Comments on Triaging My Way To Financial Success: Where To Put My Retirement Investments:

Thanks for the clarification.

2009-06-04T16:53:14.828-04:00

Thanks for the clarification.

TP - Yes, putting your dividend paying stocks into...

2009-06-03T17:16:58.853-04:00

TP - Yes, putting your dividend paying stocks into the TFSA would negate any taxes on the dividends, but with only $5,000 to put in there this year and next you'd be getting $400 in dividends (assuming 4% yield). If you have a larger portfolio of dividend stocks you could move them over slowly to the TFSA if that was your long-term objective, but for most investors I think the TFSA (at least initially) will be a savings account until their contribution room exceeds $15-20k.

This might be a stupid question, but assuming your...

2009-06-03T17:08:41.620-04:00

This might be a stupid question, but assuming your TFSA isn't maxed out, wouldn't it be smart to put your dividend paying stocks in there. I realize you wouldn't get the dividend tax credit, but wouldn't paying 0% tax be better than 7.45%?
Am I missing something?

very cool...

2009-06-02T22:49:11.003-04:00

very cool...