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Dividends | May 2018

I am slowly but surely moving up! Lately I've enjoyed looking at how other dividend bloggers started off in their first year. Each month they slowly increased their dividends to what they are today and it shows me that anyone can do it. Even a stay-at-home mom! TFSA Laurentian Bank of Canada $3.15 Emera Inc $23.17 Inter Pipeline Ltd $11.48 Transalta Renewables Inc $6.66 Total : $44.46 RRSP Plaza Retail REIT $5.48 Bringing my dividends to... 2018 Dividend Total: $234.77 2018 RRSP Dividend Total: $19.12 This is definitely motivating me to keep investing and slowly increasing my dividends. The $44 is enough to pay for a coffee almost every day of the month :) Now I just need to double it so I can buy my husband a coffee as well! Hahaha... Happy investing! Heather

What I'm Reading | August 2018

After my father passed last year, I asked my siblings if I could inherit two things; my father's investment books and his coffee machine. They graciously agreed and I am forever grateful. The boxes of books had been sitting in my little Québecois home for the past few months. Finding time to unpack and then read with four little kids is a challenge. Hats off to any parent who can achieve this! However, this month I was able to crack open a book. I picked a classic, Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits by Philip A. Fisher (This is an affiliate link). I had flipped through this book before but never got around to reading it in detail. With the help of an audiobook, I will hopefully be done reading it by the end of this decade. Wish me luck!

Purchases | May 2018

Back from a lovely holiday visiting friends and family in the UK. A bit behind my postings, so now I am playing catch-up! With my $1000 monthly TFSA deposit and some leftover dividends in my cash account, I topped up my holdings in Fortis by adding 24 shares at a cost of $41.73 each this past May. This brings my total holdings in Fortis to 26. Also, in my RRSP I purchased 51 extra shares of Plaza Retail REIT at a cost of $4.28 per share. Bringing my holdings to 286. I am so glad to top up my Fortis. It is one of the top 15 North American utility companies and we always need power and heating. I am happy to have more of it in my portfolio. More to come soon! Have a lovely summer. Heather