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TSX: CM (CIBC) could be a Cash Machine

Posted on July 29, 2010 by Mark | 0 Comments

Who doesn’t like a cash machine? I’m talking about the kind that pays you money not the kind that takes it away from you. There are plenty of those. Personally, I have enough of the latter (bills). I pay plenty…

Taking a moment to play the devil’s advocate to DRIPing

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Mark | 2 Comments

After reading some of the negative comments to my Me & My Money article in the Globe and Mail from July 23rd, I thought it would be interesting to play the devil’s advocate to my dividend investing approach. Is there…

Me and My Money – Globe and Mail July 23, 2010

Posted on July 25, 2010 by Mark | 0 Comments

A big thank you to Larry MacDonald for running the Me & My Money (M&MM) article this weekend in my favourite newspaper, the Globe & Mail. Although I’m taking a small beating from some of the commenters to the article,…

Managing my LIRA

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Mark | 24 Comments

Managing my LIRA I could be writing about Italy’s former national currency before the euro took over and what remains the national currency for Turkey, but that’s another post better served by currency analysts. What I’m writing about today is…

Transferring a stock share to children

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Mark | 4 Comments

Starting the dividend reinvestment process as My Own Advisor a few years ago was a little daunting. Not that I didn’t want to or couldn’t become My Own Advisor, but I didn’t want to make big financial mistakes in the…

Hello my Telco!

Posted on July 9, 2010 by Mark | 0 Comments

As you might be aware, to diversify my investments, I’ve been thinking about our big-3 telecommunications companies (Bell, Rogers or Telus) and what I should invest in. Nothing against you Shaw, but I gotta start somewhere…and I prefer the others!…