Absolutely incredible month for stocks in February. Most companies beat the street’s earnings expectations 😉 Furthermore, one of my favorite companies, TD, did a 1:2 stock split and raised its dividends! I also had quite a lot of DRIPs this month 🙂 #Score! The title in today’s post isn’t just a reference to Bloodhound Gang’s catchy song 😉 DRIPs are… Read More »
There have been some pretty depressing news coming out of Ukraine lately. But today I’d like to focus on a more positive note. This is the real life story of Jan, (pronounced “yawn”), who was born in a rural village outside of Kiev, Ukraine. It wasn’t easy being Jewish at that time and place so in 1992 sixteen-year old Jan and… Read More »
It’s so easy to make money in the market these days 😀 If you bought the Dow Jones index 18 months ago, your investments would be up 30% today! But the chart below may be a strong signal that these good times will likely be ending very soon! *gulp* 😯 The darker green line indicates the Dow stock… Read More »
Last year I spoke with representatives from the insurance industry to learn about how life insurance works from a client’s point of view. There seems to be 2 difference kinds of insurance plans: term, and permanent. Term life insurance will insure someone for a specified length of time like 5, 10, or 20 years. A premium is paid… Read More »
In a recent poll commissioned by the Bank of Montreal, 34% of Canadians say they are planning to fund their retirement by winning the lottery. That has to be the most optimistic retirement plan I’ve ever heard of 😆 Most personal finance experts will probably tell you that buying lottery tickets is a waste of money and isn’t… Read More »
Want to make thousands of dollars by making a simple phone call? It’s easy and anyone, even outside of Canada, can do it (^_-) All we have to do is throw our rich, tax-cheating friends under the bus, figuratively speaking of course 😀 Do you know any rich people who have undeclared offshore income? If so, you could… Read More »