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One of my favourite games when I was a kid was Stock Ticker. It was a board game based loosely around the stock market, where you pick what shares you think will go up, pay your “money” for them, and then watch the stock market rise and fall with the roll of the dice. Each…
Gold doesn’t seem to be going anywhere but up. People are piling in to gold so fast that the media can’t make enough “sell your gold here” commercials and investors have committed what some would call a dangerous amount of money in to the commodity. A “perfect storm” is emerging in the world economy that…
“When walking, walk. When eating, eat.” ~Zen proverb In my workshops to help improve your personal finances, I have always preached that the best idea in the world is the implemented idea. It is better to have done something and failed than to have done nothing. We’ve all heard the saying “If you always do…
Beginning two Thursdays ago, I began the most anticipated three part series in the history of the internet. First I started with the basics of balance sheets, and then I sexied up your screen with the basics on income statements. I know, I know, the last two Thursdays have pretty much been the best two…
Last week, I tried, somewhat successfully, to give you guys the basics on what a balance sheet is, in an entertaining way. I’m not sure I succeeded in the funny, but you did walk away from that post a little more informed on balance sheets, assuming you could keep your eyes open the whole time….
So, you’ve probably been reading Canadian Finance Blog for a while. You know it’s awesome, especially on Thursdays, when Captain Handsome himself shows up. In fact, we’ve been nominated for about 27 Plutus Awards. If you don’t go and vote for us right now, we will come to your house and throw a pie in…
So many studies are suggesting that over two thirds of Canadians do not know how their money is invested. That’s a clear sign people are not taking care of their investment portfolio. In my travels, I find the same conclusion. I always get people asking me about what they should do with their portfolios and…
