(This article originally appeared on The DIV-Net) A few days ago one of my colleagues over at the DIV-Net wrote about online brokerages and using Zecco as low cost provider. As a Canadian, I like the sounds of Zecco's low costs however we Canadians are not eligible to open an account with them. In this post I would like to talk about a Canadian broker that I have been using to good effect that offers cheap trades - not $0 trades but pretty close. My primary broker for a long time was the …
Calculating My Portfolio’s Annualized Return
I use Microsoft Money to manage my portfolio. I find it very useful to enter and keep track of all the various transactions that occur in a dividend investing portfolio. Through the years I have relied upon the software program to calculate the various returns my portfolio has achieved. However, when I recently upgraded to Microsoft Money Plus Deluxe I saw something strange happen - both my annualized return and year-to-date numbers changed. Upon some further investigation I have found that …
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An Update to The Dividend Guy Investment Code
I use an investment code as a tool to help me manage my portfolio. It is something that I recommend all investors do as it helps manage emotions. It is much harder to make an emotional decision if you have certain rules of portfolio management that you are committed to following. For this blog, I put pen to paper (so to speak) and wrote them down as part of The Dividend Guy's Investment Process series (see my sidebar to the right). I believe this investment code should be consistent during …
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Some Investing Rules According to Warren Buffet
I was reading a local newspaper (The Times) as I was attending a course in Surrey, UK and there was an article about famed investor Warren Buffet. First off, it does not matter where in the world you are, Buffet is still considered to be the most successful investor ever. Second, the article did a nice job of summarizing some of the advice that Buffet is most recognized for. I could not pass up the opportunity to present those rules here on The Dividend Guy as they are especially relevant in …
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Bit the Bullet and Actually Bought a Stock – How Absurd!
I know, I must be crazy. When the world seemed like it was ending last Thursday I actually entered a buy order to add to one of my current holdings. This particular stock was actually trading below the buy zone I generate as part of my watch list. I had been looking to add to this stock for some time now and took advantage of one of the worst days in the history of the market. The stock I added more to was General Electric. Of course, one day later I looked like a total hero which is …
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My Top Performing Dividend Stocks
I use Microsoft Money to manage my portfolio. It allows me to keep good track of what I have been buying, what I have received in dividends, and most importantly what my returns have been. These returns are available in a number of different formats, including Total Return YTD, Total Return since originally buying the asset, and annualized return. Recently I was looking through my portfolio and sorted the list based on my best total return for the life of my portfolio. The results were …
