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    Thursday, July 17, 2008 This and That # 101 (1 click)
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July 17, 2008 at 10:04 pm ET The Finance Department’s decision to scrap 40-year mortgages and requiring homeowners to come up with a downpayment of 5% received widespread press coverage. Ellen Roseman of The Star says that the urgent reason is to ... (more) From Canadian Capitalist - view blog entries - visit this blog
July 17, 2008 at 6:51 am ET If you are an Aeroplan account holder, keep your account current by making at least one transaction every year. Even if you don’t fly frequently, you can collect Aeroplan points at Esso gas stations by ... (more) Tuesday, July 15, 2008 Loving the Bear Market (1 click)
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July 15, 2008 at 9:38 pm ET It is not easy being a stock investor these days with markets on a relentless downward spiral. The S&P 500 index is about 23% down from its highs and even the commodity-laden TSX Composite has ... (more) From Canadian Capitalist - view blog entries - visit this blog
July 15, 2008 at 8:23 am ET E*Trade Financial (ETFC), which finds itself caught in the credit crisis, has decided to raise cash by selling its Canadian unit to Scotiabank. It would be interesting to see what happens when the deal closes ... (more) Monday, July 14, 2008 Adventures of a DIY Investor, Part 1 (2 clicks)
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July 14, 2008 at 8:00 pm ET [After investing through a broker for more than seven years, Dave from Winnipeg has decided to become a DIY Investor and offered to write about his investing adventures. Here's part one of his saga...]
After months ... (more) Sunday, July 13, 2008 Finding a Financial Advisor, Part 1 (5 clicks)
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July 13, 2008 at 10:23 pm ET While I’m passionate about DIY investing and believe that most people can learn to invest on their own, the reality is that, for whatever reason, most Canadians don’t have the interest and/or inclination in DIY ... (more) Thursday, July 10, 2008 This and That # 100 (2 clicks)
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July 10, 2008 at 9:39 pm ET What the Government giveth, the Government taketh away. Barely two years after allowing amortizations of as long as 40 years, the Finance Department has decided to cut back the longest amortization to 35 years and ... (more) Money movies to watch this summer (1 click)
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July 10, 2008 at 6:00 am ET [This post is part of a group writing project titled "Summer Fun Guide" on the Personal Finance Network. You may also want to check out 10 Free Ways to get into Fitness this Summer, Cool ... (more) Tuesday, July 8, 2008 A Financial Advisor’s Sample IPS (3 clicks)
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July 8, 2008 at 11:59 pm ET Recently I posted a sample Investment Policy Statement (IPS) that a DIY investor can use to guide her investment decisions. Subsequently, I received a sample IPS from a financial advisor who is hoping to elicit ... (more) Monday, July 7, 2008 Indexing Canadian Equities through XIU / XIC (16 clicks)
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July 7, 2008 at 7:31 pm ET Canadian investors who want to passively track our equity markets through ETFs have two choices - the iShares CDN Large Cap 60 Index Fund (XIU) or the iShares CDN Capped Composite Index Fund (XIC). As ... (more) Sunday, July 6, 2008 From Canadian Capitalist - view blog entries - visit this blog
July 6, 2008 at 8:41 pm ET The Intelligent Portfolio does an excellent job of explaining ten basic concepts needed to make good investment decisions in a simple and straightforward manner. The book will be invaluable for a beginning investor and there ... (more) Thursday, July 3, 2008 This and That (7 clicks)
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July 3, 2008 at 8:28 pm ET ING Direct is the first out of the gate in announcing a no-fee, no-minimum, high-interest Tax Free Savings Account. Also, check out the top ten things to know about the TFSA.
Proponents of active management make ... (more) Wednesday, July 2, 2008 Quick Tip: Catch up on RESP Contributions (26 clicks)
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July 2, 2008 at 10:59 pm ET While chatting with a friend, I found out that it is not common knowledge that if you didn’t contribute to a Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP) in previous years, you can catch up on contributions ... (more) Tuesday, July 1, 2008 2Q-2008 Report Card (4 clicks)
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July 1, 2008 at 8:48 pm ET The Sleepy Portfolio continued to tread water in the second quarter of 2008 losing 1.08% through the quarter. The only winner was Canadian equities with XIC posting an 8% gain from the first quarter. Foreign ... (more) Sunday, June 29, 2008 From Canadian Capitalist - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 29, 2008 at 10:17 pm ET Vanguard recently introduced a ETF to capture exposure to the world’s major equity markets weighted by their market capitalization. The ETF, which started trading last week under the ticker symbol VT, charges a MER of ... (more) Introducing the Personal Finance Network! (4 clicks)
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June 29, 2008 at 9:51 am ET The Personal Finance Network is a group of six blogs - three Canadian, two American and one ex-pat Canadian - formed as a forum to exchange ideas. The other members of the group are:
Blunt Money ... (more) Thursday, June 26, 2008 From Canadian Capitalist - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 26, 2008 at 6:52 pm ET Peter Bernstein writes in the New York Times that our assumptions about the future may be wrong and risk management should be a process of dealing with the consequences of being wrong.
Jon Chevreau reports that ... (more) Wednesday, June 25, 2008 From Canadian Capitalist - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 25, 2008 at 11:07 pm ET According to the CRA, you can deposit Canada Child Tax Benefit or Universal Child Care Benefit payments into a bank account or trust account in your child’s name and have the interest payments treated as ... (more) Tuesday, June 24, 2008 From Canadian Capitalist - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 24, 2008 at 8:47 pm ET Norm Rothery (also featured in this video interview with Jon Chevreau) recently wrote that the ultra-low commissions offered by the discount brokers allow investors with large portfolios to buy the stocks that comprise an index ... (more) Monday, June 23, 2008 Passive Investing lets you have a Life (2 clicks)
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June 23, 2008 at 8:36 pm ET I thought I’d share one of the less appreciated benefits of passive investing after reading Million Dollar Journey’s post on working hard for our money instead of doing the things we value more. Like most ... (more) Sunday, June 22, 2008 My Top Ten Money Books (10 clicks)
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June 22, 2008 at 8:30 pm ET Everyone loves lists - there’s the list of 100 greatest movies, 100 best novels, 1000 places to see and even a website devoted to the lists of bests. Lists are very subjective which is why ... (more) Thursday, June 19, 2008 The Green Shift: A GST by Another Name (31 clicks)
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June 19, 2008 at 8:55 pm ET It seems that few people have any clue on what Stéphane Dion’s “green shift” will end up costing the average Canadian family. The National Post’s Political Editor sums up this opinion, writing:
It remains at heart ... (more) From Canadian Capitalist - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 19, 2008 at 2:48 pm ET The Federal Liberals unveiled their Green Shift Plan today:
We will cut taxes on those things we all want more of such as income, investment and innovation. And we will shift those taxes to what we ... (more) Wednesday, June 18, 2008 From Canadian Capitalist - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 18, 2008 at 11:05 pm ET I was surprised to see that the modest expectations for returns from equities (”real returns from stocks can be expected to be in the neighbourhood of 4% to 5%”) assumed in the post on Smith ... (more) Tuesday, June 17, 2008 Quick Tip: Order Your Credit Reports (6 clicks)
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June 17, 2008 at 7:18 pm ET It is a good practice to order your credit report periodically and check for any inaccuracies. I tend to do it once every two years even if I have no intention of applying for a ... (more) Items 1 - 25 of 178
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