My 2010 trading year in review

 

I am very lucky not to wake up with the flue because it was raining for New Year Eve in Montreal and I didn't have an umbrella. But who will carry an umbrella in January anyway? Some did, but they must had take a look at the weather forecast - something I barely ever do. You'll find in here some pictures I took from my iPod on New Year Eve. I was in Montreal in the Old Port.

Another year had come to an end. Overall, 2010 had been a good year for my commodity investment. I work like crazy, but I was able to made all the commodity investment I wanted and that's what was important to me, despite a laid off from the worst Canadian bank ever, BMO Bank of Montreal (BMO). They are disgusting, I know. And their online commodity broker BMO InvestorLine is absolutely horrible. I wasn't expecting much anyway coming from a Quebec provincial bank, an emigrant bank. And by the way, don't expect anything good from Quebeckers. 2011 will be just the same as 2010 for Quebec people: a black hole.

Ok, I got laid off from BMO Bank of Montreal (BMO) in 2010. Despite the laid off, I can assure you, I am a good investor and below is the proof. I took all of my commodity investment in this review - there's a lot of them as you'll see. I took all of them. but all of those investments were not made in 2010. My online investment in some RBC growth stock mutual funds were made somewhere in 2007-2008. Same thing for my Manulife investment. Anyhow, I wanted to take the whole monster and see where I am located in all that. Let's see how things went for the Dividend Girl online investing in 2010:

Non registered Investments:

Stocks and Units investment portfolio

Sprott Inc. (SII):

Investment initial value: 5 009.78$
Current value: 4 191.20$

-818.58$

Timminco (TIM):

Investment initial value: 4 065$
Current value: 66$

-3 999$

Blue Note Mining (BNT):

Investment initial value: 689$
Current value: 52$

-637$

Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS):

Investment initial value: 16 298.14$
Current value: 17 529.70$

+1 231.56$

Hanwei Energy Services (HE):

Investment initial value: 674$
Current value: 133.50$

-540.50$

Methanex Corporation (MX):

Investment initial value: 1 626.80$
Current value: 3 115.75$

+1 488.95$

Fortis (FTS):

Investment initial value: 2 680.06$
Current value: 3 635.86$

+955.80$

Pembina Pipeline Corporation (PPL):

Investment initial value: 6 313.20$
Current value: 9 309.60$

+2 996.40$

Just Energy Income Fund (JE.UN):
Investment initial value: 10 473.45$
Current value: 11 496.96$

+1 023.51$

Yellow Media Inc. (YLO):

Investment initial value: 2 467.68$
Current value: 2 914$

+446.32$

Bell Aliant Regional Communications Income Fund

(BA.UN):

Investment initial value: 5 513.40$
Current value: 5 223.99$

-289.41$

Pengrowth Energy Trust (PGF.UN):
Investment initial value: 2 290.55$
Current value: 2 722.14$

+431.59$

Enbridge Income Fund (ENF.UN):

Investment initial value: 3 584$
Current value: 5 792$

+2 208$

Corby Distilleries Limited (CDL.A):

Investment initial value: 3 087.99$
Current value: 3 399.66$

+311.67$

Davis + Henderson Income Fund (DHF.UN):

Investment initial value: 3 664.99$
Current value: 3 985.83$

+320.84$

Premium Brands Holdings Corporation (PBH):

Investment initial value: 2 955.16$
Current value: 2 851.92$

-103.24$

EnCana Corporation (ECA):

Investment initial value: 5 946.88$
Current value: 5 847.09$

-99.79$

Sprott Physical Silver Trust UTS (PHS.U):

Investment initial value: 2 190.49$
Current value: 2 814$

+623.51$

iShares S&P/TSX Capped REIT Index (XRE):

Investment initial value: 738.99$
Current value: 727.38$

-11.61$

Horizons Gold Yield Fund (HGY.UN):

Investment initial value: 2 000$
Current value: 2 020$

+20$

Total of gains: +12 058.15$
Total of losses: -6 499.13$
TOTAL: +5 559.02$

Tax-free savings account (TFSA):

RBC O’Shaughnessy Canadian Equity Fund:

Investment initial value: 3 000$
Current value: 2 946.19$

-53.81$

The Consumers’ Waterheater Income Fund (CWI.UN):

Investment initial value: 2 288.37$
Current value: 2 898.50$

+610.13$

Dumont Nickel Inc. (DNI):

Investment initial value: 719$
Current value: 345$

-374$

Total of gains: +610.13$
Total of losses: -427.81$
TOTAL: +182.32$

RSP investment portfolio:

Sprott Canadian Equity Fund:

Investment initial value: 7 000$
Current value: 7 773.76$

+773.76$

Claymore Gold Bullion ETF (CGL):

Investment initial value: 3 587.30$
Current value: 4 316.26$

+728.96$

EnCana Corporation (ECA):

Investment initial value: 3 230$
Current value: 2 909$

-321$

Emera Incorporated (EMA):

Investment initial value: 5 103.79$
Current value: 6 458.10$

+1 354.31$

CIBC Dividend Growth Fund:

Investment initial value: 500$
Current value: 554.19$

+54.19$

CIBC Emerging Markets Index Fund:

Investment initial value: 500$
Current value: 427.11$

-72.89$

CIBC Monthly Income Fund:

Investment initial value: 1 000$
Current value: 1 048.40$

+48.40$

TD Canadian Bond:

Investment initial value: 113.04$
Current value: 115.42$

+2.38$

TD Monthly Income:

Investment initial value: 110.45$
Current value: 109.13$

-1.32$

TD Emerging Markets:

Investment initial value: 100$
Current value: 91.38$

-8.62$

TD Energy:

Investment initial value: 102.76$
Current value: 96.46$

-6.30$

TD Precious Metals:

Investment initial value: 100$
Current value: 151.86$

+51.86$

TD Latin American Growth:

Investment initial value: 100$
Current value: 106.58$

+6.58$

TD Entertainment and Communications:

Investment initial value: 100$
Current value: 122.37$

+22.37$

TD Dividend Growth:

Investment initial value: 208.80$
Current value: 207.48$

-1.32$

TD U.S. Mid-Cap Growth:

Investment initial value: 100$
Current value: 115.85$

+15.85$

Maritime Life International Equity Fund (Templeton):

Investment initial value: 1 000$
Current value: 654.89$

-345.11$

Manulife Simplicity Growth Portfolio:

Investment initial value: 1 000$
Current value: 926.31$

-73.69$

Maritime Life CI Harbour Seg Fund:

Investment initial value: 1 000$
Current value: 1 097.67$

+97.67$

Maritime Life Fidelity True North Seg Fund:

Investment initial value: 1 000$
Current value: 1 066.40$

+66.40$

Maritime Life Trimark Europlus Seg Fund:

Investment initial value: 1 000$
Current value: 644.05$

-355.95$

RBC Canadian Dividend Fund:

Investment initial value: 500$
Current value: 548.88$

+48.88$

RBC U.S. Mid-Cap Equity Fund C$:

Investment initial value: 2 300$
Current value: 1 995.84$

-304.16$

RBC Global Resources Fund:

Investment initial value: 1 000$
Current value: 1 238.61$

+238.61$

RBC O’Shaughnessy International Equity Fund:

Investment initial value: 1 000$
Current value: 648.67$

-351.33$

RBC O’Shaughnessy All-Canadian Equity Fund:

Investment initial value: 1 100$
Current value: 1 208.58$

+108.58$

Total of gains: +3 618.80$
Total of losses: -1 841.69$
TOTAL: +1 777.11$

OVERALL GAINS: +16 287.08$
OVERALL LOSSES: -8 768.63$
TOTAL: +7 518.45$

Overall, I can say I did well. I invest without the help of any financial planners. but while living in Quebec, I prefer to invest just through my fabulous TD Waterhouse securities as  online future trading brokerage. A gain of 7 518.45$ in one year of Canadian online stock trading? From my point of view, for a small investor like myself, I can say I did pretty well. And 2011 should be even better. But remember 2010 had been an investment year in a recession one. Not easy for anyone, but even harder for smaller investors.

To all of my fellow readers, Quebeckers or not, I wish you a Happy 2011 Trading Year! Health and prosperity to you all. May my blog be helpful to you by sharing my trading experience on the Toronto stock exchange market.