We are now officially in the longest bull market in history. Hurray! 😀 Generally speaking a bull market begins when the market rises 20% from the end of a bear market. The last low set by the benchmark S&P 500 index in the U.S. was on March 9, 2009. It’s been 3,465 days of fairly steady growth since then,… Read More »
I transferred my pension from my previous employer to my personal investment account. The amount is about $20,000, which I currently hold in my TD RRSP as cash. This money exists because I saved 4% of my income and put it towards the company RRSP group plan for 7 years. It’s not a huge amount of money but… Read More »
May was another spectacular month for the stock market! I managed to earn money from 6 different sources over the month, combined to make over $10,000 in after tax income. Most of this income came from my farmland and cryptocurrency investment. More on this further in the post. I didn’t invest in new stocks in May. But my… Read More »
Farmland prices still on the rise A new report from Farm Credit Canada indicates that local land values around my farmland have grown by 2% last year. So in this fiscal update I will be increasing the value of my farmland by 2%. This will add $9,000 to my net worth. Cool beans! 😀 Farmland across the rest… Read More »
The stock market is starting to show signs of weakening. It fell in March. And my net worth would have dropped with it. But luckily my severance package came to the rescue. 😀 Job Update As explained in my previous monthly update, I was laid off in February from my full time job. The company was restructuring and… Read More »
Changing Employment Situation I got laid off from my full time job in early February. I received a severance package worth several months of my regular pay. So yay! #freemoney. I was starting to get complacent at my old job and could use a fresh start somewhere else. 🙂 The best way to leave a company, financially speaking,… Read More »