Whether you’ve seen him on various television shows such as BNN’s SqueezePlay, or as a ‘dragon’ on the CBC’s Dragons’ Den, Kevin O’Leary is truly a colorful character. With his recent move from BNN to the CBC’s The Lang & O’Leary Exchange, along with his appearances on ABC’s Shark Tank, chances are, you have seen [...]
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Consider Your House And Career When Deciding Your Portfolio Diversification
Readers of Canadian Finance Blog have heard about the importance of a diversified portfolio that should include stocks from Canada, the US and internationally, plus bonds to reduce the volatility of your portfolio. What many don’t consider is how their house and career could effect the diversification of their investments.
How Your House Effects Diversification
Borrowing from [...]
New Year’s Resolutions For Your Personal Finances
While we all hope to have our personal finances in order all year long, a new year can give us a fresh start to change some of the areas that need improvement. This first post of the year should give you some ideas of what you can do to make 2010 the best year yet, [...]
The Psychological Effects Of Risk
When investing, the degree of risk that you assume will most often provide a better return over the long run. This is why a GIC will provide a lower return than investing in stocks. While the stocks are riskier and and can certainly leave you with losses, over the long run you might be able [...]
Book Review – Stocks For The Long Run
Stocks For The Long Run, written by Jeremy J. Siegel, is a great book that as the name suggests, promotes the superior return of stocks over an extended period of time. The very first chart in the book shows the nominal returns of stocks, bonds, bills and gold from 1802 to 2006. While obviously we [...]
A Look At Ponzi Schemes In Canada
With the current condition of the economy, there have been a couple ponzi schemes that have unraveled, leaving investors wondering what happened to their money. Two high profile investment frauds in Canada had been orchestrated by Earl Jones and recently Gary Sorenson.
Before Bernie Madoff was busted in the United States, no one had heard of [...]
Two Lessons Learnt From Warren Buffet’s Interview
As I saw Warren Buffet’s “One Year Later” interview with CNBC, there were two things that really struck me.
Buffet mentions that Barclays wanted to buy Lehman before the collapse, but they needed Buffet to insure the transaction, without which the British government wouldn’t let them proceed. Buffet states that the transaction they were describing was [...]
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