The stock market has been on an unusual run. The S&P 500 hit its 27th record high of the year recently, pushing the index up more than 13% since January. If you’re a physician with a brokerage account that’s ridden any part of that, whether it’s your own portfolio or a practice buyout that landed as stock, there’s a good chance you’re sitting on a gain you haven’t touched. And it’s probably more concentrated in […]

Welcome to another monthly dividend update.  I have posted a monthly dividend update report every month since August 2014. If my calculation is correct, this marks the 145th monthly dividend report. I publish these monthly … Read more

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Vanguard has been a big part of building my net worth, and I’m always watching to see if they are keeping the culture. Barron’s last week ran the article Vanguard Conquered the ETF World. Where It’s Aiming Next, but it’s probably behind a paywall. Well, the three main areas are high-yield cash savings accounts, financial advice, and fixed-income investing. Let’s explore them all a bit. Financial advice. I find this the most interesting area of […]

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All retirees and near retirees need to run the numbers. They need to create an optimized retirement cash flow plan. A cash flow plan will show you the optimal time to take CPP and OAS, and then how to create income from your RRSP/ RRIF/LIFs, TFSAs, Taxable accounts, pensions and other sources of income. You’ll discover the most durable and tax-efficient approach for your retirement. A successful retirement cash flow plan often ‘finds’ tens to […]

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Every month since 2017, I have written an article that shows the growth of our passive income. Over the last couple of years, I’ve added some of my annual goals (New Year’s Resolutions). This is usually where I add some personal stuff. My wife was on work travel for two weeks, so my time was focused on being able to get the kids to camps, karate, etc. while managing the busiest month of dog boarding […]