- Your taxes are due on or before April 30, 2008. If you haven’t done so already, now would be a good time to start working on your taxes. Tim Cestnick has tax tips for last-minute filers.
- While the stock markets have recovered somewhat from the deep losses around the middle of March, Larry MacDonald writes that it is too soon to sound the all-clear.
- Mark Hulbert reports on a surprising research finding that questions the conventional wisdom that investors reduce their equity allocation as they approach retirement.
- Rob Carrick says that variable-rate mortgages are still a better bet even if the commercial banks are reluctant to move in lock-step with the Bank of Canada.
Blog Roundup:
- If you invest in mutual funds, Jon Chevreau has some pointers to help you pick one.
- The Dividend Guy finds that Financials and Consumer Staples are biggest sectors represented in dividend ETFs.
- Canadian Mortgage Trends reported that Prof. Moshe Milevsky has updated his study comparing fixed-rate and variable mortgages.
- Million Dollar Journey asks if you’ve given money as a gift and if so, how much?
- Thicken My Wallet wonders what investing ideas George Costanza would give out.
- Preet of Where Does All My Money Go writes about how easy it is to become a financial advisor. That explains why a friend of mine purchased corporate bonds after being assured by his advisor that they don’t lose money.
- Thanks to Happy Rock for including my Top Three Investing Mistakes post in the Carnival of Personal Finance.
