Posts by FT
Canadian Undervalued Stocks
As many of you know, I use the dividend investing strategy for the Canadian portion of my portfolio. To summarize the strategy, I essentially own the largest dividend paying companies that have a history of annually increasing their dividend. I started building my dividend portfolio many moons ago (around 2008), and it has grown to…
Read MoreQuestrade Review 2021 [$50 Promo Offer Code]
Is Questrade Safe & Secure? One of the most common questions that I have gotten in the comments below is: Is investing my money through a Questrade online brokerage account safe? Is Questrade as safe as RBC, TD, CIBC, ScotiaBank, and BMO? – MDJ reader The answer: Yes! Here’s the deal. Off the top Questrade…
Read MoreFinancial Freedom Update (Q1) 2021 – First Update of the Year
Welcome to the Million Dollar Journey 2021 (Q1) Financial Freedom Update – the first update of the year! If you would like to follow my whole financial journey, you can get my updates sent directly to your email, via Twitter and/or Facebook. For those of you new here, since achieving $1M in net worth in June 2014 (age 35), I have shifted my…
Read MoreCanadian Online Discount Stock Brokerage Comparison 2021
As we enter into a new decade of dividend and index investing, I thought it was time for an update to our Canadian online broker article (whose first version dates back as early as 2006). Use the table of contents below to dig into our criteria and comparisons as we look at the Best Canadian…
Read MoreMastering the Smith Manoeuvre and Turning Your Mortgage Into a Tax Deductible Investment Loan
We’ve been writing about the Smith Manoeuvre here at Million Dollar Journey for over a decade now! Since I have personally implemented the Smith Manoeuvre and provided various updates on my tax deductible investment loan + Canadian dividend stocks strategy over the years, we’ve collected quite an assortment of Smith Manoeuvre themed articles. Rather than…
Read MoreDividend Kings List – Companies with Annual Dividend Increases for Over 50 Years!
A reader has prompted me to update this post for 2021 (originally posted in 2016). Click here to jump directly to my 2021 picks. Investing in Dividend Kings (aka Dividend Aristocrats) may not be for everyone, but I am a fan. I like the idea of receiving tax efficient payments from long-established companies with a…
Read MoreIndexed Family Education Fund (RESP) Portfolio Update – 2021 Edition
Welcome to the annual Registered Education Saving Plan (RESP) update where I show transparency on our indexed investment strategy to help pay for our children’s future education costs. What is an RESP? At a high level, an RESP is an investment account for future post-secondary students and stands for Registered Education Savings Plan. It can…
Read MoreDogs of the TSX (Beating the TSX) Dividend Stock Picks – 2021 Volatile Market Edition
Over the past number of years, I’ve been writing about the investing strategy known as Dogs of the TSX (taken from “Dogs of the Dow” in the USA) – also known as the Beating the TSX Dividend Stock Strategy (BTTSX). (Click here to skip directly to my 2021 picks) At a high level, in this…
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