Welcome to another edition of Money While You Sleep. We spent most of March just getting back into routine after a couple rough months. Here are a few things we were up to:

  • We went to a couple Oil Kings games with C’s hockey team
  • Finally got to go to an Oilers game
  • C participated in an evaluation for later this year when he start U9
  • Maria went to Banff for her annual business trip

Portfolio details:

Not too much action this month other than the following:

  • Added $1k into Maria’s TFSA

Cash position increased again however we plan to make a few adds in April.

Sold:

We sold our full position early in March in ABX.TO. Really the timing couldn’t have been worse as shortly after the bank concerns started to arise and Gold took off in a big way. That’s the way it goes sometimes! The company has just not performed well lately and decided to move on.

Bought

None.

Dividend increases and decreases

  • POW increased dividend 6.1%
  • MDT increased dividend 8%
  • ENGH increased dividend 18.9%

2023 Dividends

Dividends came in at $639.94. This is a year over year increase of 30.16%. We also dripped 13 new shares. We have set out our annual goal of $6,000 for 2023. Playing this one more conservative with inflation on the rise, heavier cash position, potential smaller dividend increases across the board and taking longer than usual to fund TFSA accounts. We are 24% to our goal through the first quarter.

Dividends received

Stock ListDividendDrip
FRU.TO$10.53No
PLZ.UN$11.29Yes, 2 shares
NPI.TO$14.10No
SIS.TO$5.85No
EIF.TO$15.12No
ENB.TO$78.10Yes, 1 share
MFC.TO$171.19Yes, 7 shares
XTC.TO$35.49No, DRIP is set off
SU.TO$60.32Yes, 1 share
FTS.TO$83.62Yes, 1 share
ABX.TO$18.23
BEPC.TO$53.57Yes, 1 share
EQB.TO$34.65No
GRT.UN$8.12No
CASH.TO$21.00No
Total:$639.94

My interests this month

  • Healthcare
  • Oil and Gas
  • Technology
  • Utilities

Sectors I’m currently looking at

Current Dividend watch list (Own 5 of 6)

  • Medtronic plc
  • Fortis
  • Granite Real Estate Investment Trust
  • TD Bank
  • Equitable Group
  • QUALCOMM Incorporated

Current Growth watch list (Already own 4 of the 6)

  • BRP Inc
  • Nuvei Corporation
  • WELL Health
  • Good Natured Products
  • Bragg Gaming Group

Thanks for reading and feel free to leave a comment!

Invest in yourself

Brian

Disclosure:  I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it. Please ensure you do your own research.

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Money While You Sleep 2023 March Edition


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