May 2016: Income and Expenses

    The month of May was a fairly quiet one for me. With lower than average spending and income as well. And because of this I did not get to save quite as much cash as I would have like, however I am happy that I still managed to do so. At least I got to enjoy some extra leisure time.

May 2016: Dividend Update!

    May made for a steady month of dividend income.With very little in terms of changes to my dividend income from the previously comparable month. My total dividend income for May was $98.83, a mere $0.34 less than last time. Nearly breaking the $100 mark once again!

How To Research Stocks

How I Analyze My Stock Picks

  When I go looking for companies in which to purchase shares in I start out by compiling a list of stocks which I am interested in and try to balance them within my portfolio's sector weighting.  Once I have selected a Watchlist of company's I look at a few key pieces of financial information. All of which are readily available either on the company's website, or Google Finance, your brokerages research tools and/or additional sources of financial information. 

Blog Update! New Picture

   

    Just a quick post showing off my new Twitter and blog profile picture. It is a wonderful piece designed and created by the artist The Art of Justice, you may find on Facebook, which also has some of her other works. Definitely check her out if you are thinking of getting a new profile picture, and want it to be completely original.

Portfolio Update! May 29th, 2016

    It has been a few months since my last Portfolio Update at the end of January. Since then I have made additional purchases to Pembina Pipeline Corp., and Toronto Dominion bank, adding 25 and 14 shares respectively. I have also done some trading, with selling and buying some of my Veresen shares.

    The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) has also been doing quite a bit better overall since its horrible start to 2016 and is now positive for the year so far. Which has reflected quite nicely on the total value of my portfolio. For the first time I am now consistently sitting above $35,000!