Had an Accident this Morning!

Not my fault. I was rear ended! I'm Fine!!

My car!!

This is the car I built last year. Some of you may remember it.  I put so much effort restoring it.

On top of that, it's my birthday today. If you happy and you know clap your hands "clap, clap".

Anyway, I will have insurance company estimate repair cost. I don't think it's totaled. But it will cost a few grand replacing the trunk and the bumper.

Luckily, the rear quarters are intact, so replacing the parts should do the trick. It's an unexpected hustle added to my daily hustles.

Because of that, I may be late posting my August update! Take care, guys! Be safe! Catch you later!

New Stock Purchase: BPY.UN

Hey guys! New funds were available for investment so I decided to buy some shares today. In my previous post, I gave some ideas in what to invest in August. Well, I made a good use of it and decided to add more shares to my BPY position.

Brookfield Property Partners is one of the world's largest investors in real estate. The company has commercial properties in US, Canada, UK, Germany, Brazil, India, and South Korea. BPY currently owns 282 office properties, 168 retail destinations, residential apartment properties totaling 58,000 apartments, 123 hotels and resorts totaling 25,185 rooms; 49 student housing properties, and 68 logistic properties. The size of the company is insanely huge! $194 Billion of real estate assets under management!

Canadian Stocks with August EX Dividend Date

If you’re a Canadian investor and looking to buy dividend paying stocks, then here’s a list of Canadian companies with August EX dividend date. You will need to buy stocks one day before the Ex-div date to be eligible for dividend payment in September. I’ve compiled a list of solid businesses that are investment worthy. All companies listed below are not my investment recommendations and I encourage you to do your own research. For disclosure, I own stocks in FTS, BEP, BIP, and BPY.

Ticker	Company	Ex-Div Date	Payable Date	Yield
ENB	Enbridge Inc.	14-Aug-19	01-Sep-19	6.57%
FTS	Fortis Inc.	19-Aug-19	01-Sep-19	3.35%
MFC	Manulife Financial Corporation	19-Aug-19	19-Sep-19	4.48%
MG	Magna International Inc.	22-Aug-19	06-Sep-19	2.93%
SLF	Sun Life Financial Inc.	27-Aug-19	30-Sep-19	3.97%
BEP.UN	Brookfield Renewable Partners	29-Aug-19	30-Sep-19	5.72%
BIP.UN	Brookfield Infrastructure Partners	29-Aug-19	30-Sep-19	4.55%
BPY.UN	Brookfield Property Partners	29-Aug-19	30-Sep-19	6.74%
GWO	Great-West Lifeco Inc.	29-Aug-19	30-Sep-19	5.90%

As you can see from the list above, there are many great companies to choose from. The dividend yields are decent as well. Let me know what you think of this list and what are you buying in August.

Portfolio Value Update - July 2019

Welcome back to my blog. It’s time to review the month of July. July was a great month. We went on a road trip. My portfolio value reached an all-time high and my monthly dividends reached a new milestone. If you’re interested in my road trip, I can write a separate blog post, but for now, let’s get straight to the numbers.


Portfolio Value
In July, my portfolio value increased by $2,001 to $75,993. 25% of the increase came from fresh capital; the rest came from dividends and stocks appreciation. I must admit that the stock market is pricey right now and there are fewer deals on the table. We should see a pullback in the fall and towards the end of the year. We always do :)