How much cash should you keep? Inspired by a number of reader questions over the years, I thought I would chime in on this subject: how much cash should you keep including our plans when it comes to cash. Reader…
Reader Questions – Saving and Investing Updates With thanks to so many fine readers and subscribers, I appreciate hearing from you and receiving your saving and investing questions. I’ll be the first person to acknowledge our saving and investing approach…
Weekend Reading – More money moves to weather the pandemic, frugal living tips, commuting pensions and more! Welcome to my latest Weekend Reading edition where I share some of my favourite articles from the week that was across the personal…
Weekend Reading – Stock splits creating value, getting started, how many DRIPs are enough and more! Hey Everyone, Welcome to my latest Weekend Reading edition where I share some of my favourite articles from the week that was across the…
Pros and cons of dividend reinvestment plans Readers of this site will know I take a hybrid approach to investing, including using dividend reinvestment plans for wealth-building. Today’s post highlights my pros and cons to using those dividend reinvestment plans…
February 2019 Dividend Income Update Welcome to my latest dividend income update for 2019 folks – happy to have you on the site. For those of you new to these posts on my site, for the last few years, every month I…
Robert Gibb is a Victoria-based Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRIP) investor who has been investing in dividend paying stocks for years. My Own Advisor recently contacted this seasoned do-it-yourself (DIY) investor to answer a few questions about investing in stocks, his…
Closing your DRIPs and SPPs, transferring your shares to your brokerage Previously, I wrote a comprehensive series about do-it-yourself (DIY) stock investing using full Dividend Reinvestment Plans (DRIPs) that include Share Purchase Plans (SPPs). I did so because I wanted…
Getting started with DRIPs and SPPs (Part 4 of 4) DRIPping Canadian dividend-paying stocks can be fun but more importantly, it can be an excellent wealth-building strategy. Imagine building some passive income from Canadian dividend-paying stocks over the next few years,…
Getting started with DRIPs and SPPs There’s do-it-yourself investing and then there’s really do-it-yourself investing. I’d definitely put full dividend reinvestment plans (DRIPs) that include share purchase plans (SPPs) in the latter category. I have Part 1 on my DRIPs…