Dividend Portfolio Sector Allocation May 2015

Every few months I like to take a look at my portfolio holdings and examine my overall sector allocations to see if they meet my comfort level as to how my capital is distributed. As we all know, market forces affect certain sectors at different times throughout business cycles which can often throw many portfolio … Read more

Dividends To Lift Your Spirits

Investing In The Wine And Spirits Sector   Of all the consumable beverages it seems that alcoholic drinks are particularly recession resistant. In fact, one full year into the last recession in 2008, alcohol sales actually grew by 9%. It seems that people might be quick to cut spending on luxury items, however, imbibing seems … Read more

April Stock Considerations

I can hardly believe that one quarter of 2015 is already in the books. Whoever coined the phrase “time flies” certainly knew what they were talking about. Looking back, the first quarter finished at pretty decent levels considering the insane volatility we have seen in stock and commodity prices. Going forward I can only guess … Read more

March Stock Considerations

As 2015 is rapidly moving along another new month is upon us which brings my portfolio back into focus as I look forward towards my March potential stock buys. Looking back at February my potential picks exclusively rested on the large Canadian banks as continued weakness in share price and more attractive valuations along with … Read more