Dividend Income Update October 2015

Another month has gone by and it is time for a look at my dividend income for October 2015. Each month I will post my latest stock purchases for my Niche Fund – my dividend stock portfolio. My long-term plan is to buy and hold high-quality dividend paying stocks in order to enjoy the flexibility offered by the passive […]

Stock Analysis TD

It is time for a stock analysis of one of my foundation stock picks, Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD). I’m looking to buy and hold 3-4 Canadian bank companies in my portfolio. Each of the big banks in Canada has different international exposure and interests. TD Bank Group This is one of the “Big Five” banks, which are the […]

Canadian and Global Foundation Watchlist

In June, I came across some DGI blogs and decided that I would start investigating which stocks I would like to have in my own portfolio. My initial short lists did not take sector allocation into consideration and were heavily skewed towards US stocks. After doing more research I decided to make my own Canadian and […]

Recent Purchase EMR

My October Watchlist post earlier this month mentioned that I would seek to initiate a position in a CAD industrial due to the poor CAD/USD exchange rate. Following a deeper analysis of available options including statistics for 34 global industrial equities, my screens identified EMR as the top contender in terms of adding Industrial exposure to the foundation […]

Dividend Niche October Watch List

It is the start of another month and time to consider which stocks will make the short list for screening. There is a great deal of volatility going on and major indices are down compared with their levels in July (DJIA -5.0%, S&P 500 -4.26%, NASDAQ -4.84% and the S&P/TSX -6.33%). There were two sharp […]

Dividend Income Update September 2015

Every Snowball Starts Somewhere I just started my dividend growth snowball! Each month I will post my latest stock purchases for my Niche Fund – my dividend stock portfolio. My long-term plan is to buy and hold high-quality dividend paying stocks in order to enjoy the flexibility offered by the passive income stream generated by regular dividend […]