The 50K Report - Quick Update: Achieved Dividend Goal #1 ($17,784)

Dividend Goal #1 is derived by the Ontario Minimum Wage ($11.40/hr) x Minimum Full Time Hours (30) x 52 Weeks = $17,784.

An exciting milestone has been reached as my Bristol Meyers Squibb BMY Puts were assigned on Friday, December 16 and today I purchased some Toronto Dominion Bank (TD). Together these two stocks helped me achieve a yearly dividend (currency considered at par value) of $18,039.86794. This has broken through Dividend Goal #1 of receiving $17,784 by $255.86794.

Goal #2 is an increase of working hours to 37.5 taking the target to $22,230. Another $4,446-$255.8679= $4,190.13 to go.

However, this may be a temporary situation as retention of these two positions will be fluid. BMY was assigned last Friday and is currently underwater. I will hold on until profitability has been achieved and will hold until another opportunity is presented for a US stock. Though BMY seems to be a good hold as it helps round out my portfolio on the bio/pharma side and a slight +2.6315% +$0.01 dividend increase is coming up.

TD is an effort to utilize Covered Call writing. However, I am buying now close to the 52 week high, which was reached on today's intraday price $67.21. I sold it back in 2014 at $51.80. Totally should have held on and the dividend has increased since then.

US markets are blowing through all time highs and reaching DOW 20K... Nervous. TSX has been doing quite well.

The 50K Report - Market Continues Upward Trend Q3FY2016

The 50K Report – Market Continues Upward Trend (Q3 FY2016)

Q3 FY2016 (July, August, and September)

- $50,000 passive income target. (eg. $1,000,000 at 5% will yield $50,000 per year.)
- Calculation of Total Book Value Required: $50,000 / % yield = Book Value (eg. 4.31% = $1,160,092.81)
- Current Target Book Value @ 4.6878%: $1,066,598.40
- Next major update: End of Q4FY2016 (October, November, and December).

Investment Goals:

1. Continue adding to higher quality large cap equities.
2. Continue slimming down number of holdings within portfolio.
3. Continue seeking opportunities to broaden portfolio by sector.
4. Focus on stocks that have a DRIP plan.
5. Continue concentrating existing holdings to achieve $1,000 dividend mark (1K Club)

Distribution Changes:

- Distribution income decreased from Q2FY2016's $16,792.77 to $15,334.55. (-$1,458.22 or -8.6836%)
- Decrease mainly due removing Canadian Western Bank (CWB); doubled Canadian Apartment REIT adding it to 1K Club; added 100 more shares of Enbridge Income Fund to bring it into the 1K Club; Enbridge Preferred Share Series R added 15 shares via DRIP bringing it into the 1K Club; reduced Sunlife Financial SLF by 100 shares; and removed Wells Fargo WFC.
- Achievement of reaching the Minimum Wage Goal of $17,550 is now at 87.37% with $2,215.45 outstanding.

Progress for Q3 FY2016. (Values represent potential full year cash flow.):

Book Value	$327,113.90
Yearly Distribution	$15,334.55
Yield Total	4.68%

- 3 goal posts: $17,550 (Approximate Minimum Wage), $25,000 (Half-way), and $50,000.

Dividend Goal	% Completion	Remaining
$50,000	30.69%	$34,665.45
$25,000	61.33%	$9,665.45
$17,550	87.37%	$2,215.45

Holdings:

- Monthly Change:

July

Book Value: $314,151.397115

Yearly Dividend: $14,801.76496

Yield Total: 4.711666%

August

Book Value: $320,146.073931

Yearly Dividend: $15,013.72552

Yield Total: 4.689648%

September

Book Value: $327,113.900313

Yearly Dividend: $15,345.3688

Yield Total: 4.691139%

Updates:

- Added: Small position in Imvescor Restaurant Group (IRG)
- Increased: CAR.UN and ENF

- Decreased: SLF

- Removed: CWB

Upcoming:

- Updating the goalposts and adjustments on Minimum Wage and hours worked.

The 50K Report - Q2FY2016

Q2 FY2016 (April, May, and June)

- $50,000 passive income target. (eg. $1,000,000 at 5% will yield $50,000 per year.)
- Calculation of Total Book Value Required: $50,000 / % yield = Book Value (eg. 4.31% = $1,160,092.81)
- Current Target Book Value @ 4.557%: $1,097,120.388
- Next major update: End of Q3FY2016 (July, August, and September).

Investment Goals:

1. Continue adding to higher quality large cap equities.
2. Continue slimming down number of holdings within portfolio.
3. Continue seeking opportunities to broaden portfolio by sector.
4. Focus on stocks that have a DRIP plan.
5. Continue concentrating existing holdings to achieve $1,000 dividend mark (1K Club)

Distribution Changes:

- Achieved highest distribution amount of portfolio.
- Distribution income increased from Q2FY2016's $14,221.3584 to Q2FY2016's $16,792.77. (+$2571.4116 or +18.0813%)
- Yield remains roughly the same as Q2.
- Increase is mainly due to doubling holding of Canadian Western Bank (CWB) to average down in anticipation of temporarily higher oil prices; Averaging down Manulife; adding more IPL to join 1K Club; and addition of Enbridge Income Fund (ENF).
- Removed FairFax Financial Preferred Shares Series I (FFH.PR.I), InnVest REIT (INN.UN), and TMX Group (X).
- INN.UN buyout was announced in May. Missed buyout opportunity.
- Dividend Cut and frequency change from Monthly to Quarterly payout for GoldCorp (G).
- Achievement of reaching the Minimum Wage Goal is now at 95.69% with $757.23 outstanding.

Progress for Q2 FY2016. (Values represent potential full year cash flow.):

Book Value	$368,473.76
Yearly Distribution	$16,792.77
Yield Total	4.56%

- 3 goal posts: $17,550 (Approximate Minimum Wage), $25,000 (Half-way), and $50,000.

Dividend Goal	% Completion	Remaining
$50,000	33.59%	$33,207.23
$25,000	67.17%	$8,207.23
$17,550	95.69%	$757.23

Holdings:

- Monthly Change:

April

Book Value: $336,133.296205

Yearly Dividend: $14,782.138120

Yield Total: 4.397701%

May

Book Value: $321,571.687479

Yearly Dividend: $14,780.570160

Yield Total: 4.596353%

June

Book Value: $368,473.758979

Yearly Dividend: $16,792.7694

Yield Total: 4.557385%

Updates:

- Added: ENF
- Increased: CWB, MFC, IPL

- Dividend Increased: T, WFC
- Removed: FFH.PR.I, INN.UN, X

Upcoming:

- Still working on getting this 50K report in a more timely manner.

- Continue working on new report called the 1K Club to show holdings that have crossed over the $1,000 dividend mark.

Can't Let It Get To Your Head

The markets have been on fire since Trump won the US Presidential election back around mid November.

The US Fed has also been leaning towards a rate hike. In spite of this US markets have soared, reaching new highs. Canadian TSX has followed. The financial sector, no surprise, has made the gains with utilities and telecoms getting sold.

Stories of the Dotcom bubble come to mind where there were cases of people quitting their jobs because they were making so much money in the markets.

With rising portfolios comes the thought that we have the magic touch, but we need to realize almost everybody else is doing well. It's generally the market making us winners not entirely our skill. The strategy we employ in this environment might not work and could reverse if the market sentiment changes.

Those Dotcom bubble trader examples were wiped out and out of a job when the bubble burst. It was an illusion in a different type of market.

We need to keep our heads and not let our success get to our heads. Otherwise we take unnecessary risks that come back to haunt us later.