THI

So ‘Roll up the Rim to Win’ is back at Tim Hortons and this year I have decided to invest in Tim Hortons stock, THI on the TSE.  I have been wanting to do this for a couple of years now, but have been hesitant because I always wanted to buy it cheap when it went down.  Of course that hasn’t happened, and it’s been the same situation with other stocks I have wanted.  Sometimes waiting too long can be a bad thing, such was the case with Apple, and Buffalo Wild Wings. Both stocks I wanted to buy last year, but have since sky rocketed, so I am no longer able to buy at their current price.

THI is still affordable though, and there isn’t a Tim Horton’s location in Toronto that you can find that doesn’t have a line up (it’s very successful).  In fact today I waited in line for 10 minutes just to buy coffee.  Not that it’s super delicious or anything (just my opinion), but it’s just comfort food and coffee that makes me happy.  With plans for further expansions into the United States, I’m confident THI will be a great investment for years to come.

NKE

This year I finally achieved a goal I have wanted to do for many years now, which was invest in the stock market.  I first became interested in investing after a high school teacher spoke to the class about it one day.  He said that realistically investing was the only way we could achieve a happy life without money problems.  Like most teenagers, I always assumed that after university I would be making thousands and wouldn’t care about saving for the future.  But that talk the teacher made really hit home, and I looked at my future differently.  Shortly after I started a savings account at my bank, and started to read books about investing.  As the years passed I did keep to a well managed credit balance on my savings and credit cards, but I never invested in the stock market.  The reason for this was because I was too intimidated to do anything.  I felt I didn’t have enough money to invest, or I wasn’t knowledgeable enough to know where to being.

Over time, the years passed and I kept feeling awful that I never did anything.  Then this year I told myself that I needed to get off my butt and finally jump in head first, and learn about investing along the way through trial and error.  I booked an appointment with a bank consultant, and she helped me with my questions and doubts.  That meeting led me to finally invest in my favourite company, NKE (nike).  I chose Nike because I know it’s a company that is run well, that has room to grow, and that is always on a buy list.  Now that it’s been a few months since I bought my stocks, I am finally getting annual reports from this company as a shareholder (booklet pictured).  This was exactly how I wanted to learn about investing, because it being Nike keeps me involved in my investments because I am interested enough to read everything about this company and how it works.  My advice for anyone else who is also interested in investing is to invest in a company that will get you motivated enough to want to know everything about that company so that you’ll always be involved with your investments.

Nike Biz:

http://www.nikebiz.com