Heather's Dividends

A blessed Easter to all of you! No new companies added to my TFSA portfolio this month. I ended up splitting this month's purchase between 2 companies I currently hold, Emera and BCE. Also, I have started a new experiment in my Canadian Shareowner account, which I will explain further down. I purchased 18 more shares of Emera at roughly $40 per share. I think this is a good price and a nice yield at 5.48%. This purchase brings my total shares in Emera to 41. And, I've managed to squeeze in before their ex-dividend date of April 30th. Dividend check in May! Woohoo! BCE was my second choice. I only held 7 shares and had been planning to beef it up eventually. So, I took the cash that was left in my TFSA and bought 6 more shares. Bringing my total to 13 shares and a current yield of 5.57%. Not too shabby.  New Experiment The last experiment in my Canadian Shareowner account lasted almost 9 years. Although I put roughly the same amount of money into RBC and Berk...

In the beginning of 2009, I was twenty-two years old, just out of University and the American sub-prime mortgage kerfuffle was well underway. I had a little money to spare, but back in 2009 in order to set up a self-directed discount brokerage account one needed a large deposit. Something I did not have. Except at Canadian Shareowners  a co-operative investing service. I bought two companies, Royal Bank of Canada and Berkshire Hathaway Class B. Royal Bank (at the advice of my dad) was chosen since I did not have any banking stocks. Berkshire was my choice. I did not choose it for dividends since there are none, but because I wanted to be a part of the "club." Being a part of the "club" meant I would receive the annual shareholder's package and an invitation to the annual shareholder meeting in Omaha, Nebraska (I was hopeful that one day I would go before Charlie Munger and Warren Buffet die, but alas, it has yet to happen). At the time I purchased them, Royal ...

March dividends have rolled in! First up is my trusty ole' Enbridge coming in at $133.38 for the first quarter. My holdings are now standing at 200 shares. In my TFSA, my 2 shares of Fortis a small but consistent $0.85. My first dividend from InterPipeline at $11.48. Lastly, in my RRSP, Plaza Retail REIT at $5.48. Bringing my annual dividends total to... 2018 TFSA Dividend Total : $166.88 2018 RRSP Dividend Total : $8.16 Counting only the dividends in my TFSA, I still need $583.12 to reach my goal of $750 in annual dividends. I am 22% of the way there :) Happy Easter! Heather

March break, colds, Easter and God knows what else has kept me away from posting, but alas I am here to tell you two words, Transalta Renewables. I bought Transalta Renewables. Eighty-five shares to be exact. Why? I have no idea why. Oh, wait yes I do. Growth potential and dividends. Here in Ste-Clotilde I see them everyday. Not Transalta exactly, but their potential. Just a stones throw away on Covey Hill and in St-Remi there are windmills. Giant, giant windmills. As well, with the way things are going with policymakers in Canada and the desire for "diversified" sources of energy, Transalta was my choice purchase this month. Do you own them? Why? Why not? . . . Oh, and I bought around $100 CAD worth of Bank of Nova Scotia through Canadian Shareowners. However, I need to save this for another post! Until next time, happy investing! Heather