I am now a red hair girl like Lindsay Lohan

Or I will become a beautiful red hair girl investor tomorrow. I buy a new coloration. Last time, I had bought a shade of brown. And today, I had a red hair shade call Natural Dark Auburn. Cannot yet for the result tomorrow! It’s been a long time since I didn’t do anything with my hair. I plan to get a hair cut too sometime too before « hitting » the job market and maybe search for a daytime job. The reason why? Simply because I need more money to continue my investment project and I don’t care if I have to work 80 hours per week to make it happen.

Dividend multiple little gifts

I like to arrive from work, log in to my laptop, access to my online stock brokers and… see that I had received some juicy dividend. This week, I had received 13.13$ from Pembina Pipeline Income Fund (PIF.UN). No DRIP for that once, since the price per unit is more than 15$ right now. I would like to invest in 200 extra units of Pembina Pipeline Income Fund (PIF.UN) in order to benefit from the DRIP I am register to. This way, I could earn at least 2 extra new units of Pembina Pipeline Income Fund per month. That will be very nice.

And just today, I had received 64.30$ in Pengrowth Energy Trust (PGF.UN) dividend. I had earned 7 new units of PGF.UN. I am now at a fantastic 650 units. Next month, I should expected 65$ from Pengrowth Energy. But fact is, no dividend had been declared coming from PGF.UN for the month of October. But I believe there will be a dividend distribution for Pengrowth Energy Trust (PGF.UN).

As for today, the TSX lost some points, but is still over the 11 000 points, which is very good. And my portfolio is performing quite well. No sell made yet fro Dumont Nickel (DNI) at 4 cents… but good news! (More to come in another post regarding Dumont Nickel).

About Sprott Canadian Equity Fund

This week, since a very long time time, Sprott Canadian Equity Fund had reached the price of 30$ per unit. This is a real sign that the economy is doing better. I hope the price will increase again because I lost quite some money with this fund. As soon as will recover from the money lost, I will sell Sprott Canadian Equity Fund to invest in companies, like in my newest finding: Brookfield Renewable Power Fund (BRC.UN). And not to forget the extra 200 units of Pembina Pipeline Income Fund (PIF.UN) I want to invest in.

About me searching for a daytime job

Over the last couple of weeks, I was on a slow motion mode, working at my evening jobs and weekend job only, until 1 or 2 months ago, time is running so fast. I didn’t work as hard as I could for various reasons. I got kind of a small emotional break down when I finally reach my first 50 000$ value in assets in August. I felt kind of fulfilled after that.

But now, break time is over. I want to earn more money in order to extend my portfolio. I could easily reach 75 000$ in assets if I really work into it and if I continue to diversify my portfolio. I currently have a nice value in my portfolio and its fun to see the whole retirement nest egg taking form. For the vast majority, my investment picks had been pretty good so far. The key is to diversify. And one day, without knowing how, I will have 100 000$ value in assets and, let’s hope, a nice dividend income.

Other than dying my hair in red tomorrow, I have other projects on the way. I want to pay off my bad credit card debt in totality by the month of October. My credit cards balance transfer certainly help me to save money among the way. At this point, I don’t need any debt assistance, but I plan to get rid or some other debt among the way, like my student loan debt. I am currently stock with my Scotia iTRADE account. Always that question regarding the form I have a problem with – the do-you-own-a-broker-account-someplace-else part. Am not willing to give the answer to Scotia iTRADE. In consequence, I didn’t open any account yet.

Yellow Pages Income Fund dividend is now in the house

Today was a nice day. I finally was able to see Julie & Julia at the movie. My review will come soon. And today, I had received my Yellow Pages Income Fund (YLO.UN) for the month of September!

I had received 26.74$ and 4 brand new units of Yellow Pages Income Fund. My portfolio is slowly increasing. I just cannot wait to receive my Pengrowth dividend for the month of September. My Pengrowth is the largest amount of dividend I receive each month and I am always excited to receive this one. Today was quite spectacular as the TSX close at more than 11 400 points. Sign that things are also « slowly » getting better. It would be too great if I could finally complete my sell of 23 000 stocks of Dumont Nickel (DNI) at 4 cents per stock… I am just hoping the TSX will continue on his way and the economy will remain relatively stable.

As a small investor, I had suffered enough from the bad stock market. I am just hoping for the best and looking for new investment opportunities.

I had received my August dividend of Just Energy Income Fund

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

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

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

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

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

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

My TD Waterhouse investment portfolio in review

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

We are now a step closer to financial freedom.

Paying off bad credit card debts

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

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

My stocks and units portfolio is performing well

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

And about my HubPages income

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

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

Happy Surprise: I had received my Fortis Dividend!

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

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

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

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

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

Another good news: a 1 089.29$ paycheck

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Getting ready for my 1 000$ paycheck

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What I learn about cedit card balance transfer among the way

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

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

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

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

Consolidating credit card debt

The transfer from RBC Visa to td visa card had been completed. I soon as I notice it, I call RBC Visa this late afternoon to get the transfer from td visa card to RBC Visa completed, so I can benefit of the 3.99% low rate credit card rate until the end of October. The representative of RBC Visa was just a pain in the ass and didn’t want to proceed to the operation. She finally completes it, once I told her kind of to shut it out and proceed with the transfer. I believe she did it, but I am going to call RBC Visa to check over it and also to complain about the poor customer service I had received form that representative.

Those staff in the banking sector can really be fresh and arrogant. I get to the hell of the time with stupid reps so far. But I always get what I want. The only time I didn’t get what I wanted, is when I wanted to turn a non-RRSP mutual funds into RRSP. That had been refused to me at the Caisse populaire Desjardins du Mont-Royal. Those people are really disgusting! I really have enough of them. By the way, I never used the account I had open at the Caisse populaire Desjardins du Mont-Royal for the simple and good reason that I don’t trust their administration after all what they did to me.

Anyway, I also call ING Direct today to find out how I could transfer the 300$ I wanted to transfer without getting any fees. Back in 2005, I got interested in ING Direct because they offer high interest bank account. It seem like the transfer from ING Direct to my banking account at Caisse Desjardins can be done at no fee. It’s looking good for my personal debt consolidation. I call both parties, Caisse Desjardins and ING Direct and there’s seemed to be no fee for money transfer, since it’s only a one time transfer. I only have this ING Direct transfer to take care of, after what; I will be done for a little while. I didn’t receive the payment for the sell of Desjardins Fidelity True North Fund one of fidelity mutual funds, but was told it could take 72 hours. Which mean that sometime next week, I should have the money available.

I can do up to 12 transactions now with Desjardins for 3.95$. I will try not to do more than 12 transactions, but I can stick to the 12 if I remain careful. That’s part of the reason why I have to control myself until my next pay check. At that time, I will be able to pay let say 800$ from upcoming pay check + 300$ coming from ING Direct + about 1 030$ coming from the selling of the super-fantastic Desjardins Fidelity True North Fund; for a total of 2 130$ that I will make IN A ONE PAYMENT ONLY lol on my credit card debts. This is just hilarious because I remember in the days, when I was working at 3 jobs, as soon as I was receiving a paycheck; the money was disappearing as payment on my credit line…

The money never stays for very long in my internet savings accounts. Making a one time payment on something is kind of exceptional for me. It will be the only payment for September. After what, I will have 459.38$ left to pay in October. I can certainly make it happen, but just like it had been in August, I am going to deal with one of those very tight budgets for September AND October… My latest investment, which was 300 units of Yellow Pages Income Fund (YLO.UN) really took it all! But I don’t regret this investment for anything in the world as it’s allow me to reach my dividend income goal, which was to reach 2 000$ in annual dividend income by the end of the summer 2009.

Living on a tight budget? No problemo

I will show you how. First, make sure you always have enough to pay your rent because you don’t want to be quick out of your apartment and living in the street… Secondly, make sure to have enough money to make the minimum payment on credit cards, student loans and other. After, and only after, you can think about investing or paying out debt. The month of August had been tough, the month of September doesn’t look any better, and not to talk, after, the month of October. But life still great. Consolidate credit card debt require a great deal of time and energy.

Overtime for me today!

After spending a great deal of time over the phone trying to make things happen, I went to my job to see if I could do some extra hours. I was able to make 4 hours, which I was pretty happy about. I was exceptionally off today as I did a shift trade with someone who needs its Saturday. Usually, I work from Monday to Friday.

I gave a call to my weekend job to see if there was worked, but still nothing. There’s no work at my weekend job until the end of September. I had been quite busy lately and having off during the weekend until the end of September doesn’t bother me too much. I didn’t even open my Scotia iTRADE account yet. So much stuff to do, it never ends.

A great finding of mine: Great Lakes Hydro Income Fund

After all I went through lately; I really hope I will be able to make more investment in a close future. I had received from Creststreet Mutual Funds Limited the 2009 Interim Report, Management Report of Fund Performance for the Creststreet Alternative Energy Fund. I begin to read the report while being at work. Check this out: during the first half of 2009, the fund had a return of 11.6%.

I wrote many posts regarding Creststreet Alternative Energy Fund, and it’s not for nothing. This fund is incredible and for nothing in the world I would sell this investment. Even if my initial investment was only of 1000$, I am very proud to have Creststreet Alternative Energy Fund in my portfolio. Like this is the best Canadian mutual fund ever!

While reading the 2009 Interim Report, Management Report of Fund Performance for the Creststreet Alternative Energy Fund, I got interested in a company that constitutes the Creststreet Alternative Energy Fund. It’s the Great Lakes Hydro Income Fund.

And strangely, just in date of September 2009, the Great Lakes Hydro Income Fund had been acquired by another company. This probably doesn’t mean anything for you, but for me, it’s a good sign, it’s mean that the late Great Lakes Hydro Income Fund, which is now Brookfield Renewable Power Fund (BRC.UN) is a good investment. And secondly, Great Lakes Hydro Income Fund, now Brookfield Renewable Power Fund (BRC.UN) is a good investment because it’s part of the fabulous Creststreet Alternative Energy Fund. I cannot be wrong.

I like whatever is green energy also. This finding was a nice one and it could become my next investment even if I wrote many many times that my next investment was going to be BA.UN.

Brookfield Renewable Power Fund (BRC.UN) annual dividend pe unit is of 1.25$. It’s more than Fortis (FTS), which is set at 1.04$ annual dividend. Brookfield Renewable Power Fund (BRC.UN) offer a pretty good dividend. A perfect fit in our 200$/monthly dividend goal. Brookfield Renewable Power Fund (BRC.UN) is pretty stable. Year highest value had been of 20.45$ so far, lowest 14.70$. The difference between the highest and the lowest is only of 5.75$.

Conclusion: Brookfield Renewable Power Fund (BRC.UN), late Great Lakes Hydro Income Fund is a BUY! lol

Many changes for Blue Note Mining

YEAH! This is great! Blue Note Mining is back in business and so do I!

Blue Note Mining quote had changed from BN.H to BNT. This is actually good for Blue Note Mining. Most of the time, the value of my Blue Note Mining investment is around 60$. The value of my 400 stocks of Blue Note Mining was, on yesterday, 80$. For today, it’s a bit less.

Blue Note Mining had not only changed its quote, but also their stocks. Before, I had 12 000 stocks of Blue Note Mining. I currently only have 400 stocks of Blue Note Mining. There’s been a « unification » of 1 to 30… Quebec Superior Court had approved, but not me… I am not happy with my little holding of 400 stocks when it use to be 12 000 stocks. But it seem like the move had been positive for Blue Note Mining, since the overall value of my investment had increased for 60$ to 80$...

And the value of Blue Note Mining should increase in the future because Blue Note Mining is active in Bathurst in New Brunswick and they are currently working trying to extract gold from their mine. Hope some gold can me find in a reasonable amount. Blue Note Mining is a good investment. It’s just that back at the time, I purchase each unit at around 6 cents, for a total of 12 000 stocks. Blue Note Mining can potentially represent a good investment at the price it is right now. In other word: it’s a good time to purchase some Blue Note Mining stocks.

About another penny stock of mine: Dumont Nickel (DNI)

I renew my selling offer for Dumont Nickel (DNI) at 4 cents. My goal is sell the 23 000 stocks at 4 cents. I believe it’s the third month I had been renewing this selling offer. But it’s all right, I was not really expecting the sell offer to go through right away, but I didn’t taught it was going to take more than 3 months either lol. Anyway, what is done is done. I hope that one day; I will be able to sell Dumont Nickel at 4 cents per stock…

And what about my Scotia iTRADE account?

I still have my Scotia iTRADE account to open. I had been quite lazy lately and nothing that I had to do is getting done. I hope Scotia iTRADE staff is better in customer care because when it’s regarding TD Waterhouse, TD Waterhouse customer service is sometimes disgusting. Like just like last night, I call TD Waterhouse to get some info and I got rude by a poor guy. But this is going to end soon. When I call a customer service, I want to be treat like a princess lol. I am not going to accept being treat like this by a poor guy and I will complaint about it and I want the cost of my transfer from TD Waterhouse to Scotia iTRADE to be cover by TD Waterhouse. Otherwise, something will happen.

Here’s the situation regarding my TD Waterhouse broker account:

I had the following link under my “Activity”:

1 JUST ENERGY INCM FND T/U TYPE/PRICE: TXPDDV AMOUNT 0.10$

And nothing else. That above link shows up on date of August 31. Usually, I got something pay in cash and one unit ad following the activity of a Just Energy Income Fund (JE.UN) DRIP. Knowing that I am waiting for an amount of around 20$ for my DRIP of August, I should had received around 8$ in cash and 1 brand new unit. Why did I receive 10 cents in cash from Just Energy Income Fund (JE.UN)? It shouldn’t be 10 cents, it should be around 8$. The answer provided by the poor guy – he was way too rude – is that the DRIP was not completed and that I should know that. What!???

That representative of TD Waterhouse was way too stupid. Why did I receive a 10 cents in cash from Just Energy Income Fund? The whole thing is not making any sense. Because all the time, when I receive cash from a DRIP, I receive the little amount of cash AND the unit. And the whole amount in cash in ONE shoots. Like am I going to received the equivalent of 8$ by 10 cents or what??

I am definitely going to complaint about the representative and by these 10 cents because both are scandalous: I don’t want to spend anytime dealing with stupid DRIP situation that are making no sense and I don’t want to be rude by a poor guy know thing he know-it-all. I am the one who know-it-all, I am the genius here, I am the one who reach 50 000$ in investment on August 5th, I am the one. Got it?

LOL))))

Closer to my debt free credit card goal

I wake up quite late again this morning. I just had the time to quickly call ACCES-D Desjardins in order to sell my Desjardins Fidelity True North Fund in other to pay off a 2 500$ credit card debt. I was almost crying when I explain to the representative what happen last year with this investment. Last year, I had called ACCES-D Desjardins to transfer the mutual fund into RRSP. But I was told that I needed to visit a Desjardins caisse in order to open an RRSP account and so on. I open an account at the Caisse populaire Desjardins du Mont-Royal in Montreal. Before opening the account, I explain that the only reason why I was opening the account was in order to get my Desjardins Fidelity True North Fund investment transfer into RRSP. No problem, I was told.

I open an account with the Caisse populaire Desjardins du Mont-Royal, we proceed. But at the end of the process, I was told that the transfer was not possible. Last year, I was able to transfer non-RRSP mutual funds into RRSP at CIBC and RBC, but not at Desjardins. I explain everything to the representative and I let him know how I was pissed off by Desjardins poor service. Than, believe it or not, the representative actually did what I wanted, no other words was needed. Fact it, I hope to one day close all of my banking account that I have with Desjardins and switch over CIBC.

I always got the best service in the world from CIBC, whenever I invest in RRSP and outside and all for other stuff too, like credit card. The latest representative I speak to at Desjardins was very good, but I went through the hell with Caisse populaire Desjardins du Mont-Royal and I hate Desjardins financial services from the bottom of my heart and I hope the following will discourage other to invest through Caisse populaire Desjardins du Mont-Royal. The best is always to invest in a broker account. This way, no one can stop you from doing whatever you want to do with your money. And this is what some poor Caisse populaire Desjardins du Mont-Royal staff never understood: it’s my money and I do whatever I want to do with it. But that seem to be complicate to understand for some of Caisse populaire Desjardins du Mont-Royal staff. Stupid, ignorant, those Quebeckers are dream killers. Bunch of little jerks.

I am closer to my goal now, which is to pay off my 2 500$ credit card debt by the end of October 2009. I might be able to get around 1 020$ from the selling of my investment with Desjardins Fidelity True North Fund. We are now down to 1 480$. I will be able to pay off 800$ next week. And let’s add to this the 300$ I have at ING Direct. We are now down to 380$. In October, I will probably be able to pay off the 380$ left. I just cannot wait for that to open.

My rent is increasing of 10$

Starting November 2009, my rent is being increase of 10$, which I find totally unfair. Only problem, moving will cost me some money and will take some of my poor energy I have left. I don’t feel like trying to find another place to live at that time, but I will probably move by next spring or so because I cannot take it anymore. Seem like these days, bad or so-so news had come one after the other and I am like wow, what’s going to happen next, can someone tell me? At first, it was very fun to live on Mont-Royal, but now, I got enough of it.

Debt management expert

I was feeling a lot better today, as I was able to sleep late this morning. My overtime really takes all my energy, but I am glade that it’s finally over. Today, I made the minimum payment on my credit card. I did one balance transfer, one of around 300$ from RBC Visa to TD Visa at the rate of 4.99% for 6 months. Once this transfer is complete (it could take until next Wednesday), I will transfer 2 589.38$ I have in debt at TD Visa to RBC Visa at the rate of 3.99%.

At RBC Visa, the special interest rate of 3.99% end at the end of October. Which mean I have until the end of October to pay off the debt of 2 589.38$... I can pay off this debt, but only if I sale of one of my investment. I pick Desjardins Fidelity True North Fund. I will sell this investment. I have 1 000$ in it. From what I calculate, by the end of October, I will have 400$ left to pay on my credit card. But this will work out as I have a bit more than 300$ in my ING Direct account…

I have to find a way to withdraw the money from my ING Direct account. I think the only way, without having to pay any fee, is to proceed to a debit with their banking card. I remember receiving it a long time ago, but I cannot find it anymore… I have my high interest saving accounts with ING Direct since, I believe, 2005.

Life will be a lot easier for me when my 2 500$ little debt will be completely paid off.

About my other debts

Provincial student loans: 1 199.21$ at 4.75%
Federal student loans: 8 821.55$ at around the same rate
TD credit line at 8%: 4 865.68$
For a total of: 14 886.44$

Fact is, I don’t have too much debt. But I am slowly getting into the point where I am getting enough of debts. In a close future, I will look forward to pay some debts, while trying, at the same, to continue to invest. But in order to do so, I need more cash and more cash = get a second, third, fourth job, like I was doing before. I just have a couple of things to take care of. And even to transfer 2 of my investment into RRSP with Scotia iTRADE, I do not even have the money to pay TD Waterhouse the transfer fee, which is of around 25$ per transfer… I am that broke…. But things should get better soon once I work into my debt management program. Dealing with money problems is never easy, but there’s always a way out.

Weekend spend at work

My day was pretty exhausting as I finish my shift at midnight yesterday, and begin wake up at 7:30AM to run to work for 9:30AM. I was told to leave around 7:30PM, when there was no call, so I left. I set-up my NIP for my CIBC Dividend card, went for groceries, and went home. I work also tomorrow. I hope to get 1 100$ after taxes in paycheck in 2 weeks for now. I also have overtime for Monday, where I will do 9AM to midnight, but it’s going to be my last day of overtime. After what, I will be working from 4 to midnight, from Monday to Friday, which is my regular shift. I was told there wasn’t going to have overtime available for a little while after that. For sure, I won’t be doing overtime for at least 2 weeks, even if there’s any available. I had taken over 70 calls today. It was crazy.

About my debt management plan

During my lunch time, I call my credit cards to see if something could be arrange for a credit card balance transfer of my current 2 500$ I have at 3.99% and which will expire by the end of September. It’s seem like no special interest rate can be propose to me at this time by td visa card or RBC Visa. At both places, I told the guys I had 50 000$ worth in investment. They didn’t seem to be impress by that because they didn’t make me an offer lol.

The only solution is the offer at RBC Visa for the month of October, but October only, as my current special offer with my td visa card expires this upcoming September. This is too bad, but at least, I know where I am going. In 2 weeks, I will be able to make a payment of 700$ on my credit card. The debt will than be at 1 800$. I was thinking about selling my Desjardins Fidelity True North Fund. Currently, my Desjardins Fidelity True North Fund worth around 1 050$. After what, I would only had left 750$ to pay. If only I could sell Dumont Nickel at 4 cents! But that deal hasn’t happen yet. And I doubt it could happen anytime soon… I cannot rely on that little trading deal to make money out of it. I have 350$ in my ING Direct account. I have to say, I don’t have too much in my internet savings accounts.

I have around 100$ on my TD credit line at 8%... We are now down to 300$. I could pay the 300$ in October. By the end of October, I could transfer the 2 500$ at RBC Visa for the month of October and by the end of October, I could pay off the 300$ I need to pay. I don’t to pay 19% in credit card rate on a 2 500$ debt of mine knowing I have the resources to pay off this debt. It’s frustrating. 19% on 2 500$ make 475$ in interest for a year, for 40$ of interest per month… And knowing I continue to carry on other debts, I am better to pay off this one as soon as possible.

But at the same time, the selling of my Desjardins Fidelity True North Fund make me feel sad because Desjardins Fidelity True North Fund was my really first investment… Sometimes, selling is a necessity. You can talk to Derek Foster about it lol.

More about my Dumont Nickel (DNI) deal

Earlier this summer, I had purchased 23 000 stocks of Dumont Nickel (DNI) at 3 cents per stock. The investment value was of 719$. I was hoping to sale DNI at 4 cents. I place the sell order in July. But in July, Dumont Nickel (DNI) never hit back the magic 4 cents. I renew the sell order in August. My sell order had expired on August 28, and the sell never went through. Could August 31 be my lucky day? We never know, but I doubt DNI will reach 4 cents on that day. I will renew my order for sure; I hope one day this penny stock trade will work out… lol.

Just Energy Income Fund dividend

Also today, I received one new unit of Just Energy Income Fund… and 10 cents in cash in my td waterhouse broker. I should had received not 10 cents but around 7$, knowing that the price of one unit of Just Energy Income Fund is around 13$. I will verify my account again tomorrow. Or... Could it be another mistake of TD Waterhouse? (LOL!!!!)

Happy Surprise: my Google AdSense income is slowly increasing

I am not writing for HubPages for nothing after all. My Google AdSense income had slowly increasing and so my Ebay earnings. I am looking forward to continue my online money journey. It’s just I didn’t have too much time lately.

And what’s next?

More of my extraordinary writing on HubPages, selling of Desjardins Fidelity True North Fund, payment of my 2 500$ credit card, opening of my Scotia iTRADE account and… job searching :)

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Sprott Inc. (SII) has now its own DRIP

I was waiting for my Sprott Inc. (SII) dividend. I had received them today, but when I took at my online broker account, I was surprised: I had 3 brand new stocks of Sprott Inc. (SII). This Sprott DRIP is brand new and I am quite happy to have it done automatically. This is way too fun. I prefer to be enroll in a DRIP. It helps me to increase my dividend income.

OVERTIME!

I had overtime as birthday gift for my 29 birthday lol…

I did around 13 hours at work today. There’s overtime available until Monday. So I am doing a max of hours as you can imagine and I hope to receive 1 100$ after taxes on my next paycheck. I really need it since I had no news still from my weekend job even if I call and left a message like usual.

Because I suddenly now have overtime available, I am going to open my Scotia iTRADE account sometimes next week, before calling for the rest of my questions. I am also going to be job searching if I don’t have any news for my weekend job. And I also have my TD Visa offer of 3.99% special interest rate that expire on September. I have a 2 500$ debt at 3.99%. I can have it transfer for one month (for the month of October) at RBC Visa, but for one month only. I am just hoping CIBC Visa will be able to offer me a balance transfer at a cheap rate. If not, I will have to sell one my investment and I don’t want to do that for now.

I am now 29 and I have 51 681.79$ in assets

Living on a very tight budget

My paycheck of this week almost reaches the 900$. I have currently a total of 939$ in my banking account, which is enough to pay my rent (535$) and my student loan (155$). And I have left 249$ to make the minimum deposit on my credit card. I might have 150$ to pay on my credit line (the minimum payment never appear in my online banking account at TD).

As for my td visa card, the minimum payment should be of around 25$. I have 74$ left to pay my RBC Visa at the rbc royal bank, which I use all the time to pay my groceries and other… This is what I call living on a tight budget, but good news, I am able to pay everything! And on the next pay, I will be able to clear off my RBC Visa… Let’s say that ater those payments are going to be made, I won’t have too much available in my online savings accounts.

I am now at 51 681.79$

Since today is my birthday, I calculate my overall online investment for my 29 birthday. I am now at 51 681.79$! I am now looking forward to reach 75 000$ value in assets (this is our next goal). And I am only missing 23 318.21$! My financial planning for retirement is doing quite well.

About Ted Kennedy death

On August 26, Ted Kennedy died. I wasn’t particularly effect by the news, but I guess I am just pretty ignorant on everything he might do for Americans. I never too much like the Kennedy family for plenty reasons, I don’t even feel close to them. But if you talk to me about Obama, well, it’s another story. I go crazy in love for Obama. And since we talk about Barack Obama, since Obama had been elected as President of the USA, I had been able to reach 50 000$ in investment and 2 000$ in dividend. My 2 goals had been reached under Obama leadership. I am telling you, I am forever in love. But anyway, Obama is not even an American lol.

What shock me the most however regarding Ted Kennedy dead were the comments made by Brian Mulroney. I don’t like Brian Mulroney and I think he should retire for the public scene. I don’t like him because he didn’t pay any taxes on a 200 000$-300 000$ he had received from his German friend and I don’t like Mulroney because he made Canadians dependant of Americans. Our country should stand by our own. Not that I don’t like Americans, but as Canadians, we should rely on our own resources to develop our country. What Brian Mulroney did in the 90’ was an atrocity. Decades after, Canadians still suffer from Brian Mulroney lack of leadership. We shouldn’t have to rely on the US for our own economy. I dislike everything that Brian Mulroney did in his life. Just another Quebec bastard. And don’t think that it’s because I live in Montreal that I am a Quebecker because I am not a Quebecker. And I will never be one of them.

Do I have any American investment in my portfolio? Unfortunately yes, but just one, an RBC mutual fund that I had no choice to pick. It was back in the days where I barely knew what I was doing and was investing thought financial advisor. But those days are gone forever. American stock market is huge and it’s the perfect market for penny stocks trading because a lot of trading is being made on any kind of stocks. Here in Canada, from my young but lovely experience, dividend cut or suspension haven’t been that bad compare to the US. But still, Canada is the place for investor and Canada is the perfect market to make a living from dividend income. Also because of taxes and the dollars exchange, and also because I don’t have that much money, I prefer to stick with the Canadian stock market for now.

And with my upcoming Scotia iTRADE account, I am going to get a cheap online stock trading.

Jean Charest and financial fraud

It make me laugh when Jean Charest (prime minister of Quebec province) said he wants a more severe legislation for financial criminal like Vincent Lacroix and Bertram Earl Jones because for the case, he never accepted that an investigation to be open regarding the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec scandal that involve, among other, its ex-director, Henri-Paul Rousseau. Jean Charest is definitely just another Quebec bastard and I am turning 29 on today, August 27.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

Switching to a cheaper online broker: Scotia iTRADE

The latest TSX gains had quite a positive impact on my portfolio. Sure, it’s not like on August 5, when the TSX exceed the 11 000 points, but still, a mark higher than 10 900 points is a positive gain and I hope the TSX will continue to gain points like this on a regular basis.

Purchasing stocks online is really easy through my tdwaterhouse. I really like to buy stocks online with tdwaterhouse. Only inconvenient: at 29$ in commission fee per trading, tdwaterhouse is expensive. I am looking forward for a cheaper discount broker solution. This is something I had in mind for a while now. I had read positive comments about Scotia iTRADE on milliondollarjourney.com. I also had called Scotia iTRADE one time just to confirm some information.

The magic of 50 000$ at Scotia iTRADE

In August 5th, I hit a bit more than the magic 50 000$ value in assets. With Scotia iTRADE, since I have at least 50 000$, I could only pay 9.99$ per trade. At this time, I do not want to close my tdwaterhouse account. Right now, I am looking for a solution for my RRSP. With tdwaterhouse, even if I am register with their eService, tdwaterhouse is still going to charge me an annual fee for RRSP. I don’t remember how much, but still, I do not want to be charge any annual fees. The solution would be for me to open an account with Scotia iTRADE. After, I could get 2 or 3 of my major assets being transferred to Scotia iTRADE. Once they had been transferred to Scotia iTRADE, the 3 assets (I was thinking about BNS, FTS and PGF.UN), could be transferred over RRSP.

From what I remember, tdwaterhouse is charging me 25$ or something like that (plus taxes) per stocks I transferred to another online broker. For the transfer of all assets, its 175$ (plus taxes), if I remember correctly. I want to keep my tdwaterhouse account open; I just want to transfer a few assets. Anyway, my 50 000$ is way too much diversified in too many financial services, it will be too much work to get everything transferred at the same place and, just for security reasons, I do not want to have the money invest at one single place. I am just like that.

It’s still summer time and I am already thinking about RRSP lol. I don’t won’t to face the same problem this yea, to pay 3 000$ extra in federal and provincial taxes for my 2009 taxes. No way! Since I do not have the same contact at Revenue Canada as Brian Mulroney who didn’t pay any income taxes on an asset of 200 000$ or something like that, well – I guess I will just have to keep going and working and going and working and… here we are. I am getting the whole thing organize. Reason why: I am going to be job searching really soon and I want everything to be all set when I will be working at a second and, if I am lucky, at a third and, why not, a fourth job lol.

Now, the only question I have left for Scotia iTRADE is the following: is there going to be a fee for transferring non-RRSP stocks into RRSP? This is like the final question I have for Scotia iTRADE. While I am thinking of it, another question that is crossing my mind: is there any fee for DRIP? I am register to an automatic DRIP for PGF.UN, BNS and some other of my stocks and units portfolio. The dividend I am receiving from those companies is being reinvested in order to acquire new stocks or units for free (at least at tdwaterhouse). I am going to ask this question to Scotia iTRADE, but that would be very strange if Scotia iTRADE would charge me for such thing.

I once call tdwaterhouse about RRSP. I was just curious to find out if for non RRSP stocks investment, to turn them into RRSP – do I need first to sell the stocks? The answer that had been provided to me is no, that they had their own way to do it and that no sell was required. Nice. And now, what about Scotia iTRADE? I guess the answer will be the same at Scotia iTRADE, but I will ask it anyway.

More money = more problem. I getting those kinds of problems that only those rich people have and it make me laugh.

Be aware of the inactivity fee at Scotia iTRADE

There’s an inactivity fee of 25$ that will be applied if no transaction had been made for 3 months. At tdwaterhouse, there’s no such inactivity fee. But if in the overall Scotia iTRADE broker account (RRSP, CELI and regular broker account) – for those 3 all included, if you have at least 10 000$ in assets, no 25$ will be applied per period of 3 months of no activity.

The whole online broker account deal is not so complicated, it’s just it’s making a lot of things to look into at the same time.

About my new CIBC Dividend Card

This weekend is going to be a fun one, even if I am facing different frustrations at this time. Among a few things who make me happy, I have my brand new CIBC Dividend Card.

I had a credit card with CIBC since 2005. Back in 2005, I had a CIBC Aero Classic credit card. I wasn’t that much aware of the fees and I didn’t pay too much attention to it until recently, were I notice a fee of 29$. At that time, I call CIBC customer service to see what the reason of the fee was, saying that I didn’t have that fee before to pay for CIBC Aero Classic credit card. I had been told that yes, there’s an annual fee of 29$ for the CIBC Aero Classic card. It’s just I never had notice the fee before. Anyway, I ask to have a credit card with no annual fee. I had been suggested the CIBC Dividend Card.

I recently received the CIBC Dividend Card. The CIBC Dividend Card was no annual fee… but watches out the credit card annual rate… 19.5%. One advantage – and the only one – of CIBC Dividend Card is that it’s allowing holders to earn 1% in cash back, which is interesting.

Other interesting thing: CIBC offer users of CIBC Dividend Card free checks that can be use to pay out rent and pay bills. Fun, but knowing that the interest rate is of 19.5%, I probably won’t use CIBC Dividend chequing service, but I might order some, just in case of need.

I open this CIBC Dividend Card because I didn’t want to close the credit I had at CIBC and I didn’t want to pay any annual fees. Big plus: CIBC always offer me a good service. I also have investments with CIBC and I always received the best service from CIBC, from the credit card and investment department. To make one story short, I had non-RRSP mutual fund investments with CIBC. Last year, I call to transfer them into RRSP. The transformation had been made in the matter of a few minutes. I didn’t get the same good service at Desjardins.

I had one mutual fund with Desjardins. It’s the Desjardins Fidelity True North Fund. I once call to have the investment transfer into RRSP. I call ACCES-D, Desjardins customer service. Problem is, I was calling to receive customer service, but I didn’t receive any. I was told I need to present myself to a Desjardins Caisse to have the operation complete. Which I need, but I was told the transaction couldn’t be completed. This year, I am going to try again. If Desjardins don’t allow me to transfer my investment into RRSP, those people are going to have a hell of a time. I dislike Desjardins and their agents of ACCES-D customer service are really arrogant, almost worst than the one of TD Waterhouse.

Other positive experience with CIBC: when I received my new CIBC Dividend Card, I call customer service, saying that I had pay for the annual fee of my late CIBC Aero Classic and wonder if I could get credited. I had been credited 19.99$, which I accepted.

See, CIBC always offer me the best customer service of the world and I am very grateful for that.

Living for working or working for living

This is actually soo bad, there’s no overtime available this weekend for people of, lets say, of my department. I am really having enough of my job and I cannot take it anymore. You do your best everyday and in return, what you got?

Hours cut, no overtime, bad pay, bad treatment and sh*t lol. I once haven’t been paid for an hour on my paycheck. I requested the hour to be pay, but it never did, because of my supervisor. My supervisor is a cool guy, but whenever it come to hours missing on my paycheck well, forget about it. I don’t know if its his fault or who’s fault it is, but one day, I am going to leave all that sh*t behind lol.

For now, I am going to be able to pay my bills for the month of September, but it’s going to be rough and tough. My next paycheck should be of around 800$. First I have to pay my rent for sure, 535$. No problem for my metro pass as I can pay it using another credit card of mine. I also have a student loan to pay. The minimum payment is around 165$ if I remember. If I calculate my rent and my student loan debt payment together, right there, it’s making 700$... I hope I will be receiving a 800$ paycheck! Plus I have left 50$ in my bank account…

I always some money left at ING Direct in case of emergency. Not to talk about all the money I have invested. But my investments are my investments and I prefer stop eating before taking any money from those precious $$$. And it’s a perfect time to stop eating because I am fat.

Anyway, I can always use 190$ I have left on my credit line… And oh, on August 28, I should received around 12.50$. I have 2$ and something left in my broker account. Those will help me to pay the minimum require on my credit line.

It’s going to be ok, but I dislike this kind of situation. Too tight budget.

You should had invested in Yellow Pages Income Fund yesterday

You should have invested in Yellow Pages Income Fund (YLO.UN) like me yesterday because YLO.UN is currently at 5.12$. Yesterday, I had purchased 300 units of Yellow Pages Income Fund at 4.94$. Today, Yellow Pages Income Fund (YLO.UN) is up of 0.18 cents… Nice profit of 54$!

This is awesome. Actually, I prepared myself for exactly the opposite yesterday, telling myself I was purchasing Yellow Pages Income Fund units in order to reach my 2 000$ dividend income goal. Currently, my overall investment with Yellow Pages Income Fund is of 2 074.95$. Before my purchase of yesterday, I had 101 units of Yellow Pages Income Fund. I now own a total of 401 units of Yellow Pages Income Fund. Currently, my 401 units of Yellow Pages Income Fund worth 2 053.12$, which is not so bad.

I wake up late again this morning; I really got drain up by the hot weather and my job. I finish early yesterday, at 10PM. I did some laundry (at least I am having clean clothes to wear today :)), connect to the Internet, but I didn’t write any HubPages or anything. I was just in front of my computer, feeling miserable. Some of my hours had been cut and I had been told that if we were doing overtime, it wasn’t paid, but I gave my name last Friday to do overtime, so that day should be pay, at least.

Usually, I start my shift at 4PM, but today it’s t 5PM. I was told to begin at 5PM today. My supervisor wasn’t there yesterday, so I couldn’t talk to him. I would like to work Saturday for extra hours. There are always so many calls during the weekend. I hope overtime is going to be available. And I will take Saturday off. For next week, I am in need of a good 1 000$ paycheck, if not, I will manage. My latest investment with Yellow Pages Income Fund really took all that I have. I am confident I should received at least 800$ on my next paycheck. But we’ll see. I also give a call to my weekend job saying that I was available. I guess nothing is available

For the end of this week until the beginning of September, I will try to control my expenses. I guess I have enough in food and other to stand until that time.

I am getting to start a job searching this weekend. I saw a couple of job offers I want to applied to. This is the best solution and the only solution available at this time. I was going to be job searching sooner or later. My weekend job is not that stable and I have a feeling work might not be available like promise in September. And I really dislike that place now. I had been kicked out of their survey project without any notice, giving me no way to set myself up and organize. I am feeling better just to know that I might not need to work for them ever again.

It’s going to be a busy weekend.

My 300 units purchase of Yellow Pages Income Fund (YLO.UN)

I had purchase 300 units of Yellow Pages Income Fund (YLO.UN). Here’s the update of my annual dividend income:

Livingston International Income Fund (LIV.UN): 21.28$
Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS): 201.88$
Fortis (FTS): 106.08$
Just Energy Income Fund (JE.UN): 285.22$
Methanex Corporation (MX): 70.56$
Pembina Pipeline Income Fund (PIF.UN): 157.56$
Pengrowth Energy Trust (PGF.UN): 771.60$
Sprott Inc. (SII): 50$ + special dividend of 75$
Yellow Pages Income Fund (YLO.UN): 320.80$
TOTAL: 2 059.98$

Unless I did a mistake or calculate wrong, but I won’t think so, I now have an annual dividend income of 2 059.98$. My annual dividend income should just keep increasing over time. Once the recession will be over, Livingston International Income Fund (LIV.UN) will continue to pay dividend to their unitholders just like before. Pengrowth Energy Trust (PGF.UN) will increase their dividend to the same amount as before… And so on… lol

And what about a Just Energy Income Fund (JE.UN) special dividend?

Just Energy Income Fund (JE.UN) will, at some point, proceed with the payment of a special dividend. When the fund was still under the name of Energy Savings, the company had proceeded, in the past, to the payment of a special dividend. Now that Just Energy had completed the acquisition of a another company, a little while ago, JE.UN profit will increase, money will come like crazy and... unitholders will receive a special dividend...

We can suppose that my dividend annual income will just boost over time… and increase fantastically.

And now… tell me after that I don’t have it all. lol

Currently, the value of my stocks and units portfolio is of 24 962.82$. And I have 50$ left in my banking account ;)

Pengrowth Energy Trust (PGF.UN) dividend for the month of August 2009

I receive today 63.60$ in dividend earning for Pengrowth Energy Trust (PGF.UN). I earn a total of 7 units of Pengrowth Energy Trust (PGF.UN). I now own 643 units of Pengrowth Energy Trust (PGF.UN). The DRIP on Pengrowth Energy Trust (PGF.UN) is really great. I hope to see the value of this investment to increase over time. My initial investment was of 6 221.87$. Currently, my investment made with Pengrowth Energy Trust (PGF.UN) now worth 6 096$, which is really good. DRIP is nice for dividend income: it’s allowing me to earn a couple of stocks and units for free.

Since my PGF.UN dividend increase from 763.20$ to 771.60$, let’s update our annually dividend income:

Livingston International Income Fund (LIV.UN): 21.28$
Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS): 201.88$
Fortis (FTS): 106.08$
Just Energy Income Fund (JE.UN): 285.22$
Methanex Corporation (MX): 70.56$
Pembina Pipeline Income Fund (PIF.UN): 157.56$
Pengrowth Energy Trust (PGF.UN): 771.60$
Sprott Inc. (SII): 50$ + special dividend of 75$
Yellow Pages Income Fund (YLO.UN): 80.80$
TOTAL: 1 819.98$

And let’s add to this 300 units of Yellow Pages Income Fund (YLO.UN) x 0.80 cents = 240$

1 819.98$ + 240$ = 2 059.98$

Currently, Yellow Pages Income Fund (YLO.UN) is at 4.91$ per unit. I currently have 1301.45$ available on my credit line. I also have now 457.20$ on my banking account. TD banks seem to all open at 8:00am in weekdays. This is great, because I am going to be able to make an extra payment of 400$ on my credit line before the TSX stock market open, as its open at 9:30AM… It’s just I have to wake up early tomorrow and I am not too use to that anymore.

I guess Yellow Pages Income Fund (YLO.UN) price will remain basically the same tomorrow. I will be able to purchase 300 units and I will probably have extra to leave on my credit line. I just cannot wait. This 2 000$ dividend income goal in really important to me. Its mark a giant step in my goal to reach financial freedom.

My next goal is to earn the equivalent of 200$ per month in dividend money. This mean I need to reach 2 400$ in annual dividend income…

2 400$ - 2 059.98$ = 340.02$

After what, I will only be missing 340.02$ in dividend income to reach 200$ per month in dividend income… That will be the next step.

More about my dividend income goal

I was very confused earlier today about if I had received or not my PIF.UN dividend. Seem like I had received them. I just all confused once again. Because I got the DRIP for Yellow Pages Income Fund (YLO.UN) and didn’t see it. At TD Waterhouse, they had been great at explaining that to me, even if I was calling for only 13.13$. But on the road for financial freedom, every penny count lol.

And here we go, what I like most of all, calculating my dividend income. Here is for my dividend earning update:

Livingston International Income Fund (LIV.UN): 21.28$
Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS): 201.88$
Fortis (FTS): 106.08$
Just Energy Income Fund (JE.UN): 285.22$
Methanex Corporation (MX): 70.56$
Pembina Pipeline Income Fund (PIF.UN): 157.56$
Pengrowth Energy Trust (PGF.UN): 763.20$
Sprott Inc. (SII): 50$ + special dividend of 75$
Yellow Pages Income Fund (YLO.UN): 80.80$
TOTAL: 1 811.58$

My dividend income goal is to reach 2 000$ in dividend value by the end of the summer. Am I going to make it? Let’s see…

2 000$ - 1 811.58$ = 188.42$

At this time, I do not have too much money. Forget about adding Enbridge (ENB) or Bell Alliant in my portfolio for now because I am broke! Right now, a correct issue will be to purchase more units of Yellow Pages Income Fund (YLO.UN). I recently read somewhere that a recent company had rate Yellow Pages Income Fund (YLO.UN) as a buy… So this helps me in my decision to purchase extra units of Yellow Pages Income Fund (YLO.UN). I do not particularly like Yellow Pages Income Fund (YLO.UN) but hey, they are cheap, so why not?

How much Yellow Pages Income Fund (YLO.UN) units I need to meet my goal? Currently, Yellow Pages Income Fund (YLO.UN) dividend is of 0.80 cents per unit, which I find pretty good, knowing the state of the economy right now.

188.42$/0.80 cents = 235.525 units

If I purchase 200 units of Yellow Pages Income Fund (YLO.UN), it won’t be enough…. So I better purchase 300 units. And I have enough in cash to proceed with the transaction. Take a look at this:

5$ (current price per unit for Yellow Pages Income Fund (YLO.UN)) x 300 units =
1 500$ + 27$ in commission fee =
1 527$

Currently, I have 1 301.45$ available on my TD credit line. I am only missing 225.55$ in order to reach the 1 527$ I need to cover the cost of this investment.

I currently have 215.71 left in my banking account…. I am waiting for a paycheck of around 200$ at midnight on Wednesday. That’s tomorrow… On Thursday, I could pay 425.25$ on my credit line and transfer at least 1 527$ on my broker account and purchase 300 extra units of Yellow Pages Income Fund (YLO.UN). It will do a little something like this:

300 units X 0.80 cents = 240$

1 811.58$ current dividend income + 240$ =
2 051.58$

And my goal is reach! This is perfectly realizable. I was thinking about all this while being at work and gees, I keep thinking and I saw finally that yes, I can definitely make it for this summer… It's just I am not going to have anything left in my banking account, but who care, I got another paycheck next week lol. And this will happen before my 29 birthday. I am really having a fun time with all this investment deal. Like me reaching my first 50 000$, and now me reaching my first 2 000$ value in dividend income. It’s pretty awesome.

Problem with my Pembina Pipeline Income Fund dividend

Today was quite a busy day. I pay 1 100$ on my TD credit line and 100$ on my TD Visa. I now have left 3 706.55$ on my credit line and 2 675.53$ on my TD Visa. I am very please on the way things are going on right for me. And I am very tempted by purchasing something for my portfolio. But I am going to wait next month. Overtime is available right now, and I just hope to get another 1 000$ in pay for next paycheck. Things are just going super great even if I got snob by my weekend job.

We are already Tuesday; time is passing way too fast. I got my Pembina Pipeline Income Fund (PIF.UN) dividend payment of 13.13$ yesterday. Actually, I can see the transaction in my “Activity”. No problem. But the problem is that I only have 8.50$ right now in cash in my TD Waterhouse account. Something is going on. So I am going to call TD Waterhouse and yell at them and scream: where’s my money? LOL

Anyway, I cannot wait to open an account to Scotia i-trade. Each trade is 19.99$. Once I reach a stable value of 50 000$ in assets, the cost of each trade is going to be 9.99$. So why should I stick with TD Waterhouse?

Only extra fee with Scotia Broker Account is with mutual funds. And with TD Waterhouse, there’s no fee for mutual funds, non-RRSP investment.

It’s been really hot these days in Montreal. The only things I had been doing is working, blogging and writing articles on HubPages.

I also received my brand new CIBC dividend credit card. I activated it just yesterday. And now, I want to see if I can get refund the annual fee for the credit card I close with them to get the CIBC dividend. And they better give me my money back. Or I am going to scream at them too. lol

I am really enjoying my time on HubPages, but regarding the money made on HubPages, nothing came out since last week. The only way I am going to make money on HubPages is that is I keep going and keep writing. It’s just a matter of luck and to write on topics that will class itself well on Google search. I now have 40 articles on HubPages. I made 6$ with Google AdSense since I started. We can see things this way: 40 articles for 6$, 200$ = 1 333 articles… I just need to keep going and writing and writing… And I am really into it. I just cannot wait to reach my first Google AdSense payment of 100$. The only problem is that this whole making money online thing is basically taking all of my free time. This is it, I am a talented, and I am going to make money from my writing. :)

Dividend weekend baby

I just received 6.67$ in dividend income from Yellow Pages Income Fund (YLO.UN). I guess there’s no DRIP available for Yellow Pages Income Fund (YLO.UN). I went check my mail as I went outside to eat pizza. And I received a voting package for Dumont Nickel (DNI). This is fantastic! For once, the shareholders’ meeting is in Montreal! The hour of the meeting is not really appropriate as its fix at 4PM. But we shouldn’t be surprise, as it’s probably a Quebecker who decides to fix the meeting at that time. And it’s schedule for September 10. Anyway, I won’t be able to be there, as I work at that time.

And I am working tomorrow, Sunday. I did a shift trade with a dumb guy, it was really at the last minute, and it’s the last time ever I am going to trade shift with him. This weekend was supposed to be one where I was going to concentrate on my HubPages.

I have many unpublished HubPages articles and it’s ruining my overall score. I want to clear them all as soon as possible. But the problem is: I have 15 unpublished HubPages. Since I had the topic, an idea for the link in head, I decide to create unpublished HubPages, but this was a bad decision of mine, because unpublished HubPages can really ruined a score. Currently, my score is at 58 (on 100). It’s really low. My HubPages score was higher before (around 80). I hope to the complete my 15 unpublished HubPages very soon.

My 14 hours shift

I work for about 14 hours at my job today… When I learn yesterday that there was overtime available, I went nut, I told the supervisor on floor that I wanted to do from 9AM to midnight… and I did… I begin working around 9:30AM. But don’t forget that the night before, I finish my shift at midnight, went back home, wake up at 7AM, take a shower, run to the metro, hit back to work.. and work 14 hours straight in a row lol.

Overtime = more money

And check this out: there’s also overtime available for tomorrow Saturday. This is super great and this helps me to forgive about my weekend job. There was an English survey going on. Even if I was able to complete some surveys, they didn’t want me to continue working on the project, me and 6 other persons. And I was told that my English wasn’t good enough for them. But do I really care? Anyway, since overtime is available at my evening job, I am certainly going to take advantage of it.

My latest paycheck form my evening job was quite good. I received a 1 309.93$ check in my online savings accounts from my evening job. It was a huge surprise, knowing that I was only expecting a little check of around 720$ or 750$! My boss didn’t decide to double my salary overnight. It’s just I should have receive a little augmentation back on November 2008, but I never receive it. I have received the money I should have earned since that time.

Google AdSense news

My Google AdSense income is up to a fantastic new 32.54$... this is great! Even gaining just a few pennies make me happy. But this is the deal: If I am able to earn just a few pennies from Google AdSense, I am certainly able to make thousands of dollars out of Google AdSense right? Don’t you think so?

My HubPages Adventure

I didn’t publish any HubPages articles for a little while. I had been conducting research and stuff. I really like to see my Google AdSense rise and I think it’s going to be the case with all the work I invested in it so far. Because writing original articles require definitely a whole bunch of creativity. It’s also requiring a lot of my time. I just publish my third and latest article on HubPages: Consolidate debts: use credit card balance transfert for your own benefit. This is the article you need to read if you want to learn more about debt management.

Happy Just Energy Income Fund dividend

I received my Just Energy Income Fund (JE.UN) dividend on today. I had received 20.87$ and I earn one extra unit of JE.UN. I now own 203 units of Just Energy Income Fund (JE.UN). I just find out that Sprott Inc. (SII) is paying a dividend on August 28. I am going to received 12.50$. It’s going to make a nice little extra as payment for my TD credit line. Otherwise, I €am doing a crazy shift tomorrow as overtime is available, but just for tomorrow… I am doing from 9am to midnight. It’s going to be crazy. But bad news, I am out of work at my weekend job for approximately 1 month. In the meantime, I am certainly going to look for a new job.. And guess what, my Google AdSense income is up to 30.77$... Mix of good and bad news today. Going to bed... This weekend is going to be great. HubPages articles and blogging and maybe Julie & Julia movie.

Dealing with debts and broker accounts

I didn’t visit HubPages for very long last night. I have to wake up early this morning. My tiny apartment was in need of a good cleaning. Now it’s done. I just have a lot of laundry to do lol. Everyday life is boring like that. And of course, when I wake up, I went to see my stock portfolio online. At 1:40PM, my portfolio of stocks and units is at 23 089.84$. I was afraid to see it lose some value again. But I still didn’t receive my Just Energy Income Fund (JE.UN) dividend. So I am still waiting.

I should receive a 700$ paycheck this evening. The money is going to be applied as payment on my credit line. I have 4 813.02$ on my TD credit line. And 2 675.53$ TD Visa at 3.99%. In about 2 weeks, I will transfer the debt I have on my TD Visa over RBC Visa, so I can received the 2.99% in interest rate for a little while, until I get a third job or something.

I call TD Waterhouse yesterday to find out if it was possible to turn non-RRSP investment in stocks or units into RRSP, without having to proceed with a sell first and I was told I could do so, that I don't need to sale.... I also call Scotia itrade. Now, my problem is I want to turn my investments into RRSP, but TD Waterhouse is going to charge me 20$ per year for an RRSP account. This is so unfair. It's not enough for them to be charging be 29$ per trade o is it 27$ I have a blank. This year, I don't want to pay any taxes. And another question, does the dividend of a RRSP account need to remain the RRSP account or the dividend can be transfert outside the RRSP dividend? It's not something I want to do right now, but later on. Sooo confusing.

TSX crashing and I am at home doing nothing

Today, the TSX crash to 10 626 points.

Currently, my stocks and units portfolio value is of 2 2810.89$.

I reach 50 000$ value assets one time in my life, I just hope to reach over 50 000$ again in a near future.

Even with the few losses of today, my portfolio remains relatively stable.

I am surprise, Methanex Corporation (MX) remains at a powerful 18.48$ (12:47PM). I had purchased 100 stocks of Methanex Corporation a while ago at 15.79$ per stock. But shortly after I made the investment, Methanex price stocks went always lower than 15.79$. At a point, I was used to see Methanex Corporation under 15.79$.

Imagine my reaction when Methanex Corporation price rise: I simply couldn’t believe it. If Methanex Corporation remain up to 15.79$ per stock even when the TSX is loosing points, this mean that chance are, our Methanex Corporation will remain over 15.79$ in the upcoming week.

I lost a bit of gain today, because (again) of Timminco (TIM) who decide to go under 1.40$. Good news had been giving for Becancour facilities. Employers have back their jobs. I mean, this is so good news for Timminco. Should the price increase immediately? Well, it’s the opposite that is happening today. And I don’t even want to try to understand.

Sprott Inc. remains under 4$. Sprott is currently at 3.22$ (12:59PM). Here, what I supposed that happen is the following. Their star mutual fund Sprott Canadian Equity Fund had lost in value (in a half). I had invested a total of 7033.50$ in the Sprott Canadian Equity Fund. My goal was too see my investment double. But… guess what happen? I almost lost half of my money with Sprott Canadian Equity Fund. I won’t blame Eric Sprott but still… lol. Anyway, I didn’t lost it all, my investment with Sprott currently worth 4 038$. Not soo bad.

Another surprise: usually, when the TSX is loosing points, usually, it makes Pengrowth Energy Trust (PGF.UN) loosing value too. But right now, oh surprise, Pengrowth Energy Trust (PGF.UN) is at a relatively stable 9.11$. This is really good.

Right now, Livingston International Income Fund (LIV.UN) is at 5.40$ (1:18PM) and Yellow Pages Income Fund (YLO.UN) is at 5.06$ (1:18PM). I am surprise to see Livingston International Income Fund higher in price than Yellow Pages Income Fund. Earlier this year, Livingston International Income Fund (LIV.UN) had suspend their dividend payment. I just wonder when Livingston International Income Fund (LIV.UN) will pay again dividend. I would like that.

Dumont Nickel (DNI) is at 2 cents (1:19PM)…. When I will be able to sell Dumont Nickel (DNI) at 4 cents pe stock? Will the time will ever come? This was supposed to be my great penny stock trade. A penny stock trade that all went wrong lol. But I still own DNI, I waiting for its price to reach 4 cents… and than sell.

In the meantine, my little apartment is all crashy. I need a cleaner or I will have to do it myself lol.

Dividend, jobs and HubPages

I don’t know what’s going on; I didn’t receive my Just Energy Income Fund dividend yet. It’s really getting on my nerves and it’s quite stressful not to see it coming. Anyway, if I didn’t receive my Just Energy Income Fund dividend by next Monday, I am going to all TD Waterhouse and ask this simple question: where are my Just Energy Income Fund dividends? lol

I felt a bit better today after asking if I could follow my regular schedule at my evening job. I was told I could do my regular schedule anyway. This week, some hours were cut of my schedule and it make me feel bad, as I am not working this upcoming Saturday at my weekend job – and no one actually told me so. But it’s true they are facing a lack of work and maybe they are trying to give the maximum of hours to their full-time staff. I really don’t know what to think about it. Everything was going fine until this weekend. I got good nerves and can take a lot of stuff on my back but gees... after being working at my weekend job for more than 2 years now; I taught someone was going to show off just a bit more respect. But I shouldn’t ask to much coming from Quebeckers, shouldn’t I?

Anyway, I am not too sad because at least, I am working, I don’t have problem to pay my bills and ho, another thing, last week, I reach my first 50 000$ worth in assets. I was quite surprised when it happens, on August 5th. I wasn’t expecting it for this summer at all. It was a real surprise. And I was even able to go a bit further with the 50 073.91$ I was able to reach.

At least, I was able to reach one my goal. My other goal was to reach 2 000$ value in dividend income by the end of the summer. I probably won’t be able to reach this goal unless the companies I invested in decide to increase their dividend. Another goal of mine is to make 200$ per month from Google AdSense lol. At least, this summer, I reach at least one of my goals.

I am doing kind of ok on HubPages. My Google AdSense is up to 30.72$, up to 24 cents… But HubPages definitely worth it. With my 2 jobs, I don’t have too much time to spend on HubPages and writing just one article take me just forever. But I am working very hard at it. The most difficult part comes from the fact that the earnings are quite low for so much work. But still, without it, I wouldn’t probably see my AdSense rise of about 4.72$. The best way is to remain positive. I mostly see HubPages as a potential money maker. Part of the difficulty come from my English skills, maybe a bit too low to write good contents, but that never stops me from writing on HubPages, but it did stop me on Associates Content. Like I can fight as long as I want but… you know, come a time a girl cannot go through it lol.

So I wasn’t able to get published on Associated Content. HubPages work great for me. My everyday life slows me down on HubPages. It’s difficult to work, have a life and trying to make money online. And sometimes, I just don’t feel like writing nothing at all, but it never last for long. Trying to make money online is among most of the difficult thing I ever went through of my life, but we’ll see if I can go through this.

Right now, I taught that maybe instead of spending so much of my time working for nothing, I should begin my search for a day-time job. I might move forward since my weekend job so difficult. I really need money.

Looking for upcoming grow, massive $$$

It’s seem like I am working this weekend. The value of my stock portfolio is up to 33$. And there’s definitely place for more growing. If the TSX keep gaining points, my portfolio will definitely gain in value. And the money I once lost with Timminco and Sprott will only be a souvenir. Not that I am expecting Sprott and Timminco to gain in value. But other stocks and units of my portfolio will.

Funny fact about Timminco (TIM): At the request of Market Surveillance, on behalf of the Toronto Stock Exchange, it’s been announced that Timminco has not been involved in any transactions that could help Timminco to gain value. Earlier his week, the price of Timminco gain 0.14 cents and had reached 1.47$ per stock. But not to forget, Timminco had received money from Quebec province – for once, Quebec province is doing something correctly!

I like Timminco and I still hold the company in my portfolio. Timminco had been hurt by the recession, just like Livingston International. As soon things get better, price will go up. That’s why I am not willing to sale. On date of today (1:36PM), Timminco (TIM) is at 1.47$.

Methanex (MX) currently worth 18.72$ per stock. When the TSX was at 15 000 points, Methanex Corporation was at 30$. The value of my initial investment made in Methanex worth 1 626.80$ back than. Currently, this investment worth 1 909.44$. I wasn’t expecting MX to go up. But when it did, I was very happy. Like anything can happen!

If, by any chance, MX goes up to the old 30$.... It will double the value of my investment.

Need other extraordinary examples?

I purchase 100 units of Bank of Nova Scotia at 44.82$ thinking the price was right. It was actually before the price fail to 27$... BNS can easily reach 50$ per stock… If it does, it will make a profit of 533.54$.

And so on. Similar grow could happen to PIF.UN, JE.UN and FTS. And regarding HE, well, I don’t know what to think anymore as the price is low!

Other than that, my Google AdSense income is up to 30.48$. HubPages is really fun to use, but writing articles require a lot of work. One of my latest articles talks about Stevens Demers, author of a financial crime of $10 million.

This is it, I make it!

I finally make it. Its official, on August 5, 2009, I reach my goal, which was to get 50 000$ value in assets. I currently have 50 073.91$ worth in assets.

But the adventure of my first 50 000$ is not over yet… because I have debts.

On date of April 2009, I had 16 627.99$ value in debts.

50 073.91$ - 16 627.99$ = 33 445.92$

In reality, I only worth 33 445.92$. I am planning to get a day time soon, I had been talking about this job searching thing like forever now, but I didn’t really search for a day-time job. I would very much like to pay off my debts in 2010. It would be nice to get debt free before I get 30 next year. But I know myself too well, I way prefer to invest than paying debts. But will see how things turn out.