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There has never been a better time to invest in yourself than right now. I say that with absolute certainty because it is always a great time to invest in yourself. And since life isn’t a dress rehearsal, I say it’s always smart to expand your horizons. You never know what you might discover. But…
Many feel that the idea that you can time the market is ludicrous. And it’s true that there is no way to predict, perfectly, what will happen next with the stock market (or any market). However, there are different indicators that can be used to gauge the overall feeling in the financial markets, and give…
Remember that song by The Barenaked Ladies, about all the things the lead singer would do if he had a million dollars? You know it’s already in your head. Anyway, as I listened to it today, (I’m not ashamed to admit it’s on my iPod) I got to doing some thinking. What exactly would I…
These days, the passive investing movement is gaining momentum faster than I get rejected for dates by attractive ladies. And for good reason. Actively managed mutual funds may sometimes outperform the index, but are more often than not surpassed by their passive brethren. Math would indicate that the average fund would match the overall stock…
How cool is it to be a Canadian these days? I mean, we’re weathering the economic storm as well as any other G8 country, our banks are the envy of the world, and our dollar has been trading at par with the US Dollar for roughly three years now. I find the whole idea of…
This is part two of the bubble series here at Canadian Finance Blog. Part 1 explored whether the run up in Canadian housing prices was a bubble. Today, let’s talk about gold. As Warren Buffett has famously said: [Gold] gets dug out of the ground in Africa, or someplace. Then we melt it down, dig another hole,…
When young people are just starting to invest their money, it’s common to make a few mistakes along the way. I started investing in mutual funds when I was 19, mainly because they were easy to set-up with a pre-authorized purchase plan at my bank. Looking back, I think I made a lot of mistakes…
