Saying goodbye to Heroux-Devtek Inc. (HRX)

I am late on the post, but I didn't take time yesterday to make it publicly announced... yesterday, I have sell all of my Heroux-Devtek Inc. (HRX) shares for $11.70. I cash in $633.51 after commission. Its a good move for me because I need to lower by debt and also at this point, Heroux-Devtek Inc. (HRX) doesn't pay any dividend. I had collected dividend from HRX in the past, but it was only one time, 2 years ago at the time a special dividend of 5$ per share was distributes. Two years is a long run to be able to sell back a stock on a profit, but this was only a tiny small investment and I had all the time of the word. I can be very patient when needed.

My non-registered portfolio closed today session at $130 659.67. The markets are quite difficult these days and hyper sensible to the situation for the emergent market. I don't have too much left on my margin (just something like 3k), so I decided to put my upcoming paycheck on my margin instead of my student loan or anything else. Following what, I will only own $73 558 in debt - including margin, student loan and my current credit card balance at 0%. 

I am watching the French Quebec TV show L'Épicerie, thanks to my antenna, and there's a guy that live on a $60 grocery bill for one month..... Oh lala... The goal was to eat for $2 a day, he was able to make it, lost 12 pounds among the way, but wasn't much interest in repeating the experience because it requested a lot of shopping time. No, its not something I am interested in.

TD Bank Two-for-one stock split is now completed and Heroux-Devtek Inc. (HRX) wake up from the deads

Today was the lucky day, but nothing spectacular happen in term of value. On this special day, TD bank stock split in 2. Currently, TD bank is about $50 per share, when it used to be close to $100. Its a cool move coming from TD Canada Trust. I find the stock have a feeling of being less arrogant now compare to the other big banks like BMO and Royal Bank, just to name those two. This split make TD more accessible to any type of investors, big or tiny little and that's real sexy.

A less sexy thing: my non-registered portfolio close down to $131 076.39 today. The TSX lost 200 points today and its unfortunately impact the value of my portfolio.

Another very sexy thing: I had set up an automatic sell option on a couple of stocks, but they had expired, because it was only set up for one month, the month of January... Here are the stock sell moves that were automatically set up, but I forgot to renew them for the month of February :

-Heroux-Devtek Inc. (HRX) at $11.23

-New Flyer Industries Inc. (NFI) at $11.75

And I also had one for CFX and CPG, but I didn't not down the selling price that I put out there.

Anyway, something very awesome happen today with Heroux-Devtek Inc. (HRX)! That's right, HRX finally wake up out from the deads, from the actual monstrosity that crack happen today.

Back on November 2012, I bought some Heroux-Devtek Inc. (HRX) after the company declared a $5 per share special dividend. Ever since, I had been holding on to HRX, hoping that its value will eventually go up and make a profit by selling the shares. And the special event happen today, but the problem is now a sell or hold status. Heroux made a major acquisition of a player in its sector. And in result, the stock gain 8.21%. 

Now could be a nice time to sell. But now could be a nice time to stick and hold to Heroux-Devtek Inc. (HRX) and never ever sell...

On one hand, I have a mountain of debt and i could use the tiny amount made by selling HRX to pay on some debt. Also, HRX doesn't pay any dividend at this point. Aeronautic is a risky sector... If be rich, i will probably hold to HRX, but because I am poor, I am very tempted to sell it right now... I am not exactly fix on the move I should made, but I have a new series of post about frugal living and tips on how to save some money so stay tune.

Welcome in my non-registered portfolio TD Bank and Lassonde Industries Inc. (LAS.A)

I recently sell some stocks off my portfolio, like Bombardier, Veresen, Student Transportation and Rogers Sugar. Once sell, I used the money to pay off my debt, and I now see the too very direct impact on my margin. In result, I have left $3 862 on my margin, its not much, so for my next investment move, I will be investing inside my non-registered. To make my margin more secure, I will need to have at least between 10 and 15k on. Once that step completed, I will be able to invest in my TFSA, which didn't happen in quite some time.

This past Friday, I did something I was looking to do in quite some time. I partly sell my investment in Exchange Income Corp (EIF), and I reinvested in some TD and  Lassonde Industries Inc. (LAS.A) stocks. Following what, my non-registered portfolio is now at $132 100.18. Not too bad. I will be happier with a 135k valie. 

I am very excited over my TD stocks because real soon, the stocks will split in 2. Two-for-one stock splits are always very exciting event because the value seem to jump a bit and its always very exciting stuff. Telus and Stella Jones, among other, are stocks that I hold that went through a stock split and it went all. Its all about making the stock more affordable to investors and its nothing more than positive stuff to me. I would like to have a stock split with Lassonde Industries Inc. (LAS.A) too. At more than $100 per stock, LAS.A is reallyyyy expensive and the dividend income is tiny little, but its the kind of quality stock I need in my portfolio.

I am so so glad that I got rid of Rogers Sugar! RSI just lost 9.82% value this past Friday session. It feel good to know that I sell right on time before it fall right down. It seem like I am always right on everything. (I cannot wait to read reactions about that one!!!) Seem like I am doing all right.

With soon another 1k to invest in my pockets, I am in the search of a new stock to invest in, but I have to say, its quite difficult. I cannot get in something that could be a good match. I had trouble to find new investments in the past, and its happening again. Seem like the only very great thing to do with my money right now is pay off debt. And since I cannot get my hands on a new fantastic Canadian stock, I am more and more thinking about maybe putting a 1k payment on my student loan... And after that I think why not a 2k since I earn closed to 1k alone with my January dividend. I could go form a $98 monthly payment to almost half of it, if its the way it work.

Living without having any future investment ideas is killing me. Its like I don't have any dreams. There's nothing more I want from the thing. Is that really all? Is this the end?!!! Don't count on it. There's nothing wrong about paying off debt but i find the phase boring without new excitements... but I still can excited about the fact that I am slowly reducing the amount of cash I need every months... And its something really interesting. Once all my debt are paid off, I could live on as low as $1 000 a month, even $900 per month. To make it happen, I only have $7 681 in debt to clear off; really nothing at all... So I am telling myself, why not? Especially while going dead on investment ideas. 

Sooo my new turn on for the month of February is to live on not more than $1 000:

My rent: $615 (why does it have to be so expensive). 

Grocery and other: $291

Internet: $35

Cell: $41

Laundry: $18

That is the challenge for February.

Its time for another investment, let's think of Lassonde Industries Inc. (LAS.A)

Did you miss me all of my belove and wonderful readers? I try to connect online yesterday, without much success. Videotron Internet connection wasn't working. While I was away, the stock market didn't deliver much and in result, my margin value go down to less than $3 000. Scary, but during that time, I was busy at other stuff, I had a little something for my self-employed work.

My non-registered portfolio closed today session at $132 764 and so far for January, I earn $900 in dividend. Since my BMO credit line is now paid off and that in another I will be getting my paycheck , I was thinking of making my first investment of the year 2014. I was thinking of finally getting into my Lassonde Industries Inc. (LAS.A). It will be a small investment and only made in my non-registered account. Without knowing, LAS.A probably get into a 70% margin loan value, so it will help to stabilize the value of my margin that had been quite low lately. Nothing worth more than cash of course, but since a reader put LAS.A on my way, I had been fascinating and it will be a nice fit to my portfolio despite the fact that, hell yeah, LAS.A is a Quebec company. Hoolly mollly. 

At this time, I have eyes also on Quebecor (!!!) and also some TD stock - could be nice to invest in TD before its value pop up the $100.

Seem like my very own Jean-François Tardif is being love by hot boys and hot girls. Latest thing I notice is a comment by a so call moron lawyer saying I should look up for certificate s. Come on, BS lawyer. Lawyers are among the worst BS of all, making money on the back of poor people. I don't think they are valuable.

For the first time ever, my BMO credit line is paid OFF. BANG!

Another week is about to end reallll soon, the weekend will soon be here. Since I am getting my paycheck tomorrow, I decided to pay my BMO credit line in advance and I used my margin to pay off my $647 balance. After my American Express, my BMO credit line is now pay off. What at will happen won't be much more exciting! I had changed a bit my initial January plan to pay off debt, but not drastically. The next couple months won't be much exciting. I am just waiting for my Shoppers Drug Mart to be sell (acquisition by Loblaw) and see the result on my margin. If I get a good cash amount and decrease a bit my margin, I could easily invest for the for time of 2014 in March. If everything goes well, it will be in my TFSA.

My next big debt payment will be in May, to pay off my $2 300 CIBC Visa at 0%. CIBC Visa had been quite generous with me lately. I actually have another offer available, 1.99% for 6 months. I didn't received any offer from TD Visa - I used to received credit card interest rate balance transfer every months. Anyway, it doesn't really matter now that I am crashing off my debt. But I will always remain the credit card balance transfer Queen. AE, CIBC, RBC, TD... They all have gave me good offers in the past and it still continue.

Now that all of my credit debt is about to be pay off, it can only benefit my credit score and the big fatty margin, well, it doesn't appear in my credit score! It could be one of the numerous benefits of holding on to a sexy margin.

After recently dumping a few stocks, my non-registered value is just a bit more than $133k. Of course, the dividend income is decreasing among the way, but it worth it. I no longer have a minimum payment of $70 to do on my American Express, I no longer have a $100 to pay monthly on my BMO credit line. I mean come on, really, does that girl really rock the place or what?

No matter what your thinking is, my minimum budget is now only of $1 061. And it will get even lower once my CIBC Visa and student loan are paid off. 

If it happen that you get really bored of reading about this chick paying off debt, well, you can always read the f comments. Have fun.

Saying goodbye to Bombardier Inc. (BBD.B)

On this beautiful very cold winter day, the TSX close session close to the 14 000 points! And on the same day, at the market opening, I was selling off all of my Bombardier Inc. (BBD.B) shares. I do no hold to any BBD.B shares and its a good thing because as time pass by, BBD.B could go all the way down and I am scare of what could happen. And since I had a few debt to pay... I happily sell off and I am now down to $647 on my credit line. By the second week of February, it will be all paid off. Finally!

Its real cool in Montreal and I am just get out of the shower so I won't have take it tomorrow morning. So you are reading a wet Dividend Girl super hot in her pyjama. And I am going to bed now.

A stock that: worth to be dumb: Bombardier Inc. (BBD.B)

While Bombardier Inc. (BBD.B) titre continue all its way down down down, I seriously begin to think to dumb the stock, just like I recently did to VSN, RSI and STB. If I sell now, I can still make a profit - not big - but still a profit out of the sale. Knowing I only have a balance left of a bit more than 1k on my credit line, I am very tempted to sell Bombardier Inc. (BBD.B), cash in the cash, and make another $500 deposit on my credit line...

If what Pappy Gordon Pape said is true, that we are going to have a stock market correction by the end of the winter-beginning of Spring, than, it could be that of a good idea to dumb troublemaker stocks now that it's still possible and reinvest once the market will correct itself. I guess Gordon friends of the gulf club will be happy once the market get in a correction. But no worries, once it happen, I will be ready. I will have a few thousands to invest and hello darling cha-cha the $200 000 net worth... Its so much easier after the 100k, did you know that by any chances?

Even after selling VSN, RSI and STB, my non-registered value is $134 531.49, +$21 457.67, 18.98%. So dumping a few stocks did not affected my value. At this very moment, I am tempt to sell my Bombardier stocks. Who knows, maybe it will be possible to get back in Bombardier once BBD.B hit the low $2 per share...

When you think about it, Bombardier Inc. (BBD.B) is just another Quebec company that couldn't deliver, that is very all. And your Dividend Girl, does she deliver or not? 

Let's go baby, let's go.

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Saying goodbye to Rogers Sugar Inc. (RSI) and Student Transportation Inc. (STB)

I did it, as soon as the market opens today, my Rogers Sugar Inc. (RSI) and Student Transportation Inc. (STB) shares were sell, just at the time the bells ring. Dong-dong-dong and goodbye RSI and STB and hello payment of $1 214 on my credit line. I now only have a balance of $1 047, which will be paid off in the second week of February. Following what, 3 months will pass before the end of May. It give me more than enough time to pay off my CIBC Visa... So far, I am walking aside the debt payment plan and I am getting very excited! 

The new date for Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation action to instructions is now on Valentine Day, February 14th. The sell of my Shoppers Drug Mart shares could generate more than 3 thousands. This will decrease my margin value, actually, each time I sell a stock from my non-registered account, it directly affect the value of my margin. But I can easily see myself using a 1k from that money and put it over debt, but not much more. I could get my CIBC Visa card paid off very quickly, but I will let it go until May because I don't pay interest.

Following the payment of my credit line, I have many other things I could do:

-Pay down my student loan

I didn't pay more than the minimum payment on my student loan in a veryyy long time and I could pay off a 1k... But even before the student loan, I am much interested in adding on fresh cash into the margin to protect it from a market downturn.... so it our other option;

-Pay down my margin

-Do a TFSA contribution

I have thousands and thousands of contribution room left, it will be sad not to take advantage.

That's it! The third option is actually my first one because some time had passed since my last investment and I actually don't remember what was my latest investment... Oh wait, it was the bread thing CBY. 

After Veresen Inc. (VSN), the plan is to let go my Rogers Sugar Inc. (RSI) and Student Transportation Inc. (STB) shares

With the money collected with the sell of Veresen Inc. (VSN), my BMO credit card balance had reached a new low, only $2 261.06 to go! I happily get rid of Veresen Inc. and I have absolutely no regret about it. Another stock that doesn't match my grow expectation is Rogers Sugar Inc. (RSI). Just like VSN, my Rogers Sugar Inc. (RSI) shares did n't grow in value and I had been holding on to RSI in my non-registered portfolio since February 2011!

Since February 2011, no grow in the stock value, but the too rich dividend had been appreciated. However, time had come to say good-bye to Rogers Sugar Inc. (RSI) stocks. Since its acquisition, I never benefit of any grow and that kind of upset me. Oh wait, that is not exactly true... I am currently on a profit of $1.84 on Rogers Sugar Inc... Holding a stock just for its juicy dividend is I think the worst possible investment decision ever. Selling Rogers to get my hands on $521 and pay off my BMO credit line.... Why not? Its absolutely tempting!

Just check this out:
$40.18 (what I currently hold in cash in my TFSA) + $183.15 (what I am currently expecting in dividend my the end of January) + $376 (what I am expecting  in dividend for February) + $ 1 117 (paycheck of the second week of February) = $1 716.33

That leave a tiny $544.73 on my credit line... Quite nice!

Maybe no one is getting the feeling of what's really going on right now, but by the end of May, I won't be holding any credit debts, at the exception of my student loan and margin. Its a $150 extra per month that remain in my deep pockets. Interesting.

I hold another stock that is in the same type of situation of my recall Veresen Inc. (RSI) and Rogers Sugar Inc. (RSI), its Student Transportation Inc. (STB). I prefer STB to RSI, but I could sell now STB to pay off my credit line and get back on Student Transportation later on. Why I could easily do so? Its because STB stock price doesn't go up too much, and doesn't go down either.  I had been holding to STB since February 2011 and since that time, I had realized a capital gain of $34.11....

Knowing I am so close of paying off my credit line, it could worth it to sell both RSI and STB.

Following what, paying of $2 300 CIBC Visa card could be easy, by the end of May, its should be all paid off.

Saying goodbye to Veresen inc. (VSN)

I did it! I sell my Veresen Inc. (VSN) shares at $15.01 each. This morning, I was getting anxious, so I place my sell order as soon the stock reached than $15. Later on during the day, Veresen Inc. (VSN) reached again the $15.10. It actually closed the day at $15.20. I feel better now without Veresen in my portfolio and the $980.67 collected will go as payment on the BMO credit line.... which mean that my credit line balance will soon be of only $2 264... But wait, its not all!

I also just received $21 in dividend from Agrium Inc. and I also have $40.18 cash in my TFSA...

So little by little, my BMO credit line will be paid off and I won't earn anything to those Quebeckers! There you go. Instead of $100, it's only $44 and six cents that I will need to pay on the credit line every month... until its completely paid off. I should be able to pay it all by the end of March. And by the end of May, its my CIBC Visa of $2 300 that will be pay off. And after that, my $5 381.54 student loan...

Its a good thing that I that own too much in debt because I wouldn't be able to see the end of it. Of course, margin count at debt, but one thing at a time please.