If you’re anything like me, and I suspect you are, in March 2020 with the market crashing from the initial global spread of COVID-19, you saw value everywhere and were busy scooping up quality dividend paying companies at bargain prices. Fast forward to Spring 2021, the market has rebounded and then some, and value is…
Author: Dividend Daddy
Crowdfunding your Real Estate Dreams?
For the past few years, I’ve been hearing about crowdfunding for real estate (not to mention other crowdfunded opportunities in various sectors like gaming). Until fairly recently, this was like most initial things, an American thing. But with Addy, it’s been possible for Canadians to invest as much as $1 for a stake in real…
Sunday Syllabus – May 15th
Below is a list of blogs and articles I enjoyed this weekend while sitting in a shaded lounger enjoying the warm weather (finally). I’ll endeavour to post a syllabus mid-month, each month of blogs and articles I found particularly interesting and/or insightful. Financial Planning Always great to see how other people are getting along and…
Dividend/Distribution/Rental Update: April 2021
April was a solid month. Any time I exceed $5K it’s a good month. I haven’t surpassed $6K yet but came close in January 2021 when I hit $5,672.93 ($6079.38 if you toss in rental income). This month my dividend, distribution, and rental income totalled $5,515.05. (For January, February, March 2021, I am posting those…
Why I don’t own a kettle
Admittedly, while this is true, even saying it out loud to myself I know it sounds a bit crazy. And yes, I do enjoy a cup of tea as much as anyone else. However, not owning a kettle because I have a pot that serves to boil water equally well is probably the simplest way…
Dividend/Distribution/Rental Update: March 2021
I had a decent March with a total dividend, distribution, and rental income return of $4,061.83. Dividends $2,742.73 ENBRIDGE INC – $675.52 CANADIAN UTILITIES – $437.60 ISHRS CORE S&P/TSX CAPPED – $288.62 MANULIFE FINANCIAL – $248.08 SUNCOR ENERGY – $180.18 FORTIS INC – $152.01 BMO LNG FEDERAL BOND – $147.99 PEMBINA PIPELINE – $111.51 FIRST NAT’L…
Rogers buying Shaw! What am I doing as a Shaw Investor?
With the planned marriage between Rogers and Shaw, regardless of whether this is ultimately good for Canadian consumers, what should investors who hold Shaw stock do? I hold Shaw stock in my taxable brokerage account. With the announcement this week, Shaw stock jumped more than 40% initially and has settled in a range between $33-$35….
Dividend/Distribution/Rental Update: February 2021
I’m finally getting around to updating posts back to January 2021 since I started this blog only recently a few months into 2021. My total passive income of dividends, distributions, and rental income was $2801.90 for February 2021 . February is a slower month compared to January which is always a beast. I decided to…
Dividend/Distribution/Rental Update: January 2021
January 2021 was a great month and start to the year. Dividends, distributions and rental income totalled $6078.05 ($5,671.60 excluding rental income). My goal is $50K in dividends and distributions in 2021. For dividends and distributions alone, In January this works out to: $33.76 per hour (assuming a 9-5 workday Monday to Friday) $1,417.90 per…