Blog 2 Columns

4 Strong Dividend Growth Stocks for your RRSP

When investing for your retirement, be sure of one thing; the investment should allow you to sleep well at night. When you build a retirement portfolio, the very first thing you want is to buy solid companies that will be there for the next 50 years. A classic quote from Warren Buffet

3 Lessons to Become a Productivity Train

Over the past few years, I’ve been coaching my eldest son at soccer. This has been one of the most inspiring and exciting experiences I’ve lived with my son. Each year, I have the habit of giving funny nicknames to my players. It makes the kids laugh and creates good team spirit.  Ove

How do You Deal With Impact of Currency Now?

Canadians are now more confused than ever as to whether or not they should invest in the US market. There are many factors playing in the investor’s mind at the moment. Before we tackle the currency challenge, let’s take a look at how both the US and Canadian markets did over th

New Purchase: EMERA

Following up on my article last week that covered my first purchase in my children’s tuition fund, I’m updating my portfolio with a second purchase. I actually bought shares of 4 different companies in January, but I thought it was more fun to discuss them over 5 different weeks hahah

New Purchase: MMM

After long procrastination, I’ve finally decided to manage my kids tuition investment account (called an RESP in Canada). I have roughly $10,000 saved in this account and it was invested in mutual funds until recently. Over the past three years, I’ve crushed the fund managers performa

The Ever Suffering Oil Industry

Can you believe that not so long ago, oil was trading over $100 a barrel? This was our reality back in June of 2014, right before OPEC announced they will increase their production. Since then, it’s been a complete nightmare for most investors active in the oil industry. The barrel dr