The Guts of the 3M Investment Club—A Different sort of Year-End Report Team, We started depositing money into our club nearly eleven years ago. It’s not an understatement to suggest that we started investing at the wrong time. Like most people eleven years ago, we got caught up in the trap of wanting to buy …
Monthly Archive: December 2009
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Protected: End of Year Investment Report – Detailed – 2009
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Investment Update – 14 DEC 09
As of December 14th, 2009 : 2 Year Return: The 2 year return of the 3M Investment club: -1.3% The 2 year return of the: S&P 500: -24% The 2 year return of the First World international index: -30% …read more The 2 year return of Fidelity’s Flagship fund (Fidelity Magellan): -32% Fun …
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Protected: Investment Report – 14 DEC 09
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Can a Jaguar-driving, high salaried, mansion-dwelling family really be broke?
I’m going to share a crazy, personal story with you. Before I read about Thomas Stanley’s studies of the wealthy, I always assumed that this personal experience of mine was a “one-off”– as likely to happen again as a band of mice singing Christmas carols for a family of cats. But Stanley’s studies reveal that …
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Dec
09
Is an Entire Generation Getting Ripped Off?
My mother-in-law bought a couple of variable annuities two years ago. They “guaranteed” her money, she was told. She could get stock market-like returns over time, but it was impossible for her account value to go below what she initially invested. At least that’s what the salesperson promised. Too good to be true? That’s what I …
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Dec
08
The Joneses Just Pretend to Be Rich!
Relax! Most of your rich-looking neighbours or the people who we think are wealthy are just pretending to be rich , according to Thomas Stanley. They drive fancy cars, live in flashy houses and earn salaries that support their consumption habits. But the majority of high-salaried high-rollers aren’t rich at all. If you’ve been looking at some of …
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Protected: Investment Report 4 DEC 09
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05-12-09 – Harry Still Makes Actively Managed Accounts Look Bad
In August of 2008, our friend Harry kissed good-bye to the expensive financial products that his advisor sold him. With annual expense ratio fees of 2.6% for his Canadian mutual funds, adding with an estimated hidden fund cost of a further 0.75% per year for the fund’s expenses related to buying and selling stocks within …
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I'm Andrew Hallam. Many people aren't comfortable talking about money. It's not usually a conversational dinner-time topic, and its principles are rarely taught in schools. My goal is to have a "conversation" about it here, on this blog. If you read something you find intriguing, please comment or ask your questions!
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