RE:RE:BSW Clearly you're diversified w/ divi'ssounds a lot like my portfolio, other than I was a little later to the energy party so my gains aren't quite as dramatic - but like you I've got lots of boring dividend producing equities - CM, RY, ENB, EMA, PPL, BCE, T (Canadian- not the AT&T us dog) FTS, TD, ABBV, NTR (a little more exciting with 3x growth in the last year!). Energy has kept my overall portfolio growing this year despite the 5-10% losses you mention on the boring stuff. And I don't care about SP on the boring stocks - it will drive my retirement income starting next year so the drops right now just mean I can DRIP more shares in the meantime. I'm all for a 12 month market correction to help boost the income. We'll bask in the profits and soon to be growing dividends from the energy stocks. Just gravy at this point.