Uncategorised
This and That: Money in a mattress, falling markets and more…
Stuffing money in a mattress literally! From the "why didn't I think of that file" here is an interesting story...
Read more
This and That: Cheap Stocks, bond allocations and more…
1. Money magazine interviewed Bill Nygren of Oakmark Funds, a well-regarded value mutual fund in the United States. In it...
Read more
This and That: Retirement Gamble, Modest Returns and more…
1. Frontline, a program on PBS, featured a story called The Retirement Gamble (the show itself may not be available...
Read more
Reasons for Caution in Comparing Real Estate Returns with Stocks
In a recent column in The Financial Post, Garry Marr pointed out that even in hottest bull market in real...
Read more
This and That: Excel Errors, Housing Bubbles and more…
Economics may be a dismal science but a recent flap between two renowned Professors and a grad student simply trying...
Read more
RBC and BMO Offer Cheaper Business Banking Options
Many small businesses may make only a couple of banking transactions each month -- a couple of deposits and maybe...
Read more
Sleepy Mini Portfolio Q1-2013 Update (and TurboTax Online Giveaway)
The Sleepy Mini Portfolio has gained 6.7 percent my previous update. The Sleepy Mini Portfolio was launched in August 2007...
Read more
Budget 2013 clamps down on Advantaged ETFs
Advantaged ETFs refers to exchange-traded products that use derivatives such as forward agreements to transform one form of distributions (often...
Read more
This and That: Grantham Interview, RESPs and Another Giveaway
In a wide-ranging interview with Charlie Rose on PBS, Jeremy Grantham says that the era of 3 percent economic growth...
Read more
The Hysteria Over Bail-ins (and a Giveaway)
In Budget 2013, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty proposed the establishment of a risk management framework for systemically important banks. At...
Read more
