Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Portfolio update - Latest holding

Sold HSE and CPG, below is the latest portafolio

Financial:   BNS.to, TD.to, BMO.to
Telecom:  T.to, RCI.B.to
Utility: IPL.to,  TRP.to
REIT: NPR.UN, D.UN
Energy: SU.to,  CNQ.to,
Material: TCK.B
Industrial: CNR.to
Consumer:  UL
Tecknology: GOOGL

Total: 15 stocks
Total value: $42,653.21
Yearly dividend: around $2k

Sunday, December 21, 2014

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I met with RBC last week and got the $50 visa gift card.

here is the detail from this deal.

http://www.rbc.com/get50

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Recent sell - HSE

I used the bounce to sell HSE at $27, to further reduce my energy weighting. my cost is $26.5

currently I have SU, CNQ and CPG in energy sector, and IPL, TRP in pipeline sector.

I need to average down my cost in SU and CNQ, these 2 stocks are my long term holding. I may sell CPG for tax loss to offset my capital gain before Dec 24.

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Portfolio update - Latest holding

Financial:   BNS.to, TD.to, BMO.to
Telecom:  T.to, RCI.B.to
Utility: IPL.to,  TRP.to
REIT: NPR.UN, D.UN
Energy: CPG.to,  SU.to,  CNQ.to, HSE.to
Material: TCK.B
Industrial: CNR.to
Consumer:  UL
Tecknology: GOOGL

Total: 17 stocks
Total value: $43,286
Yearly dividend: $1744

dividend income from Oct -Dec 17, 2014

I am transferring out following dividend out of my account to LOC account today.

Nov. 7, 2014,  REI.UN - $11.75
Nov. 17, 2014, CPG - $11.5
Dec. 5, 2014, REI.UN - $11.75
Dec. 11, 2014, UL, - $20.59
Dec. 15, 2014, D.UN - $18.67
Dec. 15, 2014, CPG, - $23

Total: 97.26

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Recent buy - BMO, IPL, T

its bloody in the market. picked up shares of BMO ( bank of Montreal ) at 78, IPL (Inter Pipeline) at 29, T (Telus) at 40.2, using up the cash from selling SLF, REI and ENB a few days ago.

Friday, December 5, 2014

ENB jumps 10%, as dividend is increased 33%

ENB jumped over $60 yesterday, as it announced to increase dividend by 33%. This will be a core holding for me, so not sell, even though I expect it fall back a bit.

Friday, November 21, 2014

time limited purchase - PHN High Yield Bond fund

PHN high yield bond fund is one of the top bond funds in canada. The fund has been closed to new investor for a few years, it re-opend on Oct 14, will be closed again on Nov 26. Its still the same fund manager Mr Hanif Mamdani. the ticker is RBF1280. I purchased it in all my registered account today. Once you have this fund, you can add additional money to it. I am glad I found out this info today.

http://fundinfo.rbcgam.com/mutual-funds/phn-funds/fund-pages/rbf1280.fs


TCK - Holy smoke

TCK is up 9.44% today, crazy. I knew it will go up, but didn't expect it goes up so fast, so much.

Thursday, November 20, 2014

Recent buy - Bot D.UN, sold BCE

BCE has a really nice run from my entry point 46.6 to 54. it's solid 15% gain. it's time to take money off the table. sold @54 today.

Bot D.UN @26.8. D.un is an office REIT, dividend is 8.4%, price has drop a lot due to dividend cut from 19cents to 17 cents. I would be quite happy if they can keep the current dividend and price level.

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

recent buy - TCK.B

bot TCK.B @18.45, dividend is $0.90 per year, yield is 4.88%.

book review - the 3 secrets to effective time investment

An interesting book written by a beautiful ladyElizabeth Grace Saunders. The subtitle is "How to achieve more success with less stress".

Secret #1: Clarify Action-based priorities - Determine what's most important to you and define exactly what you will do to invest in those priorities

Secret #2: Set Realistic Expectations - Shift expectations of yourself and others from the realm of the ideal to the realm of the possible.

Secret #3: Strengthen Simple Routines - Develop healthy habits so the flow of your life moves effortlessly toward your highest goals.

Friday, November 14, 2014

recent buy - ENB

bot ENB at $51.51, if I had patience, I would get it at $51.2, which was my original order. but in the long run, 30cents won't make too much difference.
My portafolio market value continues to move up, currently is up 3%, yearly dividend is over $1000.

Thursday, November 13, 2014

top 10 holdings - Dynamic Blue Chip Equity fund

Company NamePositionAllocation1 Month ChangeMarket Value
Data as of Thursday, Oct 30, 2014
Microsoft CorpMSFTLong8.5%0.00%$35.9M
Citigroup IncCLong5.3%0.00%$22.3M
Walt Disney CoDISLong5.3%0.00%$22.2M
Ecolab IncECLLong4.8%0.00%$20.2M
Visa Inc Class AVLong4.4%0.00%$18.6M
Danaher CorpDHRLong4.2%0.00%$17.7M
Union Pacific CorpUNPLong4.1%0.00%$17.4M
Paramount Resources Ltd Class APOULong4.1%0.00%$17.1M
American International Group IncAIGLong4.0%0.00%$16.7M
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide IncHOTLong3.9%0.00%$16.6M

top 10 holdings - TD North American Dividend fund

Company NamePositionAllocation1 Month ChangeMarket Value
Data as of Friday, Oct 10, 2014
Apple IncAAPLLong3.7%+600.00%$15.5M
Microsoft CorpMSFTLong2.9%0.00%$12.3M
Exxon Mobil CorporationXOMLong2.9%0.00%$12.1M
Johnson & JohnsonJNJLong2.7%0.00%$11.4M
Wells Fargo & CoWFCLong2.4%0.00%$10.0M
Procter & Gamble CoPGLong2.3%0.00%$9.5M
Chevron CorpCVXLong2.2%0.00%$9.4M
JPMorgan Chase & CoJPMLong2.1%0.00%$8.8M
Merck & Co IncMRKLong1.8%0.00%$7.6M
Pfizer IncPFELong1.8%0.00%$7.6M

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

recent buy/sell" sold IGM, bot CPG

After hitting high $48.5, IGM starts to drip lower, seems the big buys are leaving the party after the rapid 10% jump in the last few days, so I join them by selling at market price @47.82, Thanks for the 8% gain. This is the first sale ever in this account.

I bot CPG at 35.9, one cent above the lowest price for today. energy sector is going through tough time, all energy stocks are low, this is the time to load up good quality energy stock.

I will continue to watch other energy stock, i.e. SU, CNQ, ENB, TRP, I also will watch insurance, i.e, SLF, MFC, GWO.

top 10 holdings - Franklin Bissett Canadian Equity

Company NamePositionAllocation1 Month ChangeMarket Value
Data as of Friday, Oct 10, 2014
Canadian Imperial Bank of CommerceCMLong4.7%+1.17%$121.4M
Canadian National Railway CoCNRLong4.6%+1.18%$117.6M
Brookfield Asset Management Inc Class ABAM.ALong4.4%+8.21%$111.6M
Royal Bank Of CanadaRYLong3.8%+1.18%$97.9M
Toronto-Dominion BankTDLong3.7%+1.19%$95.8M
Bank of Nova ScotiaBNSLong3.7%+1.18%$95.7M
Enbridge IncENBLong3.6%+1.17%$91.3M
Thomson Reuters CorpTRILong3.5%+1.19%$90.6M
Nuvista Energy LtdNVALong3.3%+1.09%$84.7M
Bank of MontrealBMOLong3.2%+10.83%$81.1M

top 10 holdings - Mawer Canadian Equity

Canadian Equity fund has gone up the most recently, Let's take a look at what's in the top fund


Company Name
PositionAllocation1 Month ChangeMarket Value
Data as of Friday, Oct 10, 2014
Toronto-Dominion BankTDLong5.0%0.00%$95.4M
Canadian National Railway CoCNRLong4.9%0.00%$94.4M
Bank of Nova ScotiaBNSLong4.4%0.00%$84.4M
Royal Bank Of CanadaRYLong4.4%0.00%$84.2M
Constellation Software IncCSULong4.4%-1.61%$84.1M
Brookfield Asset Management Inc Class ABAM.ALong4.2%0.00%$80.7M
Saputo IncSAPLong3.0%-5.26%$57.1M
TELUS CorpTLong3.0%-8.87%$56.9M
CI Financial CorpCIXLong2.9%0.00%$54.9M
Manulife Financial CorpMFCLong2.9%+0.71%$54.8M

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Top 10 holdings - Manulife GIF CAP A Div Inc

Top Holdings as at April 30, 2013

SymbolCompany NameSectorGeographic
Area
Asset
Type
% of
Total Assets
 Performance as at November 5, 2014
1 Year Performance (%)
IGM-TIGM FinancialInvestment Companies and FundsCanadaStock5.05 -10.64bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result)bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
-Shoppers Drug MartSpecialty StoresCanadaStock4.35 -bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result)bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
CM-TCIBCBanksCanadaStock3.95 16.67bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result)bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
RCI.B-TRogers CommunicationsCableCanadaStock3.57 -7.42bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result)bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
ACO.X-TATCO Ltd.Management and DiversifiedCanadaStock3.48 -7.23bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result)bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
FRU-TFreehold RoyaltiesOil and Gas ProducersCanadaStock3.36 -9.45bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result)bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
PEP-NPepsico Inc.Food ProcessingUnited StatesStock3.1 14.5bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result)bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
PG-NProcter & GambleMisc. Consumer ProductsUnited StatesStock2.97 9.3bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result)bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
SON-NSonocoPackaging and ContainersUnited StatesStock2.81 1.67bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result)bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)
PWF-TPower Financial Corp.Finance and LeasingCanadaStock2.78 -2.75bar graph of the performance of this holding (negative result)bar graph of the performance of this holding (positive result)