Previously, my investment mix was: I just realized that my investment goals add up to 105%!!! How long has that been going on for? After investing some more money in index funds and some growth in the stock market, my new investment mix is: I’m pretty much exactly on target for where I want to…
A couple of years ago, I talked about preferred shares. At the conclusion of that post, I had said: You’d have to be fairly certain that the central bank is no longer raising rates. Are we reasonably sure that the central bank is no longer raising rates? Seems like it, right? In one of the…
I’ve done this before, but it’s been a while. Here are the top 5 positions that I have in stocks or ETFs. #1. S&P 500 Index Funds (VFV and VUAA) – 23.5% Since I’ve exceeded my “50% index funds” goal, the S&P 500 is one of my core holdings. I actually own two S&P 500…
Before today, my investment mix was: I’ve doubled my investments in individual stocks in the last two months in terms of dollars invested! I’ve picked up American Express $AXP and Alibaba $BABA as individual stocks in the last two months. American Express is up 5% from where I bought it. I took some of my cash and…
This is a dividend blog, and I am biased toward dividend-paying companies. Dividend-paying companies are generally mature, have lots of free cash flow, and prioritize the investor over the company’s management. No, they are not focused on taking “moonshots” to invent new products and break into new markets, but they are responsibly run cash machines….
So, it turns out that I currently own eight stock index funds across my various brokerage accounts. So, here’s my attempt to examine their returns over the past ten years. The index funds I own are: I’m happy to see that there is only one terrible index in there, WDIV, and I guess I should…
I haven’t considered this for a while, but let’s look at my current top 5 holdings and see what I like about them. I will ignore the Money Market ETF, BMO Money Market Fund ETF Series (ZMMK.TO) for this list. This is just earning a bit of interest on my cash and is not a…
Today, I made progress by a few yards. In fact, I made a first down! I reduced my cash balance by 7%!!! Specifically, I was buying the Vanguard FTSE All-World Index (VWCE). As well as a couple of other index and high-dividend funds of SCHD and UMAX. The FTSE All-World index covers 90-95% of the…
This is probably dull content. Sorry. But today was a bit of a red day on the market. That means it’s time to push a few more bucks into index funds. My investment mix yesterday was: The latest mix is: I’ve been watching videos that have reinforced my feeling that index funds (particularly VT, the…
This is frustrating. Today, I transferred some money from my checking account to my investment account, sold some of my money market funds, and pushed the money into the market. I thought it was a lot of money. On dollar terms, it was a lot of money. But when I look at my “percentage” of…
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