Investment Club Performances and Holdings Our investment club has been running since October 7, 1999. Our average annual return has been 8.1%. We have beaten every equity based mutual fund from the biggest actively managed mutual fund company in America … read more —with the sole exception of the American Fund’s New World Fund, which …
Monthly Archive: October 2010
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Oct
27
2010
Financial newsletters and empty promises
The best advice I could give someone getting into stock picking is to think for themselves, and avoid advertisements of financial ‘gurus’ who want to share the light—for a fee. When professors John Graham (University of Utah) and Campbell Harvey (Duke University) tracked more than 15,000 stock market newsletters from June 1980 to December 1992, …
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Oct
25
2010
Thoughts on materialism, money and health
When I was a kid, I would have done just about anything to own a Porsche—or at least to drive one. Today, if a friend said, “Take my Porsche Carrera out for a spin,” I’d probably want to do it at night, when nobody could see me. What does that mean? Over the past …
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Oct
20
2010
What would you pay more for—Apple Computer or Colgate Palmolive?
I’m always impressed and humbled by those contributing to my blog comments. And that’s why this post is asking for your feedback and opinion directly on a single question. Speaking to a group of university students, Bill Gates said: “I think the [earnings] multiples of technology stocks should be quite a bit lower than the …
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Oct
19
2010
Why Canadians might actually say “No” to Vanguard
Canadians, it seems, would swarm around a newly proposed Vanguard investment option like a batch of northern Ontario mosquitoes to an open arm. And why not? As the famous, low cost provider of index funds, there’s no doubt that Vanguard offers the cheapest investment services on the planet. But if Vanguard moved to Canada, would …
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Oct
16
2010
Raymond James financial advisors – your interest is their interest
It’s easy to feel really good about Raymond James financial, and all the help they give international school teachers worldwide. They really want to do the very best they can for their clients. I’m always impressed when I see a Raymond James account, filled with actively managed mutual funds and such a tiny wrap fee. …
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Oct
14
2010
Imagine losing $76 million U.S. at a casino!
When modern Singapore’s founding father, Lee Kuan Yew set his ambitions to move Singapore from third world to first, in the mid 1960s, there were certain things he mandated. One of them was to make gambling illegal—not to mention urinating in elevators, spitting on streets and parading around your home naked. As nutty as the …
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Oct
12
2010
Maddy’s three year investment journey
Last week, Maddy called me up, sounding as if a squadron of seagulls had dumped on her car. “Andrew, the stock markets keep rising—I’m hating that!” I was so happy that I could have kissed her. Maddy gets it. An American in her mid 30s, she views the stock markets the way a young person …
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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!
I am also the author of the book, Millionaire Teacher: The Nine Rules of Wealth You Should Have Learned at School
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