This and That: Investing according to Dilbert and more…

1. Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert cartoons, explains why he is an index investor.
2. Jon Chevreau wonders why Gordon Pape’s best bank funds lists include some high-priced index funds.
3. Canadian Money Forum members weigh in on a recent court case in which a parent is suing her adult children for parental support.
4. Thicken My Wallet offer his take on the new attempts by financial companies to market products promising high returns with “low risk”.
5. Preet pans BMO’s move to add ETF to the index mutual funds in its lineup. I think a rose by any other name smells just as sweet (as long as it has low-low fees!).
6. Michael James skepticism that stock market returns follow a Cauchy distribution drew chuckles from some commenters.
7. Larry MacDonald puzzles over why the new-fangled fundamental indices fared worse than traditional US stock market indices in the previous downturn.
8. Canadian Couch Potato points out that TD Asset Management does not make it easy to invest in the excellent and low-cost e-Series index funds.
9. Money Smarts Blog reran an old post on the never-ending debate on whether to rent or buy a house.
10. Million Dollar Journey featured a guest post on eight ways to save money in Europe.
11. Landlord Rescue has a very funny take on CREA’s third housing market forecast for 2010.
12. If you are a stock picker, you might be interested in Invest in the Market’s series on understanding the fundamental valuation metrics of a stock.

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