Comments on Triaging My Way To Financial Success: The Ultimate DRIP-folio

I agree with naminal - the best list of Canadian D...

2009-08-05T11:29:30.191-04:00

I agree with naminal - the best list of Canadian DRIPs is at http://cdndrips.blogspot.com/

It would be interesting to compare your results ag...

2009-06-11T16:18:36.250-04:00

It would be interesting to compare your results against a simple market-cap-weighted basket of stocks with DRIPs.

I don't see why an overseas investor would not...

2009-06-08T02:33:06.539-04:00

I don't see why an overseas investor would not be able to participate in a DRIP program. I myself DRIP all my Canadian and American shares and I'm a non-resident; however European companies that sell as ADRs in the US do not offer DRIP programs to investors.

Brad, I'm not sure why you haven't included POW, PWF, IGM or GWO in your list.

In no particular order: TD, FTS, TRP, RET, T A ne...

2009-06-05T17:41:40.097-04:00

In no particular order: TD, FTS, TRP, RET, T

A negative to stocks like MFC for charging to enroll in the DRIP.

One other point, income trust DRIPS tend to make me nervous. If everyone in a DRIP converted to cash would it push its payout ratio over 100%?

The ultimate goal for DYI at no cost is DRIP &...

2009-06-05T15:31:26.467-04:00

The ultimate goal for DYI at no cost is DRIP & SPP (share purchase plan, or the way it is called sometime OCP - Optional Cash Purchase).

Excellent resources with regular updates
http://cdndrips.blogspot.com/

I don't like a lot of those DRIPs because of t...

2009-06-05T13:39:33.008-04:00

I don't like a lot of those DRIPs because of the high minimum optional cash payments. My vote for my top 5 fave Canadian DRIPs:

-BMO
-TransCanada
-Telus
-Enbridge
-Scotia

there are many other great ones, though! I also don't count the ones that don't have "full" DRIP plans that are offered directly through the company. If it's just reinvesting divs through the broker itself, that doesn't count to me.

Investor: I know that non-residents can enrol in D...

2009-06-05T10:36:33.400-04:00

Investor: I know that non-residents can enrol in DRIPs through a NA brokerage if they hold NA stocks. As for Europe or International stocks I haven't enquired if they have DRIPs, but we can certainly make The Ultimate DRIP-folio international if readers know of companies that offer DRIPs. There are a lot of US companies that do.

I presume DRIP is not possible for people overseas...

2009-06-05T10:22:28.864-04:00

I presume DRIP is not possible for people overseas? Europe etc.

My top 5: Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) Manulife Finan...

2009-06-05T08:11:09.042-04:00

My top 5:
Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS)
Manulife Financial Corp (MFC)
Penn West Energy Trust (PWT.UN)
Enbridge (ENB)
Telus (T)