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    The 2-5 year update on the DRIP/SPP Portfolio

    back in the mid 1990s, remember back then, I started a DRIP/SPP portfolio (DRIP/Dividend Reinvestment plan, and SPP/Share purchase plan. basically you would buy one share registered, in my case from people in the same shareclub, (now you can do on the internet, though some charge $10). You...
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    have to watch the bonds, and the US

    well, not much has changed for me in the last month. still have a larger cash position than normal, did by a few resource stocks, the run was brief and have been stopped out on most of the positions. here are the negatives and positives, have no idea on which way the market will go in on any...
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    Europe Part Two...does it really ever end

    okay the market rallied, on the news of the deal and some better than expected news from the US markets had a very good three weeks. was not surprised the market would go up on news of the deal, was shocked by how much. there was so many details left out. - if everything works out Greece debt...
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    Pancreatic Cancer, Steve Jobs, Nobel Prize, and a good person

    This post is about three people all who passed away in October of this year and all died of Pancreatic Cancer. Steve Jobs passed away at the age of 56 in early October. After building up Apple he left the company they had a few failures. Steve Jobs will be remembered for founding apple and...
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    the markets, Euro bonds, preferred shares, UBS

    still hold a great deal of cash, more than usual. for the most part 90-100% invested in something. it is hard and for me impossible to time the markets, and many corporations are cheap, however the amount of debt in the Euro zone is a concern. Greece will have to default and the quicker the...
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    more costs for gold miners; and Venezuela

    a while back we talked about the costs for finding and operating a gold mine. and how these costs have increased sharply. forgot a few of them: 1. Reclamation costs: When a mine has run out of ore, and the mine must be shut down then it must be made safe, and brought back to a more natural...
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    the BIG SHORT and another way to play options

    I read a book called The Big Short, Michael Lewis wrote the blind side (football) Moneyball (baseball), in money he wrote the classic Liars Poker. this book is very good and probably better than Liars Poker, hard to say. this is page turner about the ones who were on the correct side of the...
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    TWO Good books worth reading

    to prove a point, and make a couple of presentations for my shareclub, went to the library and took out some books. your library has books (and some in digital format) on investing, many are old, but some our recent and very good. also these are cheap, less than $20 and worth picking up. so...
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    microsoft helps some investors

    now microsoft has bought skype for 8.5 billion, this great ?? investment had total revenue of 860 million and loss around 7 million. the company can grow but at this point in time most of the costomers are not paying for the service. this may change. also google and apple are working on...
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    Gold production costs per company

    Recently during my monthly shareclub meeting someone told me about an old geolgist that told him every gold company can produce it for $350 an ounce. (nice run on sentence) even 20 years ago it is hard to find companies that could produce an ounce of gold for $350 an ounce. it was also...
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    update on trades ax.un cco, and bbd.b and a dumb investment idea

    ax.un artis reit on Toronto was sold for 13.75 bought 13.10 last thread. of coarse could have sold at 13.90 all week long, but still not a bad trade, will look at it again in the low 13s. CCO is basically still at 29.16cdn. trades on toronto and nyse. so small profit, basically flat. will...
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    nuclear energy, investing during a crisis, and estate planning

    with the Japan crisis and the problems with the nuclear reactors there has been plenty to worry about; despite this the markets have held up well. on tuesday the market rallied sharply from what appeared to be sharp selloff. during the sell off have not done much, bought ax.un artis reit on...
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    12 investments (errors) to avoid

    here are some items when investing you should avoid, and a few common mistakes that are done... 1. Double/Triple leveraged etfs There are double and triple etfs that trade on the market that will give you 2X and 3X. plenty wrong with these, tracking error, also the costs are very high, and if...
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    The Blue Portfolio or buy and hold DRIP SPP Portfolio

    way back before the internet was common place ie. 1994 and when it was started 1999. would get a share certificate from someone and then sent it away and would buy shares on a monthly sometimes quarterly basis. was a good way to slowly build up positions and no commissions and dividends were...
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    best business movies and books

    most of these films are available, ie. amazon, or a dvd, I can get these through zip, and in the future netflix. well worth getting for the most part. in no particular order, to make the list must be able to get, and be accurate. 1.Barbarians at the Gate 1993 107 min. HBO stars James Garner...
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    2010 review predictions and 2011 predictions

    the predictions did not do that bad in 2010 some big winners and small losers, will update for 2011, soon, (are the updates) good luck and happy new year. thanks sekirk 1. (HYG and JNK counting the div returned from 11-15% so not bad for your income portfolio) HYG JNK, both of these etfs...
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    big 10 and option 10 portfolios

    first of all was going to post this last week, but had two computers and a hard drive (portable) fry on me last week, within 48 hours, lots of fun...had to new anyways so the only real pain is backing up files again on the computers, ect..... now that my petty gripping is out of the way..in...
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    a dumb lawsuit, and the future of ag stocks and how to make vinaigrette

    not sure how much news it made in the US press but big news in Canada is BP is taking a run at Potash corp. though I own a small small small amount of potash corp owned much more of agu, just thought it was a safer play and did not think any of them would be in play....wrong. still both of...
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    The Great bond bubble...

    here is some proof cdn. 2yr 1.50% cdn. 5 year 2.25% cdn. 10 year 2.96% US 2 year .48% US 5 year 1.45% US 10 2.72% now that is crazy, I mean...wow... Black Decker which is 4.5 billion in debt did an issue for 5.2% for 30 year, yes plenty of debt, and more and more competition and yet...
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    The Great Solar Deal??

    In Ontario this summer there is a push on to have small sources of solar power be in production in the next year or two. This will probably be offered in more states, and provinces and the terms will vary but they will be along the same lines, probably. This summer know many who have been...
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