Many people are still hurting from the poor show of the economy in the last few years. Those looking for new ways to bring in funds have the opportunity to sell gold they don’t use- as the price of gold is at its highest in history. As gold continues to increase, this will be a…
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Category Archives: Investing
The Market Isn’t On Sale… Yet
It’s Monday night as I write this post, and I, like many of you, have watched thousands of dollars evaporate from our investment accounts over the past couple weeks. The worst of all came on Monday, with the S&P 500 down 6.66%, causing every market pundit to make the same bad joke about the devil…
Dividend Yield vs. Dividend Growth
When I first started learning about stocks I was drawn towards investing in companies that pay dividends. As I researched more about dividend stocks I wondered why anyone would invest in a stock that paid a lower dividend yield than their competitor. I clearly did not understand dividend yield vs. dividend growth. High Dividend Yield…
The Halftime Report 2011 – Diversification is important to every portfolio
When I wrote my regular column in the local paper, I wrote and annual feature called the Halftime report offering a summary of some investment and economic data for the first half of the year. The last halftime report I wrote was back in 2007 just before I sold my business. Back then the markets…
Will Future Returns Suck?
Last week, CFB staff writer Robb Engen entertained and enlightened us all with a post on retirement, and specifically how young people should focus on making good financial decisions rather than spending all their time thinking about retirement. This is a good article that’s worth a few minutes of your time if you haven’t already…
The Basics On Bonds
Even though the size of the bond market dwarfs the size of the stock market, bonds don’t get nearly the attention stocks do. Many investors don’t know squat about them. And let’s face it, bonds are boring. Stocks are much more sexy. Certain stocks have the potential to go up exponentially, even though that rarely…
Win an iPad 2 Plus Get $50 in Free Trades With Questrade
Those that have been reading Canadian Finance Blog for awhile know that I’ve been using Questrade for a couple years now and love the low trading fees of $4.95-$9.95. Another nice feature is the ability to keep U.S. dollars in your RRSP account, not requiring currency exchanges every time you buy or sell. Also helping…
