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My first foray into investing was putting $5,000 into a labour-sponsored investment fund (LSIF) in early 2000. Nearly eight years...

Phil regularly comments on this blog and I asked him if he would be interested in contributing to a new...

Qtrade is a bit of a mystery despite being ranked the #1 discount broker in the Globe and Mail survey...

The following question is from Charlie about in-kind RRSP contributions: Let's say I've bought a US dividend-paying security outside my...

What's the sub-prime fiasco all about? This article in Fortune magazine explains how Wall Street managed to put lipstick on...

The speculative public is incorrigible. It will buy anything, at any price, if there seems to be some "action" in...

E*Trade (ETFC) dropped more than 50% today when it announced that it will take a "significant writedown" for asset-backed securities...

The following question from JS is about currency risk: If I buy an ETF such as VEA (Vanguard Europe Pacific)...

Do you make investment decisions rationally? Or are you giving up some returns to express your beliefs or to display...

The buying-versus-renting debate has gone on forever because the answer depends on assumptions you make about the future, your local...