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Looks like the bull run that began at the start of this century is over. Getting close to the point where I purchased my physical gold at $1250. Ah well, thems the breaks. Can't wait to buy some...

Dividends are so infinitely better than share buybacks, it's not even close. A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

That was actually pretty funny.

I've always managed to get free shipping on these, you just have to have some patience. I only got two of the hockey ones, because that was the only way to bundle...

I think we're all not asking the most important question, which is how do we make money off of this?

I think it may be that time where the market runs out of steam and the downside can be played.

@humble: You're right, I did not have a net 2012 loss. The 2013 loss will be hard to overcome with similar trades though.

On monthly dividends.. it seems Canada is disproportionately represented...

One benefit is that it's easier to synthetically DRIP a share if one so chooses. For instance, my 100 shares cannot quite DRIP a share currently, but my 200 shares will be able to.

I'd have to say that Squash's initial low-blow was perhaps uncalled for. But I'm glad the elephant in the room - the GOB thread - is being re-examined because I have thought about it for a while. I...

If we're talking about just Google Finance, you can create a fake portfolio by inputting a buy order on a certain date. The dividends will show up as cash and you can do the calculations from there....

It's hard to get the full effect of dividends and compounding when we're only talking about a four year window. It's like breeding rabbits. Eventually you'll be getting more rabbits by internal...

This is where I think that a dividend strategy has its merits, as much as it has become cool to bash dividends on this forum. A handful of companies that provide a nice aggregate yield - I aim for...

Well yes, but your $300k comment only made sense with looking at one year. In which compound interest is largely irrelevant.

In my case: TFSA balance of roughly $33,333. Retirement in 40 years...

I don't think you understand the power of compounding. Try this link and play around with some numbers.

http://www.moneychimp.com/calculator/compound_interest_calculator.htm

Not at all; says the guy with a little money and a lot of time. The time is the important factor in the calculation.

I love compounding, and was doing some calculations the other day. I found that in my case, making a measly extra 1% return per year was more than three times as effective as saving an extra $1000...

You never said what time you placed your original order. If it was before 9:30 your time, then that's why. I could never place limit orders at Questrade outside of trading hours which is annoying. ...