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Are ETFs a good investment for an all-weather portfolio? + MORE Feb 2nd
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Estate planning considerations for single parents + MORE Nov 22nd
If you are a single parent, here are key questions you should consider:
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5.5 year - 2.60% + MORE Aug 4th
This GIC rate is offered by DUCA Financial Services and was updated on 2014-07-12. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online..... More »
Icahn’s big bet lifts Apple’s stock
– theglobeandmail.com
Activist discloses investment, said to be more than $1-billion worth of shares, and pushes CEO for a larger buyback
Four Canadians and five Americans have been charged in what U.S. officials call one of the largest international penny stock frauds in history.A massive penny stock fraud scheme that bilked Canadian and foreign investors of more…
What’s BlackBerry worth? Well, Obama has one. So do millions of others
– theglobeandmail.com
Plus, Apple stock climbs as Icahn tweets of his 'large' stake
July 2013 Dividend Income Update
– myownadvisor.ca
Welcome to my latest dividend income update. For those of you new to these posts on my site, every month I discuss my approach to investing using dividend paying stocks and how reinvesting the dividends paid from the Canadian companies I own are helping me reach financial freedom. You can check out my previous dividend income update here.
One of key reasons I’m investing in dividend-paying stocks today is to build a war chest of stocks to generate future cash flow. Years down the road, I hope to use this dividend income to pay for some of my retirement expenses, maybe even retire a bit early. My hope is that most of my dividend income will be tax-free, thanks to the TFSA.
Since my last update, I made a small purchase in Telus. Lately, Telus and industry peer Rogers were downgraded by some financial experts based on the threat of Verizon coming to Canada to wipe out all Canadian telcos. Since I don’t see Verizon managing the entire Canadian telecommunications spectrum overnight, I’ll gladly take this bad news as a sign – to buy more stock in any of our big three telcos (T, RCI…
One of key reasons I’m investing in dividend-paying stocks today is to build a war chest of stocks to generate future cash flow. Years down the road, I hope to use this dividend income to pay for some of my retirement expenses, maybe even retire a bit early. My hope is that most of my dividend income will be tax-free, thanks to the TFSA.
Since my last update, I made a small purchase in Telus. Lately, Telus and industry peer Rogers were downgraded by some financial experts based on the threat of Verizon coming to Canada to wipe out all Canadian telcos. Since I don’t see Verizon managing the entire Canadian telecommunications spectrum overnight, I’ll gladly take this bad news as a sign – to buy more stock in any of our big three telcos (T, RCI…
