD at this time... It’s going to be fun, I promise.

Tips and tricks on how to manage a TFSA contribution while dealing with a margin account

The TSX losses close to 80 points yesterday. Despite all, my non-registered portfolio closed Friday session at a quite good 122 328$, exceeding the 120k by a 2 thousands, so I am happy.

I incorporated a margin into my non-registered account in somewhere in December 2011. At first, the plan was to use the margin money generated by the daily value of my holding to pay off some credit lines. I did so, but while having access to more than 50k of cold cash, I couldn’t resist the temptation. The money was there available for me and I could whatever I wanted with it. I don’t have an expensive taste for almost anything, but when it comes to investment, I do have an expensive taste and since I enjoy investing, having access to a 50k was just a too rough temptation. So I did what I shouldn’t do, I invest on money that isn’t mine.

February 29 was the last day to contribute to a RRSP. I usually make a RRSP contribution every single year but this year, I didn’t have anything ready and when I learned that taxes needed to be paid at the time of the withdraw, even as being a senior citizen, I mean, I certainly found it was a complete government ripped off. It’s not the government who’s going to make me lose my paints.

I have more than 16k in contribution room available for my TFSA. While having a margin account, it’s very hard to fully take advantage of the TFSA. It’s all depends of course of the money you dispose to invest. Currently, I am only working at one job, and my salary is not very good. While dealing with a mix of factor, it can be quite tricky to make a TFSA contribution. However, I found my way out. I am going to teach you how you can take advantage of the TFSA even while having a margin account situation.

Having a margin account can be challenging. Investing real cold cash is already challenging enough, so imagine doing it with a margin account, with money that is borrow, money that is not really yours! I did what. I assume my position; I can say however I enjoyed the flexibility my margin provides. It allows me to pay off some debt. It also allows me to make new stocks acquisition. From December 2011 to today, I haven’t deal with any problems related to my margin account. However, I am totally aware of the risks. Problems can occur.

The margin account value varies on a daily trading basis. If your portfolio gains in value, the margin account will gain in value too. But if your stock loss value, your margin account will simply follow the flow. If your investment value loses so much, you could be on a margin call and could be requested to apply some cold cash in the margin account to equilibrate the whole thing. Brokers are not making you any favor by giving you access to a margin account. It’s all business, they are there to make money and fully take advantage of retail investors like you and I. But it’s possible to make things happen. What you need to know to start with is that a margin account can be another source of stress, on top of the natural volatility of the market. While having a margin account, you need to have a big deal of high quality stocks to be able to survive the market volatility and go without a margin call. I am not exactly writing for or against a margin account situation, it’s a choice you have to make for yourself knowing the present factors. But what I am here for is to explain that even that while dealing with a margin account, you can still invest in a TFSA without too much trouble. It’s just a matter of how you are dealing with your money and of course, I am here to explain it all, one more time.

I guess you really want to know what’s the magic TFSA trick is all about right? Well, the hot stuff is coming.

The following is really easy to understand. While investing, let say 2k in Sprott Inc., that investment doesn’t worth 2k of direct margin money. The broker is giving a loan value to each and single investment you hold. Some stocks won’t have any loan value, and some will. The loan value can value from 0% to 70%. Generally speaking, the more of a stock loan value is higher, the more likely you’re dealing with a quality stock. TD Waterhouse clearly says it’s not the case, but the logic is telling me something else. The value loan of a stock could be a characteristic you may want take into account while picking a stock. But you shouldn’t ONLY rely on loan value to pick your stock.

Let’s say that, in the present time, you don’t have a significant amount of money to invest but you still want to take advantage of the TFSA, even while having a margin account situation in your non-registered portfolio. 

Well, good news: YOU CAN. And I am going to explain how it worked.

First of all, study the loan value of all the dividend stocks you hold in your margin account.

Target the lowest value ONLY.

In my case, my dividend stocks with the lowest loan value are:

Sprott Strategic Fixed Income Fund (SFI.UN)

Loan value: 117$

Firm Capital Mortgage Investment Corp (FC):

Loan value: 134$

Rogers Sugar Inc. (RSI)

Loan value: 269$

Colabor Group Inc.

Loan value: 277$

Secondly, target the higher dividend payer among the stocks who have the lowest loan value.

Sprott Strategic Fixed Income Fund (SFI.UN)

Loan value: 117$

Dividend yield: 6.43%

Firm Capital Mortgage Investment Corp (FC):

Loan value: 134$

Dividend yield: 6.97%

Rogers Sugar Inc. (RSI)

Loan value: 269$

Dividend yield: 5.91%

Colabor Group Inc.

Loan value: 277$

Dividend yield: 9.63%

Thirdly, target the investment with who you are experimenting a capital loss or very little in capital gain. Why? Because while proceeding with a contribution in kind from a margin non-registered account to a TFSA, you’ll have capital gain to pay on the amount you transferred in if you are currently experiencing capital gain with the specific investment.

Sprott Strategic Fixed Income Fund (SFI.UN)

Current value: 467$

Book value: 486.99$

Difference: -19.99$

Loan value: 117$

Dividend yield: 6.43%

Colabor Group Inc.

Current value: 1109$

Book value: 1161.60$

Difference: -52.60$

Loan value: 277$

Dividend yield: 9.63%

Rogers Sugar Inc. (RSI)

Current value: 539$

Book value: 523.72$

Difference: +15.28$

Loan value: 269$

Dividend yield: 5.91%

Firm Capital Mortgage Investment Corp (FC):

Current value: 536$

Book value: 510.79$

Difference: + 25.21$

Loan value: 134$

Dividend yield: 6.97%

You would like to transferred all of the investment selected though those steps into your TFSA?

We’ll see if it’s possible. Please calculate the loan value of all of the investments selected.   

Sprott Strategic Fixed Income Fund (SFI.UN)

Loan value: 117$

+

Colabor Group Inc.

Loan value: 277$

+

Rogers Sugar Inc. (RSI)

Loan value: 269$

+

Firm Capital Mortgage Investment Corp (FC):

Loan value: 134$

= 797$

In my case, the total of my loan value is 797$. The question you need to ask yourself is: do you have this X amount of money (in my case 797$) to inject in cold cash in your margin account? In my case, since this week is going to be pay night on Wednesday, my answer is YES. But what’s yours? If your answer is NO, you’ll have to select just a few investments. Again, calculated the loan value and asked yourself if you have that X amount in cold cash to inject in your margin account.

In my case, the investments selected are not stocks that grow. That’s why their loan value is so low. Low loan value = low amount of cold cash that need to be injected in the TFSA.

You MUST inject the amount of money in the margin account BEFORE proceeding to the contribution in kind into your TFSA. This is really important in order to keep the same amount of cash available in your margin account. Remember, a margin account situation is fragile, don’t ever think you can make your way easily with a margin account. Like never. A margin account is not financially healthy and it’s not easy to deal with.

At the end of this, I will contribute somewhere to close to 3k in my TFSA and all the dividends earn from Sprott Strategic Fixed Income Fund (SFI.UN), Colabor Group Inc., Rogers Sugar Inc. (RSI) and Firm Capital Mortgage Investment Corp (FC) are going to be free of tax, for an annual amount total of 432.32$.

Now, you know how to deal with a TFSA while having a margin account.

Will Sprott Inc. (SII) pay a special dividend for 2012?

Things had been going well for my investment portfolio. My non-registered portfolio is exceeding the 122k mark. Sprott Inc. (SII) announced recently the acquisition of two small Calgary firms and that kind of bad because it could ruin the 2012 special dividend distribution. When it comes to Sprott Inc. (SII), I know what I am talking about. I had been holding Sprott Inc. (SII) stocks since its early beginning in 2008. Time is passing by sooooo fast, it’s fascinating. Can you imagine? The Dividend Girl and Sprott Inc. (SII) are celebrating 5 years of PURE MONEY LOVE. I really like that one, pure money love. The Dividend Girl, because life is all about pure money love and a bunch of other things. Alright now.

Every year or so, Sprott Inc. (SII) pays a special dividend and it can certainly worth it to own some Sprott Inc. (SII) stocks just for that annual special dividend. I currently own too much of Sprott Inc. (SII) stocks. As soon the stock hit the old 10$ per stock or so, I will be selling some stocks. I love Sprott, but my love comes with a balance. Or should I say, I try to keep it balance. And during that time, things had gone great in my money making.

Other than that, some of my stocks are just totally showing off how great of an investor I can be sometimes...

So far, I made a good capital gain of 114.96$ on Canadian Utilities Limited (CU) and I wasn’t expecting that. So far, CU was going a bit up, a bit down, but recently, it’s start to grow and BOUM, there you go a nice tinny and cute profit of 114.96$. Who look kind of smart now? PLEASE TELL ME. lol..

I also made a capital gain of 225.46$ on Agrium Inc. (AGU).

All this to say that investing in blue chips really worth it. At first, I wasn’t really happy about the idea of investing in blue chips because they pay so little in dividend. I mean, you invest thousands and thousands of dollars and in return, you get some peanuts. Well, I was wrong. At the beginning, you may received just some peanuts ok, but hold and wait because here’s the entire banana split coming... lol...

Meaning you received dividend, the dividend income grow overtime AND your investment value grow over time. So all those factors combine together, it brings a major A+ in your personal finance, that’s for sure.

The only reason why I invested in blue chips during the past few months was to bring extra value on my margin account. My efforts had paid off. I currently have 17k left on my margin account. I have paid off a 5k credit line and I put 4k on another one, bringing my margin value to 26k over a 122k portfolio worth. I mean it’s reasonable and good enough to cover if I get caught again in a stock market tragedy. Hit whenever you want stock market, I am already... or almost. Those things are soooo scary. I cannot say I am really ready to experiment another stock crash because it totally drain me to death. But as you can see, I am not dead; here am I, happily blogging. And guess what, the party only started...

I found an interesting stock from the Sprott family that may worth to write about: SIL, SCP and SPZ. Fact is, I wasn’t even aware of those stocks before me, the know it all about Sprott. You may want to look at them, but there charts are not really good, its showing sign of volatility, some of those never recover from the 2008 stocks. Anytime you see a chart going down down down after the 2008, that’s not good, just skip the stock.

Finally, all this to say that investing in blue chips like CU or AGU, among other, bring a lot more than some Dollorama stocks you may invest in just to get a stock market buzz. Now, I am aware of that and each time I feel the temptation of investing in stuff like SIL, SCP and SPZ, I think twice, I breath, I remember that I have a margin account, and I think of my silver stock picks like FR, PHS.U, PSLV...

I already played enough my money around. Time to get serious and stop wasting time and money.

You see what I mean?

And guys, you know where you can find me... I slowly began to sound as desperate as this guy and it's really funny. ;)

Welcome in the house Crescent Point Energy Corp (CPG)!

I invested in some stocks of Agrium Inc. (AGU) today. I bought AGU stocks at 84.98$. I am under the deep impression that this stock can hit the mark of 90$ per stock very easily. I was quite excited!

Also last week, I invested in Crescent Point Energy Corp (CPG) stocks. Not a big investment, but still. My non-registered portfolio is now at 123 263.53$. I had been quiet these days, busy at work, dealing with work problem and RRSP problem. My RRSP problem had been resolved, as I think RRSP is not a good option for my personal financial situation. Right now, I am pretty much deep into LOVE with, not a man (I am still single gentlemen), but with my portfolio. I LOVE the rocks I have in my portfolio.

As for work, I am being pushing down like crazy. But I am not very surprise. See, my boss is a very fresh man who had built himself what seem to be a very expensive home and he said that if it wouldn’t be for his girlfriend, he wouldn’t be able to manage his monthly budget and pay everything that need to be pay. I also hear him complaint about his financial situation over the phone, on how much his mortgage was expensive, all the interest own on the money, etc just like a miserable man. I mean, come on now. The loser should have thought twice before building an expensive house in a poor community. 

If you cannot manage your own personal finance, how are you supposed to manage a business well? Fact is, the guy is so a f off that he’s following MBA courses. An MBA won’t be of any help. The guy simple doesn’t have the common sense it takes. He complained to me and to someone else over the phone once. What a complete jerk. It actually really amused me and I am very happy about his situation.Homes don’t sell very easily around here. And when they sell, they don’t get sell at their asking price. Better think twice before building an expensive home on a mortgage.

Now you know, the D-Girl is a D-Bitch. When I hate, I hate for real.

Some people can be very artificial and fresh, with a taste for expensive car, expensive clothes, expensive home... It’s not giving back anything good in return. Fact is, the more your frugal, the better it is. A lady of the name of Annie Jean is actually pretty good at the frugality game.

The only excessive thing I have in my life are my debts and my investments. With a net worth of more than 80k now, I am happy, but the problem being once you get in the money game, it’s really hard to get out, its really addictive and fun. So yeah, I am pretty much into the money deal, but for me, it had a refreshing effect and I don’t think I would be at 80k+ net worth if it wouldn’t of the “effect”.

I could continue on writing on all the awful things my boss told me, but I will just stop here for now because you simply couldn't believe. We’ll chat again later. I am peacefully waiting for my laid off so I can sue the rat and get the hell out of here.

Gordon Pape involved in the RRSP Businesses deal screw up to steal money from Canadians

There’s a bunch of people out there, including Gordon Pape, who want retail investors to think that investing in a RRSP account is valuable. You need to read the post I wrote yesterday to better understand why RRSP contribution is of no help when it comes to create financial health. It’s just too bad I wasn’t able to realize that a lot sooner. I am stuck with a 40k value stuck inside a RRSP that isn’t doing nothing for me, expect pushing later the tax payments.

Let’s start with Gordon Pape. Gordon Pape recently came with a RRSP portfolio investment idea. We find in it the very fabulous Firm Capital Mortgage Investment Corporation (FC), a stock that I hold in my non-registered portfolio for a little while now following Gordon Pape recommendation. FC is a superbe wonderful stock, very reliable and the chart is a rocking rocket.

Great. But Gordon Pape has a darker side. Fact is, Gordon Pape is actively promoting RRSP account to screw up retail investors and to make good money by promoting a banking product (RRSP) simply made to make banks and government richer, but not individuals.

RRSP is a real industry. Banks had come with special loans design for the RRSP. Banks actively promoted those products in major marketing campaigns. And for what reason? To make money on the back of the middle class, on the 99%. On a salary of 40k+, if I make a RRSP contribution of 4k, I save about 1k in tax. I save 1k on a 4k investment, which means that it’s costing me a 4k out of my pockets to get back a 1k. The 4k will be put away, untouchable until I hit my seventies. Does it really worth it? Not really.

Fact is, once I hit my golden years, I will have to pay taxes on RRSP withdraws. At that time, with a bit of luck, the 4k invested today will worth much much more in 4 decades from now. And oh surprise, I will have to pay taxes on the 4k AND on all capital gain realized during those 4 decades... On top of that, the money hold in the RRSP will affect what the government will give me on my senior years.

So basically, for someone like me of the middle class, earning close to 45k yearly, it doesn’t worth it to invest in a RRSP for that specific reason. There’s no benefit to invest in a RRSP account.

And by the way, it’s not because you don’t invest in a RRSP account that you are not properly prepared for retirement, especially now that we have the TFSA.

On the other hand, a TFSA is a very powerful tool. I haven’t used all of my TFSA contribution room because I have a margin account on my non-registered account. For very practical reasons, I prefer to invest all cash available in my non-registered account. Why?

1) To increase the value of my margin account so I can use the margin money to pay off more debt of mine at a higher interest.

2) To secure my margin account situation (the more you have, the better).

3) To do numerous of operations without having to deal with the one withdraw TFSA rule that really suck at TD Waterhouse.

I guess those are the main reasons.

Also, while investing in a RRSP, the fact that I cannot access the money freely, whenever I want or feel like, and that suck too.

To celebrate the mediocrity of the RRSP account, I decided to invest a 1 000$ tomorrow in Crescent Point Energy Corp. (CPG) in my non-registered account (gotta bring that margin stronger) and not to contribute ever again to a RRSP. Gordon Pape? An author with sometime good stock picks, a pusher of the RRSP so banks and government can make a huge amount of money on my back. Oh yeah, Gordon Pape.

Gordon Pape.

No more RRSP contribution, NEVER EVER again

I taught I had until the end of March to contribute to my RRSP but I have until February 29th.... the more I think about a RRSP contribution for the 2011 fiscal year, the more I dislike the idea. 

One of my reader is a tax specialist so I bring in my numbers with what I had found as deposit amount in my banking account for the 12 months of 2011 and I found out that my 2011 net income exceed the 40k. I was surprised because it didn't give me the impression that I earn that much in 2011. I wasn't even working 30 hours per week at my main job. but even there, it's true I was also working full-time during the weekend. Anyhow, all that to say that yeah, once again, I pop up the 40k income, with multiple money maker streams. Nice, but ho headache, what about the income tax? I wasn't paying income tax on my part-time job, only the unemployment insurance and a few other mandatory things. Because of that, I could have a couple of hundreds $$$ to pay in taxes.

My mom is getting closer to 65 and at her age, she has to cash out her RRSP for a reason or another. I am really not into RRSP but I know that at a certain age, you need to transfer what you hold in an RRSP account into another type of account. but even there, while doing so, you have to pay taxes on each single withdraw. 

For 2011, I taught of giving 4k on my RRSP contribution.

Now, I am going to tell you why I won't be doing so.

No matter what if I contribute or not to my RRSP, I won't have 4k to pay back on taxes. So can someone could explain to me why should I bother doing a 4k RRSP contribution? 

While being in a RRSP account, I won't be able to take a full advantage to my 4k RRSP contribution.

Yes, I can use my RRSP money on the purchase of a house, or go back to studies (I think) but WAIT, its not as great at it seem, all withdraw made from a RRSP, all amount need to go back in the RRSP withing a certain time frame because I have to pay it back. I mean come on, those type of shitty solutions are really not made for me. I don't want to earn a house (unless I win 649 lotto) and I certainly don't want to enroll in a Canadian university program. You need to be a fool, a complete idiot to pay those extremely expensive tuition fee. If you know me by now, you know that the Dividend Girl is the kind of girl who is extremely smart. Canadian universities? WHAT THE F. They are made for dummies.

Now, another think, a 4k RRSP contribution will remain untouchable and not enjoyable until I retired. But even there, I will have to pay taxes on the withdraw and oh wait, since the money will remain in a RRSP account for like several decades, the initial amount deposit will grow grow grow... and when come time to withdraw, HELLO TAX PROBLEMS. Again.

So I mean, come on now RRSP account is all about bullshit. Its a government fantasy made as set up. There's no real benefit to a RRSP. Better just enjoy the money while being young, but it on the margin, trade, go with a TFSA with Questrade whatever. But a RRSP? NO THANK YOU. NEVER EVER AGAIN.

A RRSP account is for fools.

DNI Metals Inc. (DNI) joins the TSX Venture 50 of the TMX Group Inc. (X)

I had a long journey with DNI Metals Inc. (DNI). I had been holding my DNI stocks since 2009. After 3 years, I just began to earn the reward of my patience. Lately, my investment value in DNI Metals Inc. (DNI) more than double. 2012 seem to be the year of DNI Metals Inc. (DNI).

DNI Metals Inc. (DNI) ranked 10th in the Mining category of the TSX Venture. DNI fabulous performance in 2011 made it possible to be part of the TSX Venture 50 for 2012.

The TSX Venture 50 is a ranking of the best of the best of the TSX Venture Exchange. The Venture Exchange is like any other stock market. You could see it as being a paradise for penny stocks. When a stock like DNI Metals Inc. (DNI) made it to the TSX Venture 50, it’s a sign that the company is on the right track to achieve financial success. It’s also a positive sign announcing a possible jump into the REAL stock stuff, meaning that a stock performing well on the TSX Venture has good chance of becoming part of the fabulous TMX Stock Exchange.

It’s all about progression. First, smart stocks start as a cutty small penny stock on the Toronto Stock Exchange Venture, make it through the TSX Venture top 50, growth, growth, growth and transform into an extra powerful dividend blue chips.

Will DNI Metals Inc. (DNI) ever become a blue chip stock? Maybe. But before it get to that point, DNI have certainly a long way to go. Hopefully, among the way, it could be possible to cash big from DNI Metals Inc. (DNI). And that’s exactly what I am looking for and is the reason why I had been holding DNI since 3 long years now.

Who has a 120 610.46$ non-registered portfolio?

Me. Me me me :)

It's going on quite well. At least for the investment portfolio. NFI had made great gain. AGU is like a rocking star. EIF as well, CNR too. etc. etc. And guess what? TOMORROW IS FRIDAY.

lol

I am not feeling like blogging or writing something interesting right now.

So chat latter.

Bye.

One more time baby! Lets do it one more time! Maple Group renew its TMX Group Inc. (X) offer

I just received another notification of TD Waterhouse. You know the shitty deal between TMX Group Inc. (X) and the Maple Group? Well, it is renewing AGAIN! Instead of giving a reasonable delay, the group of stupid bankers keep pushing and re-pushing the acquisition date. JUST GIVE ME MY MAXIMUM OF CASH SO I CAN GET OUT OF HERE! This will be very good because it will decrease my margin account usage. And at 50$ per stock, I will be cashing in a great profit and not to forget about the dividend.

THE FOLLOWING IS VERY IMPORTANT:

While you received this new letter from TD Waterhouse or whatever else regarding the Maple Group acquisition shitty shitty deal, well, be careful. In the between, if you have received a dividend that DRIP and produced a new stock, it's really important that you give your broker a call to have that new stock include in your selling order regarding this acquisition.

Because of course, if your smart, you'll go with the maximum of cash option and the order goes with the exact number of stock you hold the X. Let say in November 2011 you had 40 stocks of X and now on date of today you have, let say, 45 stocks of X, really important that you call in your broker and renew the sell order in regard of this acquisition business for the EXACT number of stocks you currently hold.

Don't understand a word of what I am saying, well, dring dring dring, just call TD Waterhouse or whatever else is your broker and you will see, you'll be be very grateful to be the reader of the most fantastic financial blog of all time ever if you understand half of what I am talking right now.

This only concern of course the current TMX Group Inc. (X) miserable holder like myself.

I want my cashhhhhhhhhhhhh. Show me my money! :)

Is silver still the investment of the decade?

My non-registered portfolio closed yesterday session at very good 119 909$. My security book value is of 118 412.30$, which mean that I had been good enough to recover from ALL internal capital loss. FINALLY! The glorious time had come. Ok, nice, but the Canadian stock market like many other worldwide seems to be extra-sensible to what’s going on in Greece. Not that I don’t care, but we all deal with our own reality, I have my own problems, I have put a great deal of efforts in my portfolio and I won’t accept trouble from anyone so Greece, just get out of the way please, deal with your own reality.

This is how I like to deal with troublemakers.

This being said, I am now out of internal capital loss, but if the stock market get unstable, I could face internal capital loss, one more time... A NIGHTMARE. But I am pretty good at holding stock so there’s no nightmare I cannot really fight see. That’s the magic of the Dividend Girl.

Dealing with internal capital loss is no big deal, it just it can take some time to recover. While investing in stock, it’s always good to have a portion of your portfolio in cold cash. Why? Because if part of your portfolio is experiencing capital loss, you’ll be able to rely on your cash rather than on your stock in case of an emergency situation suddenly emerge. I am really good at giving advice but I don’t respect those advices myself. For the past 6 years, I had been invested every single pennies I could find and I use leverage as you know, like crazy.

I may not be good at respecting my very own advice, but at least, you know with who you are dealing with.

This is even I will say spectacular that I recover from my capital loss because this portfolio of mine, the non-registered part, include my MAJOR loss of 4 065$ in Timminco (TIM). That was back somewhere in 2008 or 2009. Currently, the same investment worth 1$... From 4 065$ to one single dollar. I started investing in stock in 2008 and I invested in Timminco (TIM) shortly after that. I had some knowledge, but it wasn’t enough I guess at that time to save me from a stock salvation.

I invested in Timminco (TIM) because it was promoted by Eric Sprott of Sprott Asset Management. Eric Sprott is the man who made me loss 4 064$ on the stock market. Thank you very much Eric Sprott for all the trouble and all the shit, but even you couldn’t destroy my portfolio forever. Sometime, I wished I would get stuck in an elevator with ONLY Eric Sprott and solve the problem I have with him.

Ok, it didn’t turn right with Timminco (TIM), but I recovered very quickly and I had hit the 6 figures portfolio using leverage in 2010. And later on, Sprott started the Sprott Physical Silver Trust UTS (PHS.U) and the Sprott Physical Silver Trust ET (PSLV). From that time, it was the silver mania.

Eric Sprott actively promoted silver as investment and again this time, I got totally fascinated.

In 2011, I traded silver on a regular basis, buying-selling, buying-selling. Always small amounts, but it was fun.

Later on, I made my first investment in US dollars in the Sprott Physical Silver Trust ET (PSLV) when the units were something like 20$+. Almost immediately after... Sprott silver drop under the 15$. I am very good at provoking events, catastrophes, cataclysms. Shortly after I made my first stock purchase in Sprott Inc. (SII) in 2008, the stock market crash. Remember? lol...

Currently, the Sprott Physical Silver Trust ET (PSLV) is still far behind the 20$ mark per unit. And now, I just wonder if silver can be a profitable investment.

Is silver really the investment of the decade like declared by Eric Sprott? I guess only time will tell if Eric Sprott was wrong or not.

Unfabulous offer coming from Duncan Hood, Editor of the MoneySense Magazine

When I was in Montreal, I could spend hours at the Chapter, a Starbuck coffee at hand reading magazine after magazine until the closing. Now that I moved in New Brunswick, if I want to read magazines, I can do it while standing on my 2 foot at Wal-Mart or Zellers or, I can go at my local library.

Duncan Hood, the Editor of MoneySense Magazine may taught that offering the MoneySense for 1 year at 30$ is a good deal, but personally, that deal doesn’t sound appealing to me. A 30$ for a one year of MoneySense magazine is an offered that I had received. You may receive it if you have an account at CanadianMagazine for their forum or newsletter or some other stuff.

Fact is, you don’t need to pay 30$ per year to get a taste of what frugal living is, or what is investment all about, to get stock information, credit card balance information, stock market hottest news...STOP. Here at the Dividend Girl blog you get that an even more for FREE.

30$, is not that bad. We have much worst with Gordon Pape. Want to subscribe to Gordon Pape Internet Wealth Builder? You can go ahead, but it will cost you $164.95. Oh sorry there, $164.95 + TAXES. Because taxes are not even included in that SUPER HUGE PRICE!!!!

Fact is, you don’t need to pay one single penny to be a successful investor. Why? Well, because you can read my blog for free. You can read online newspaper online for free. You can read Derek Foster books for free at your local library. All free stuff.

Financial services had came with that idea that the more you pay out of your pocket, the better the services are. Well, that idea is completely fall.

There’s plenty of financial blogs out there you can consult for free and if you’re smart enough, you won’t pay a penny to get stock ideas or ways to deal with your money. Like NEVER EVER. Those people like Duncan Hood and Gordon Pape are simply money s0ckers.

My investment portfolio on date of February 8, 2012

Savings: 1 113.71$

Non registered Investments:
Stocks and Units investment portfolio CAN$
Sprott Inc. (SII): 7 548.45$
Timminco (TIM): 2$
Blue Note Mining (BNT): 24$
Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS): 5 688.71$
Hanwei Energy Services (HE): 30$
Methanex Corporation (MX): 3 037.47$
Fortis Inc. (FTS): 3 680.64$
Pembina Pipeline Corporation (PPL): 13 037.04$
Just Energy Group Inc. (JE): 8 737.46$
Pengrowth Energy Corporation (PGF): 2 237.40$
Enbridge Income Fund Holdings Inc. (ENF): 7 470.50$
Corby Distilleries Limited (CDL.A): 1 803.48$
Davis + Henderson Corporation (DH): 3 900.03$
Premium Brands Holdings Corporation (PBH): 7 442.52$
EnCana Corporation (ECA): 4 012.88$
iShares S&P/TSX Capped REIT Index (XRE): 2 462.46$
Horizons Gold Yield Fund (HGY.UN): 2 025.72$
Canfor Pulp Products Inc. (CFX): 1 374.95$
New Flyer Industries Inc. (NFI): 1 528.80$
Exchange Income Corporation (EIF): 7 944.30$
Rogers Sugar Inc. (RSI): 528.28$
Student Transportation (STB): 1 445.35$
Colabor Group Inc. (GCL): 1 135$
TMX Group Inc. (X): 4 256.46$
Data Group Inc. (DGI): 3 084.90$
K-Bro Linen Inc. (KBL): 2 178$
Westshore Terminals Invest Corp (WTE.UN): 5 007.58$
WesternOne Equity Income Fund (WEQ.UN): 2 724.60$
Atlantic Power Corp (ATP): 3 375.60$
First Majestic Silver Corp (FR): 1 960$
Kinross Gold Corp (K): 1 659$
TransCanada Corp (TRP): 1 047$
Canadian National Railway Co (CNR): 2 346.30$
Firm Capital Mortgage Investment Corporation (FC): 537.20$
Sprott Strategic Fixed Income Fund (SFI.UN): 465$
Enbridge Inc. (ENB): 1 094.52$
Agrium Inc. (AGU): 1 156.82$
Canadian Utilities Limited (CU): 1 299.48$
Veresen Inc. (VSN): 1 023$

TOTAL: 120 312.90$

Stocks and Units investment portfolio $US:
Sprott Physical Silver Trust ET (PSLV): 2 303.19$
Cash: 4.12$

TOTAL: 2 307.31$

Tax-free savings account (TFSA)
EnerCare Inc. (ECI): 28.44$
Dumont Nickel Inc. (DNI): 1 581.25$
Sprott Physical Silver Trust UTS (PHS.U): 2 990.64$
Cash: 3.73$

TOTAL: 4 604.06$

RSP investment portfolio:
Sprott Canadian Equity Fund: 6 404.46$
Claymore Gold Bullion ETF (CGL): 5 239$
EnCana Corporation (ECA): 1 967.48$
Emera Incorporated (EMA): 7 126.20$
Sprott Physical Silver Trust UTS (PHS.U): 996.88$
Cash: 136.72$

CIBC Dividend Growth Fund: 561.82$
CIBC Emerging Markets Index Fund: 458.18$
CIBC Monthly Income Fund: 1 081.96$

Energy and Base Metals Term Savings (Indexed term savings): 577.30$
Natural Resources Term Savings (Indexed term savings): 502.06$

GIC National Bank: 1 242.70$
GIC Plus TD: 500$

Maritime Life International Equity Fund
(Templeton): 616.68$
Manulife Simplicity Growth Portfolio: 891.93$
Maritime Life CI Harbour Seg Fund: 1 053.79$
Maritime Life Fidelity True North Seg Fund: 1 004.54$
Manulife GIF MLIA B World Invest: 633.67$

Great-West – various: 1 957,04$
Various other mutual funds: 675$

RBC Canadian Dividend Fund: 558.62$
RBC U.S. Mid-Cap Equity Fund C$: 2 080.71$
RBC Global Resources Fund: 1 094.57$
RBC O'Shaughnessy International Equity Fund: 589.18$
RBC O'Shaughnessy All-Canadian Equity
Fund: 1 191.18$
RBC Global Precious Metals Fund: 885.97$

TOTAL: 40 027.64$

Social Capital at Desjardins Membership share: 40$

Savings + Stocks, units, mutual funds + Tax-
free Savings account + RRSP + Online Income
(144.22$):
168 549.84$