In this post, I look at investing in rental property. With daily warnings on Canada's red-hot real estate market, it may come as a surprise to some of you that I've taken the plunge and purchased my first investment property: a duplex. Despite massive price appreciation in the … [Read more...] about Investing in Rental Property
Stock Market Crash: Is It Time to Dump our Stocks?
Will there be another stock market crash? Is it time to dump our stocks? The markets have been a pretty scary place lately - the Greek drama, Chinese stock market crash, global growth is slowing, oil and other commodities have collapsed, the Canadian economy is weakening etc … [Read more...] about Stock Market Crash: Is It Time to Dump our Stocks?
August 2015 Net Worth Update $685,875.58 (-0.58%)
Here is my August 2015 net worth update. I like to track my family's progress through monthly net worth updates. To calculate our net worth, I add up all of our household assets and subtract any outstanding liabilities (ie. debt owing). The result is simply a snapshot of what my … [Read more...] about August 2015 Net Worth Update $685,875.58 (-0.58%)
Why I Reinvest My Dividends
July was a phenomenal month for dividend income so I thought I'd write a post on why I reinvest my dividends. Reinvesting dividends is, along with capital contributions and dividend raises, one of the 3 major components that make dividend growth investing such a … [Read more...] about Why I Reinvest My Dividends
July 2015 Dividend Income
Welcome to another monthly dividend income post. My July 2015 dividend income was phenomenal at a whopping $1,032.25! January, April, July and October are really my "power" months for dividend income because these are the months when my largest holdings pay out. I didn't plan … [Read more...] about July 2015 Dividend Income