Buy-Sell-Hold

It's been an eternity since I have blogged with you so let me just tell you about the changes that have been made:

Sold MBT (manitoba telcom services) I actually love this stock but needed to reduce my margin. It currently pays 1.70 dividend and closed today at $33.45 so that was yield of 5%. - Current interest rate on my margin account is 4.25%

Sold BRK-B (Berkshire Hathaway B share) This particular stock I had bought for growth, so doesn't really belong in this Dividend report but I thought I should mention it anyway.

Bought 50 more BMO (Bank of Montreal) shares

Bought 25 more of BCE (Bell) shares

I am currently holding on to 300 shares of Manulife that I want to sell anywhere above 12.10

In my next post I will list my current positions and relay to you the income and yields associated to them.

Until next time..

The Dividend Girl

Dividend Girl Update

To those who have been following my dividend trail, here is the dividend report for the past 3 months.
November: BMO, COS, CPG for a total of $755.19

December: BA, CPG,PGF for a total of $279.69

January:BNA, BCE,CM,CPG,PGF for a total of $1995.32

February forecast $907

Apple, Blackerry and Dividends

 Today I watched in awe as Apple yet again made new highs before closing just below $500 ($497.67 to be exact). Four months ago when Steve Jobs passed away the stock fell to $369 and just 2 days later the market cheered this is unstopple train that he left behind.

With word of Apple 3 coming out in the next 3 weeks, the anticipation of the iphone 5 and good earnings Apple is increasingly taking over market share from fellow companies like RIM.

As a Canadian I really want to get behind the RIM train but the stock has broken my heart so many times that I had to put it on ice indefinetly and watch from the sidelines as it tries to get it right. While RIM is almost given their products away I have yet to come across a mega sale at the Apple store. What happens if Apple decides to start paying a dividend again??? OMG, it will be the greatest thing ever!

I've watched Apple make a $100 point move from Dec 22nd up until today February 15th. Who could ask for anything more. I am just going to sit back and watch it make higher highs and hope that my dividend paying companies take a page out of Apple's book and keep innovating.