Why should I be job searching after all?

I currently have enough to cover my bills for the month of July, which is nice. I wouldn’t like to have to sale some of my investments to cover the cost of my living. My lifestyle is cheap and I am able to pay everything with a 1 000$-1 200$ per month. As always, I wake up late again, around 11… lol. It’s seemed to be my favorite hour to wake up! I love my night shift. I wouldn’t like to loose it for anything.

And look at the hot news!

On yesterday Wednesday 18, Dumont Nickel (DNI) closes at a fantastic 0.04 cents lol! 0.04 cents could sound like nothing at all, no big deal. But once cent is one cent and with cents we can make hundreds of dollars in one small trade! I had place a sale order of 0.05 cents on my 23 000 stocks of DNI. But wouldn’t be great if I will be putting a sale order of 0.04 cents?

Let’s calculate….

23 000 stocks x 0.01 cent of profit = 230$ - buying commission of 29$ - selling commission of 29$ = 172$ in profit

(And on top on that, we need to add the taxes… but let’s forget about them for now)….

Just for the fun of it, should I but a sell order of 0.04 cents instead of 0.05 cents! YES!!! Let’s do it now!!! I think that to be able to make money from penny stocks, a close follow to the market is needed. Dumont Nickel hit the 5 cent a couple of days ago, but it was a couple of days ago. I might be able to make money sooner if the Dumont Nickel (DNI) goes up to the 4 cents again, maybe by the end of the day?

TSX gain some points and the company Dumont Nickel (DNI) seems to remain stable… So let’s take some action and officially make my first penny stock trades – maybe by the end of the day if I am lucky!

This is how much fun penny stocks can be!

There so many ways to take advantage of the market and penny stocks are one of them. It’s good to buy and invest for the long term, but it’s also nice to make money from trading! By doing this, small investors like myself can take advantage of the market volatibility, bu this time, in a positive way.

And from my point of view, risk of loosing money are low, especially if the investor is only looking to make a few hundreds dollars per trade on a penny stock trade. At least, it’s the way I see it.

About Timothy Sykes

I learn about Timothy Sykes while playing the analyst on Twitter. Than a guy response to me, and told me to follow his buddy, which I did.

I like this expression he is using on his Web site « short sale ». This is exactly what I am going to do with DNI. He also said the following about penny stocks, among the following: “the vast majority of people who play penny stocks are suckers and all-around ignorant people” lol…

So now, knowing the possibilities, tell me why I should be job searching for another part-time job? Tell me why...

Money, Magic Money

I just arrived from work. I cannot say up too late as I want to wake up early tomorrow. But I still wanted to blog about the Pengrowth Energy Trust (PGF.UN) dividend I just received. I might have received it during the day sometime, because I didn’t notice them again. On this beautiful summer day, I had received 52.50$ from Pengrowth Energy Trust. I am still “dripping” and I had received 5 extra new units. I am now at 530 units of Pengrowth Energy Trust. Which I find awesome. I really like Pengrowth Energy Trust. The trick will be to find another good investment like this one in another sector, just to diversify my portfolio a bit more.

I contact RBC today regarding a credit line. At RBC, they do not offer a credit line, but only a margin credit. And with it, the interest rate begin as soon as the money is being used… anyway, all complicated and stupid stuff I no longer want to hear about. But it won’t work for now because they want a proof of revenue and so on, and even something regarding my investment, as it could help me to obtain more credit. For now, I do not want to divulge my investment money. Not a bad thing it didn’t work out after all. But I learn at least that I had a good credit. This is nice to know. Maybe TD could just extend my credit line I have with them. I just don’t know.

I am working as hard as I can but my projects are just slowly moving on. Same thing regarding job searching as I basically didn’t do any job searching but it’s my own fault. Lazy me lol.

A quick way to make 442$ from Dumont Nickel (DNI)

I keep calculating and calculating! I could possibly had made 442$ today from trading on Dumont Nickel (DNI). Penny stocks are very fun for that.

Here what I could do, only if I had 3 029$ in my pockets right now (which I don’t have):

Purchase of 100 000 stocks of Dumont Nickel at 0.03 cents this morning and… as soon as the order being executed, sale it all for 0.035 cents... and make 442$! This could had been realize today, as the stock value of Dumont Nickel varies from 0.03 cents to 0.035 cents.

This is really interesting!

It’s possible to make money extremely quickly from penny stocks, but just a problem occur: thousands of dollars are needed. 3 000$ will be actually a good start. And I was thinking about opening a credit line with RBC. Since I have a 10 000$ credit card with them, could my credit line be of 10 000$ too?

I had been with TD Canada for my credit line for many years now. Since the start, my credit line had been of 5 000$, it didn’t increase over the time. RBC seems to be generous when it comes time to deal with customer credit.

Conclusion:

-A credit line from RBC is needed;
-I need a better paying job;
-I need an account with Scotia to pay only 19.99$ per trade.
-It’s possible to make money easily from one trade; the only thing needed is… money!

Explore and achieve.

Great news today!

I have no boyfriend, work at low salaries at multiple jobs, haven’t take vacations for quite a while BUT… I am might be able to make money from penny stocks after all. And I might be the next best thing that could happen in the scene of Canadian penny stocks lol.

This is really an exciting time for me. I am very happy! My order of 23 000 stocks at 0.03 cents for Dumont Nickel had been proceed. I now own 23 000 stocks of Dumont Nickel.

After trying to trade on Blue Note Mining, which price is still stuck at 0.01 cent, I move on, pick whatever penny stock company I find in a newspaper call La Presse. And guess what I find: Dumont Nickel. After what I did some search around the stocks. Seem like a good company to me and not too long ago, I think it was on June 11 or 12, a good news was made coming from the company and at a point, the stocks value raise to 0.05 cents. So what I did just now is that I place a sale order for 0.05 cents, which will be valid until June 30. This is super cool and dealing with penny stocks is a great adventure for multiple reasons.

First, not too much money is involved. The value of my investment with Dumont Nickel had been of 690$ + 29$ of commission, for a total of 719$. I plan to sale at 0.05 cent.

The only thing I need for this trade to work is another major announcement coming from Dumont Nickel – and it will need to be a positive one. Since the stock value had reached 5 cents not too long ago, it’s possible that the price will reach 5 cents again. Dumont Nickel had many mines at different location and still in activities. And from their Web site and from what I read on them, it’s possible to make some cash out on Dumont Nickel.

I wake up late again this morning. I got so anxious yesterday because of my job interview and about my health card and license renewal that. It’s exhausted be. But true I went to work to do a 7 hours shift.. Anyway, the week is the over yet and I hope to do better tomorrow. I would like to continue job searching to see if I can find a better paying job.

No money made so far from my penny stocks

I cancel my order for Blue Note Mining. Instead, I had place an order for 23 000 stocks of Dumont Nickel (DNI) at 0.03 cent. But so far, no positive result. The prices seem to be stuck at 0.035…. I don’t want to purchase Dumont Nickel at 0.035 because I find it too expensive lol. Trying to make money this way can be very stressful. Trading is very stressful. Since I am so lucky, I guess I won’t be able to purchase DNI at 0.035. 0.03 seem to be a bit too low since the company had made, not too long ago, a positive announcement. But since TSX continue to fall, maybe DNI will reach the point of 0.03 cent. Maybe.

I went to my job interview this morning. I was nervous as I am always am at a job interview lol. It’s a survey job… 10$ per hour. There are so many survey jobs in Montreal. But for now, it’s ok. At least the office is super clean, not like at my weekend job.

I had renew my license and my health care card. This was needed for a long time now. I am glade I am done with this. Now, I can continue my job search if I want. I also want to open an account with iTrade of Scotia Bank. I need to print the form. Each trade is at 19.99$ (instead of 29$ with TD Waterhouse). My TD Waterhouse account will remain open because it’s free to purchase mutual funds through them. It’s seemed not to be the case with iTrade.

Everything so far so good. I would just like to get a better paying job. Maybe I should continue my job search.

Having fun with penny stocks

I am enjoying my weekend. Mont-Royal had been closed to circulation lately and it’s quite nice, being able to walk without any cars around. The whole Montreal Island should be close to car circulation! After the job, I was supposed to go to the Old Montreal again, just like last week, but since the sky was grey, I taught it was going to rain. But it didn’t rain. I spend, once again, my evening in front of my computer. But it worth it, as I conduct some search regarding penny stocks. Currently, my goal is to make a profit from penny stocks trade.

Is Blue Note Mining a good penny stocks deal?

First, as I previously explain, I came with the idea of Blue Note Mining (BN.H). Since Friday, I had set an order for 80 000 stocks of Blue Note Mining at the price of 0.005 cent. After what the goal is to sale the overall 80 000 stocks at the price of 1 cent. The order will remain in until tomorrow. And tomorrow only because I had set-up myself another plan, that could actually be even better.

I just extend my search, and it could happen I won’t be able to purchase 80 000 stocks of Blue Note Mining at 0.005 cent. Why? Because the price of Blue Note Mining barely changes these days and basically no one is currently trading on Blue Note Mining. This could be one of the reasons why the value remains quite stable at 1 cent. This last Friday, only 9 trades where perform around Blue Note Mining.

Could Dumont Nickel Inc. (DNI) be a better deal?

I did some quick search and I came yesterday with this company I never heard of before, Dumont Nickel. Actually, I first learn about Dumont Nickel by taking a look at a newspaper. Dumont Nickel is currently in activity. It’s not like Blue Note Mining who had declared bankruptcy just a couple of months ago.

The plan around Dumont Nickel

Here’s the plan: purchase Dumont Nickel at 0.03 cents for 30 000 stocks (900$ investment value + 29$ in too high commission) and sale the investment at 0.05 cents for a 2 cents profit… and a fantastic 542$ extra in my pockets!!!! That’s enough to pay off my 535$ monthly rent. See the deal?

I am actually more confident about Dumont Nickel than with Blue Note Mining. Blue Note Mining is not doing well all and price seems to be stuck in the ground, it won’t move lower than the 1 cent! Anyhow, my live move on.

Tomorrow, I have to wake up early and go at a TD Bank to make a deposit of 344$ (amount of my latest pay check) on my credit line. I have only 200$ left on it. I plan to move the 344$ and the little 200$ in my TD Waterhouse account. I also have to place a call regarding a job offer I saw just today. And after what I need to go renew my driver license and health card. If I have anytime left, which I thing I will have, I will return home and check if my order had been proceed for Blue Note Mining. Looking forward for $$$.

On how are doing my little things

I am almost done with the stuff I needed. Just a couple of things left and I will be done. Probably on Monday. I could have been done today, but it was raining extremely hard last night and I couldn’t sleep. And of course, I sleep in late again.

On Monday, I have to renew my driver license (yeah, I have one lol) and my health card. After what I will need to subscribe to the insurance program that’s been giving by my employer. At first, I didn’t want to subscribe because they are taking around 15$ per pay check for it. But I was told by the accountant that did my taxes for 2008 that it might be better if I subscribe, it will make less to pay for the Quebec health insurance at the end of the year. Those of the biggest last 3 things I need to do. I plan to wake up early on Monday evening to have those done.

After what, I will be job searching. I didn’t do any job searching this week. I had been quite busy. I also had that little investment project going on.

At first, I wanted to invest 500$ extra in the Creststreet Alternative Energy Fund, but unfortunately, at TD Waterhouse, all extra investment of Creststreet Alternative Energy Fund is of 1 000$. At Creststreet Alternative Energy Fund it self, it’s actually possible to invest as little as 100$ per extra investment. I don’t really see myself an account with Creststreet Alternative Energy Fund just for 500$.

Anyway, I came with this other idea; to purchase 80 000 stocks at 0.005 of Blue Note Mining (BN.H-V) and sale them at 1 cent. This is possible. But I really need to purchase Blue Note Mining at 0.005 and not at 1 cent. If I purchase BN.H at 1 cent, the project won’t be successful. Generally these days, Blue Note Mining value had varied between 0.005 and 1 cent. The project is realizable, but it could take time. I would like an extra 400$ in my pocket as I would like new sandals for the summer and other stuff.

A quick way to make money: Blue Note Mining still rock!

Here’s the plan: I had place an order to purchase 80 000 stocks at 0.005 cent of Blue Note Mining (BN.H) now from the TSX Venture. Today the price had varied from 0.005 cent to 0.01 cent. I had place my order at 11:49AM (I wake up late again – but I shouldn’t).

The investment by itself, 80 000 stocks of Blue Note Mining at 0.005 cent is of 400$. The commission for the trade is of 29$. For a total of 429$. I plan to sale as soon as possible the 80 000 stocks at 0.01 cent, for a value of 800$. 829$ (800$ investment value + 29$ commission for the trade) – 429$ = a nice profit of 400$.

I am doing this just for the fun of it to see if I can possibly make money by trading.

It’s now 12:48pm, I call 2 times TD Waterhouse lol, and my order had not been executed still.

Stay tune.

I had lost 14 826.18$ from my investments

I stay up late yesterday as I was feeling anxious. For a reason or another, I really wanted to calculate my overall lost. I had a happy surprised to see that I was only loosing 14 826.18$. Yes, 14 826.18$ represent a lot of money, especially knowing that I work at several jobs (up to 3 lol) at the same time and so on, but – there’s a but – knowing also that I am not a specialist when it come to investment, I could had lost much more than 14 826.18$ in my investment journey.

My portfolio:

Savings: ING Direct:
Around 30$

Non RRSP Investments:

Stocks
Sprott Inc. (SII): 2 245$ (value in date (VID) of June 2, 2009)

Initial investment value (IIV): 4 925$
-2 680$

Timminco (TIM): 322$ (VID June 2, 2009)

IIV: 4 065$
-3 743$

Blue Note Mining (BN): 120$ (VID June 2, 2009)

IIV: 689$
-569$

Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS): 4 064.70$ (VID June 2, 2009)

IIV: 4 572.71$
-508.01$

Hanwei Energy Services (HE): 525$ (VID June 2, 2009)

IIV: 674$
-149$

Methanex Corporation (MX): 1 407.60$ (VID June 2, 2009)

IIV: 1 612.61$
-205.01$

Fortis (FTS): 2 459.35$ (VID June 2, 2009)

IIV: 2 548.36$
-89.01$

Pengrowth Energy Trust (PGF.UN): 4 961.25$ (VID June 2, 2009)

IIV: 5 171.43$
-210.18$

Livingston International Income Fund (LIV.UN): 477.36$ (VID June 2, 2009)

IIV: 635.97$
-158.61$

Pembina Pipeline Income Fund (PIF.UN): 1 458.44$ (VID June 2, 2009)

IIV: 1 241.70$
+ 216.74$

Just Energy Income Fund: 2 218$ (VID June 2, 2009)

IIV: 2 460.01$
-242.01$

TOTAL: 20 258.70$ (VID June 2, 2009)

IIV: -8 337.09$

Mutual funds

Sprott Canadian Equity Fund: 4 269$ (VID June 2, 2009)

IIV: 7 033.50$
-2 764.50$

Desjardins Fidelity True North Fund: 1 031.86$ (VID June 2, 2009)

IIV: 1 000$
+31.86$

TOTAL: 5 300.86$
IIV: -2 732.64$

Tax-free savings account

RBC O'Shaughnessy Canadian Equity Fund: 2 162.88$ (VID June 2, 2009)

IIV: 3 000$
-837.12$

Creststreet Alternative Energy Fund: 1 090$ (VID June 2, 2009)

IIV: 1 000$
+90$

TOTAL: 3 252.88$
IIV: -747.11$

RRSP:

CIBC Dividend Fund: 438.85$ (VID June 2, 2009)

IIV: 500$
-61.15$

CIBC Emerging Markets Index Fund: 404.35$ (VID June 2, 2009)

IIV: 500$
-95.65$

CIBC Monthly Income Fund: 856.24$ (VID June 2, 2009)

IIV: 1 000$
-143.76$

Energy and Base Metals Term Savings (Indexed term savings):
503.46$ (VID June 2, 2009)

IIV: 500$
+ 3.46$

Natural Resources Term Savings (Indexed term savings): 502.06$ (VID June 2, 2009)

IIV: 500$
+2.06$

GIC National Bank: 1 001.82$ (VID June 2, 2009)

IIV: 1 000$
+ 1.82$

GIC Finance Plus: 1 513.97$ (VID June 2, 2009)

IIV: 1 000$
+ 513.97

GIC Plus: 500$ (VID June 2, 2009)

IIV: 500$

TD Canadian Bond: 104.96$ (VID June 2, 2009)

IIV: 105.75
-0.79$

TD Monthly Income: 89.78$ (VID June 2, 2009)

IIV: 102.69
-12.91$

TD Emerging Markets: 68.69$ (VID June 2, 2009)

IIV: 100$
-31.31$

TD Energy: 77.90$ (VID June 2, 2009)

IIV: 100$
-22.10$

TD Precious Metals: 83.06$ (VID June 2, 2009)

IIV: 100$
-16.94$

TD Latin American Growth: 75.34$ (VID June 2, 2009)

IIV: 100$
-24.66$

TD Entertainment & Communications: 80.73$ (VID June 2, 2009)

IIV: 100$
-19.27$

TD Dividend Growth: 167.67$ (VID June 2, 2009)

IIV: 204.73$
-37.06$

TD U.S. Mid-Cap Growth: 82.60$ (VID June 2, 2009)

IIV: 100$
-17.40$

Maritime Life International Equity Fund (Templeton): 586.16$ (VID June 2, 2009)
IIV: 1 000$
-413.84$

Manulife Simplicity Growth Portfolio: 756.18$ (VID June 2, 2009)
IIV: 1 000$
-243.82$

Maritime Life CI Harbour Seg Fund: 932.65$ (VID June 2, 2009)

IIV: 1 000$
-67.35$

Maritime Life Fidelity True North Seg Fund: 881.76$ (VID June 2, 2009)

IIV: 1 000$
-118.24$

Maritime Life Trimark Europlus Seg Fund: 527.38$ (VID June 2, 2009)

IIV: 1 000$
-472.62$

Great West - Various: 1 451.71$ (VID June 2, 2009)

IIV: 1 471.95$
-20.24$

RBC Canadian Dividend Fund: 443.26$ (VID June 2, 2009)

IIV: 500$
-56.74$

RBC U.S. Mid-Cap Equity Fund C$: 1 560.55$ (VID June 2, 2009)

IIV: 2 300$
-739.45$

RBC Global Resources Fund: 692.55$ (VID June 2, 2009)

IIV: 1 000$
-307.45$

RBC O'Shaughnessy International Equity Fund: 557.10$ (VID June 2, 2009)

IIV: 1 000$
-442.90$

RBC O'Shaughnessy All-Canadian Equity Fund: 805$ (VID June 2, 2009)

IIV: 1 000$
-195$

GIC Canadian Market: 1 000$ (VID June 2, 2009)

IIV: 1 000$

TOTAL: 16 766.02$
IIV: -3 039.34$

Savings + Stocks, units, mutual funds + Tax-free savings account + RRSP:

45 882.92$ [In date of June 2, 2009]
-14 826.18$

I calculated my overall lost in capital for my portfolio. In total, I had lost 14826.18$. I had lost 8 337.09$ in my stocks portfolio alone. I had lost 3 039.34$ from my RRSP portfolio. And I had lost -747.11$ from my Tax-free savings account.

If I calculate the current value of my portfolio (45 882.92$) and the money lost (14826.18), it make a total of 60 709.10$.

Should I just had invested the 60709.10$ in GIC and other related product instead than investing massively into stocks or other? Even with the 14 826.18$ that had been lost, I don’t think so.

I am not ashamed to come up with all that money lost and I do not regret investing major part of my savings in stocks or other.

So far, it’s been a learning experience and I plan to continue the same way as I am doing right now. My biggest losers in my stocks portfolio are: Timminco (TIM) with -3 743$; Sprott Canadian Equity Fund with -2 764.50$; Sprott Inc. (SII) with -2 680$; RBC O’Shaughnessy Canadian Equity Fund with -837.12$ and Blue Note Mining (BN) -569$.

The money lost is not being truly lost until I sell my investments. I will only be able to officially declare 14 856.18$ in money lost when I will sale the investments. That time is not going to happen anytime soon.

But there’s hope…

I know I talk a lot about Creststreet Alternative Energy Fund, but as a small investor, I cannot help it! By checking their Web site, I learn that extra parts are only of 100$!!! I already have 1 000$ invested in the Creststreet Alternative Energy Fund, but in a CELI account. At this time, I would like to invest just a 300$ for now outside CELI account, just for the fun of it, to keep the dream alive…

What’s going with Sprott Inc. (SII)?

For a while, I was using Sprott Asset Management (SII), but it’s only Sprott Inc. (SII). Yesterday, I notice that Spott Inc. stocks had fallen under 4$. These days, the stock value had been between 4$ to 4.50$ if not a bit higher.

At first, I taught it was because one of the managers of Sprott Asset Management, Jean-François Tardif, had announced his retirement for beginning July. Jean-François Tardif was a manager of Sprott hedge fund. Extraordinary hedge fund, but it take at least 100 000$ to invest in it… I just cannot understand how a successful manager can aspire to retirement.

Anyway, it was kind of a short notice for investors and I don’t know if some investors had began to sale their mutual funds they had with Sprott Asset Management because of that leaving. It could be one of the reasons, but it’s not all. I just learn that Sprott Inc. had sold out some Timminco (TIM) stocks. Good start. But Eric Sprott had confirmed, from what I understand, that he still own 12% of Timminco stocks. That enormous!

It’s very sad, but Timminco is no longer in position to rock the TSX. Having a huge number of TIM stocks in the Sprott Canadian Equity Fund that I invest 7 000$ in cannot help the fund to return for a recovery.

Example: during the darkest days of the recession, my Desjardins Fidelity True North Fund fallen to 700$ or even less. Now, the investment is at 1 031.86$. I was able to gain even money from the recovery. I actually make a profit of 31.86$ on Desjardins Fidelity True North. This is just an example I have of an investment of mine where I have regained the money lost. I am expecting the same thing to happen with Sprott Canadian Equity Fund and all of my other mutual funds.

But I am far of the same result with Sprott Canadian Equity Fund. The manager of the fund needs to shake up the overall portfolio. As an investor (small but still an investors), I am expecting a recovery for the Sprott Canadian Equity Fund. And I don’t think Timminco will become what it had once had been, a powerful company of the TSX.

Initially, its 7 033.50$ I had invested in the Sprott Canadian Equity Fund, just before the TSX begin to fall close to the ground lol. Curently (in date of June 2, 2009) the value of the investment is at 4 269$. Not bad, but I had lost 2 764.50$ and no recovery yet.