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It’s been a while since I posted a ‘recent stock purchase’ blog post. In fact, almost one month has passed since my latest acquisition. Sometimes that happens when being a dividend growth investor. No worries on my end though. I have been doing this since 2007 and have not missed a single month of buys. … Read more

Things are definitely starting to get interesting with the market these days. Increasingly, more and more companies are trading at much better values and yields as prices have tumbled. Of course, the question of dividend reliability comes into play when dramatic price swoons occur. This is why we diversify among dozens of high quality companies … Read more

With the market continuing to climb and fall dramatically, attractive price points are being offered to the patient long term dividend growth investor. After a very quiet August with just one purchase, September has opened up with a bang as I have added to my ROTH additional shares in The Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Royal Bank … Read more

After a quiet August, in terms of new buys as I only made one purchase the whole month, I started September off on a much stronger note making several buys in just these first few days. After witnessing the market swoon in such dramatic fashion I couldn’t help but pick up some names from my … Read more

I can’t believe it’s been almost one full month since my last stock purchase but I guess that’s how it goes sometimes. After a very busy buy month in June with eight separate buys, July was more muted with only two new buys and so far the August tally is one buy. Of course, I … Read more

As July marches on and uncertainty in the markets reign, all I can think about is where to deploy my fresh capital all the while ignoring the market headlines which always seem to result in knee jerk reactions in stock prices. It seems that every week or two a new crisis dominates the headlines. We … Read more

After a very busy June in terms of new buys, July has started a little slower which is fine with me. My goal regarding investment consistency is to make at least one buy every month which is something that I have done since 2007 through all market conditions.   These days it seems that the … Read more