Stocks and Golf Podcast David WInchell, Stocks and Golf Podcast David Winchell at Stocks and Golf, asked me back for another radio show chat! Be sure to check out Stocks and Golf Podcast No. 047, with my interview at seven minutes into the segment. David is an easy going guy who makes anyone feel comfortable. I always enjoy having the chance to talk with him. David asked me of course if I had any stocks on my watch list. So I was happy to share a sector I have been currently watching – the Canadian mining sector. I also discussed why I prefer a dividend investing strategy, and why investors need to be cautious in a rising market. Rogers Sugar Special Dividend Rogers Sugar (RSI) paid a special dividend of 0.36 cents per share, to shareholders on Feb. 28th. They had 64.7 million dollars of free cash flow, accumulated since 2007, and decided to distribute this as a special dividend. This was a nice dividend treat that added another $79.20 into my portfolio. I was able to add another ...

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I hope everyone is enjoying their long weekend. I don’t know about you, but I’ve never liked the name of this holiday – Labor Day? It reminds people of all their dutiful obligations such as work (which is called employment) and school. While everyone enjoys having an extra holiday and day off, Labor Day is certainly not a holiday most people relish with joy. It’s the day before a busy day back to work schedule, with kids back to school, and other family obligations before the onslaught of the 9-5 grind. It would be much nicer if Labor Day was the second or third week in September, when people really need the break. Regardless, I hope everyone had a great summer and nice break! The Dividend Toolkit There have been a lot of new eBooks around the blogosphere this summer. But when Matt from the Dividend Monk sent me an email to let me know he had written a new eBook for dividend investors, I knew it had to be good! Matt is very detailed and methodical, very knowledgeable, and ...

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[easyazon-image-link asin="0965175081" alt="The Single Best Investment: Creating Wealth with Dividend Growth" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/514aHF5BDrL._SL500_.jpg" align="left" width="200" height=303"]This week markets continued their meteoric rise, after a recent slump in May. As I mentioned in my last post, with cash to invest it was getting difficult to find stocks that were attractively priced. In the end I simply decided to top-up current holdings, and keep the cogs in the dividend and bond machine moving. I’m pretty confident with my buys of BNS, RY and topping up on CLF. Coca-Cola (KO) split their shares in a 2:1 for stock split last week, putting a smile on the face of many long-term dividend investors! For new investors it makes KO much more affordable per share as well – though watch for a possible post-split-bounce. Cisco Systems (CSCO) exceeded analysts’ expectations, and the price surged nearly 10% from Thursday lows of $17.35 to close Friday at $19.06 ...

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Buy Low and Sell High is a great investment tenet. One of the biggest dilemmas with this investment doctrine, is when markets are down, it doesn’t always mean you have the funds to invest. Case in point, in May 2012 the TSX hit its 52 week lows. Although I have no way to know where market tops or bottoms are, I would love to have bought into some great stocks at that time. If I am already fully invested, and don’t have any investment capital, then it really makes no difference whether markets are down or up. While I don’t like buying equities in a rising market, I certainly don’t see the benefit of sitting on cash either. I like to get my distributions, dividends, and any potential for gains working for me sooner than later! For this reason I deploy capital when I have it available, rather than worrying about whether I am paying too much or getting a bargain – in other words I dollar cost average my positions over time. My good friend the Dividend Mantra, who purchases nearly ...

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courtesy of www.financialpost.com The markets continued their decline this week, with the TSX breaking below the psychological 12,000 level. Although the losing streak appeared to take a turn upwards on Wednesday morning, many investors are still remaining on the sidelines.   Whether the markets will continue to decline in another sell-off, or continue on another Bull Run is anyone’s guess. When markets dip, it’s an opportune time to buy shares of companies on your watch list, or top-up current holdings. Having sold my index equity funds back in early March, I was delighted when markets began their decline this April. It presented an opportunity to buy some good companies on sale for my TFSA (Tax Free Savings Account).  After all stocks have had a good run-up of late. With a few thousand in cash to go shopping for stocks I bought 100 shares in Husky Energy, and on Tuesday I used the remaining cash on hand, to purchase shares in the Bank of Montreal (BMO) at $58 per share. This will ...

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