- Add one more star player to the long list of athletes who earned millions but ended up broke. The Boston Globe reported the sad story of Antoine Walker, a Celtics star, who squandered an estimated $110 million in earnings but is now facing fraud charges for writing bad cheques.
- Larry MacDonald discovers that F. Scott Fitzgerald, author of such books as The Great Gatsby was another careless spendthrift.
- Canada Savings Bonds are on sale until November 1, 2009. Chaya Cooperberg says there is no need to rush considering the bond pays a minuscule 0.4%.
- Larry Swedroe asks if technical analysis is a waste of time. You can already guess his answer.
- In a column in the Globe and Mail, Dan Richards explains how to decide which advisor to work with and how to have the right relationship.
- Preet asks what’s the point of introducing ETFs such as the BMO Equal Weight Diversified Bank ETF (ZEB) that holds just six stocks.
- Gail lists the reasons why people mean to succeed financially but still fail.
- Mr. Cheap grapples with where to draw the line when it comes to socially-responsible investing.
- Michael James notes that buying bonds directly might work out cheaper than buying bond ETFs such as the new ones from BMO.
- Million Dollar Journey featured a guest post on how to deal with collection agencies.
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