This and That: Bears turning into Bulls and more…

1. Look who is bullish now! James Grant, a self-confessed “not famously a glass half-full kind of fellow”, writes in the Wall Street Journal that the recovery from the Great Recession will be something of a barn burner.
2. The Globe and Mail’s Rob Carrick reports that TD Bank joins other major banks in boosting interest rate on its secured lines of credit. It seems to me that Royal Bank is the lone holdout — my line of credit is still at Prime.
3. In a recent talk organized by PWL Capital, The Drunkard’s Walk author Leonard Mlodinow noted that stock market returns are random or close to it. He reiterates the point in an interview with Jon Chevreau.
4. PWL Capital’s Cameron Passmore talks about fixed income investing in this radio interview.
5. The Dividend Guy featured a guest post on the key concept in The Intelligent Investor: margin of safety.
6. With so many extra-curricular activities available, Million Dollar Journey wonders where to draw the line.
7. I agree with Four Pillars that Speakout Wireless is the best pre-paid deal around. We have two pre-paid phones and the long expiry periods are perfect for light users.
8. Michael James reports that phone customers can expect a rebate of between $5 and $20 due to a recent Supreme Court decision.
9. Vanguard ETFs are set up as a special share class of its mutual funds. Preet Banerjee posted a response on why the Vanguard structure has cost, tax and tracking efficiency. Larry MacDonald also noted Vanguard’s response that the adverse tax consequence of the VIPER structure is “hypothetical”.
10. The Financial Blogger posted a list of top 20 Canadian dividend stocks.

That’s it for this week. Have a great weekend everyone!