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Investment Portfolio Stock, Bond and Index Fund Updates and Surprises for January

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A Few Defensive Stock Updates

We have some stocks in various investing accounts and some low-cost-buy-the-market ETFs in others. January brought some pleasant surprises for a few of our favourite defensive stocks.

CNR Boosts Dividend After Already Giving Us a Huge Capital Gain

MyOwnAdvisor tipped me off to go check the dividend for CNR as they have announced a significant improvement. Thanks, Mark!

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How Did Our Investments Perform In 2014? Part Deux

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In my last article, I reviewed how our GICs and Bonds fought against inflation. In this part, I expose how our equity, including ETF, investments fared in 2014.

Equities Are a Synonym for Fear

The first stock I bought, which was for non-investment career-related reasons, dropped 50% in value within the first year. The first mutual fund I bought, which was a “buy most of the TSX composite index” reasonable-fee fund purchased in monthly installments over 2 years also lost more than 25% of its value before I stopped Continue reading →