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60 days – 1.55%
– ratesupermarket.ca
This GIC rate is offered by Oaken Financial and was updated on 2013-02-04. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
90 days – 3.00%
– ratesupermarket.ca
This GIC rate is offered by DUCA Financial Services and was updated on 2014-01-06. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
30 days – 1.50%
– ratesupermarket.ca
This GIC rate is offered by Oaken Financial and was updated on 2013-02-04. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
5.5 year – 2.50%
– ratesupermarket.ca
This GIC rate is offered by DUCA Financial Services and was updated on 2013-12-17. Click on the link above to get more details or apply online.
Another case for Indexing – Asset Class Returns in 2013
– myownadvisor.ca
In reading My Own Advisor posts you know I’m following a two-pronged approach to build my retirement portfolio for financial independence: I invest passively in the market (indexing) and I also buy and hold and hold blue-chip companies that have consistently rewarded investors (dividend investing).
In reading this post over at Canadian Capitalist recently I reflected upon my own portfolio and specifically how my small basket of U.S. blue-chip stocks might have fared against the Dow or S&P 500 index this past year. Let’s look at some of the starting and finishing prices in 2013 for some popular blue-chip U.S. stocks held by many dividend investors, including myself:
In reading this post over at Canadian Capitalist recently I reflected upon my own portfolio and specifically how my small basket of U.S. blue-chip stocks might have fared against the Dow or S&P 500 index this past year. Let’s look at some of the starting and finishing prices in 2013 for some popular blue-chip U.S. stocks held by many dividend investors, including myself:
Coca-Cola (KO:US): started 2013 @ $37.60 and finished 2013 @ $41.31 for close to 10% gain not including dividends reinvested.
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ:US): started 2013 @ $70.84 and finished 2013 @ $91.59 for close to 30% gain not including dividends reinvested.
Wells Fargo (WFC:US): started 2013 @ $35.05 and finished 2013 @ $45…
