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My watch list for upcoming week: BAX, BNS, HCP, NSC, OHI, VNP, WYNN My favorite out of this list is BNS What do you think about my list? What stocks are on your watch list? Please share.

If I sell one of my stocks I might have cash to buy a new one. My stock list didn't change much since last posting. Mostly Canadian stocks right now. BNS, RY, BMO, BCE, CM, CNP, HOG What are you planning to buy this week? Please share.

This year my daughter is going to college. I do not want her to get loans, we were not qualified for FAFSA and I saved some money in 529 account. She didn't apply to any local colleges because she wanted to go away from home. In this post I will share our experience. We live in Texas, so it might be different in other states. Academics As I learned an application for college starts in Freshmen year! yes. Not a real application, but scoring your points for scholarships and automatic admissions. It all starts with ranking. I grew up in Russia. I wish I knew this when my daughter just started high school.  Pre-AP/AP classes vs Regular  Make sure your child get most challenging courses and do well in these classes. If your school offers Pre-AP classes versus regular always try to encourage your child into Pre-AP instead of regular, because an A in a regular class actually equivalent B in Pre-AP class. Although be careful and do not let your child to pick hardest classes, especiall...

I started tracking my passive income summer 2014. 2014 Passive income June            $261.00 July             $209.67   August       $235.62   September   $212.97 October       $140.37 November   $207.05 December    $377.91 2015 Passive Income January    $167.44 February   $279.29 March       $397.80 I did not do much transactions in April. I only bought shares of JNJ.  I received dividends in April: AUY $2.58 BCE $17.77 GSK $42.41 NKE $1.56 PM $10.94 T $12.89 UFS $12.24 WFM $2.99 WIN $47.39 Total $150.77 My dividend income 2014 vs 2015 so far: 2014 Jan Feb March Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec $48.61 $12.44 $63.58 $90.04 $65.67 $126.98 $122.68 $118.36 $166.28 $93.18 $123.70 $263.68 Year to date $1,295.20 2015 Jan Feb March Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec $78.69 $106.39 $333.50 $150.77 Year to date $702.56 Additional pa...