Successful investing is about putting the odds in your favour. But too often, we take ridiculous money risks without understanding what the real odds are. We gamble (a lot!) in lotteries. We seek sexy looking IPOs (hello Facebook!) in hopes of a jackpot We put most of our money into history’s highest performing actively managed …
Monthly Archive: May 2012
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May
25
2012
Retirement planning is easier in small chunks
Thousands of Canadians crossed a milestone off their bucket lists on May 6, the day of the Bank of Montreal Vancouver Marathon. If you want to interrogate a slew of goal-setting maestros, there’s no better place. Take a masseuse down to the finish line, promise massages (on your dime) and you’ll soon have a weary …
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May
23
2012
Index Investing for Expatriates
It isn’t easy to find low cost investing options if you’re an overseas expatriate. Opportunists from groups like Zurich International (Friends Provident) sell costly products to financially uneducated expats…because they can. If you’re involved in an investment plan that penalizes you for taking money out (not a tax penalty but an investment service penalty) then …
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May
20
2012
How To Become A Lazy Millionaire
My wife hates it when I claim I’m lazy. But laziness can be a virtue. I’m not like most people. I want to spend more money, save less money, become financially free before most people and have a decent-sized bank account. It’s not a pipedream. I’ve actually done it on a teacher’s salary. And if …
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May
17
2012
How to Get Rich
Daisy Chan, of Woman’s Day magazine, profiled me, along with two other people who turned a small amount of money into…more than a small amount. Self-made fortunes all begin the same way: with a good idea and some startup cash. Steal these savings tips from three millionaires who made a little into a lot. Winning …
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May
16
2012
MOAR Than Dogs of the Dow
One of the most significant investment mentors I have is a guy named Michael O’Higgins. Until last month, we had never met, despite the fact that he gave my book, Millionaire Teacher, a very kind pre-publication endorsement. O’Higgins was recently in Singapore, capping off his annual round the world holiday. We shared a few laughs …
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May
15
2012
Fourteen Percent of America’s Millionaires are Teachers
Last week, I wrote Why International Teaching Isn’t a Lucrative Gig. I argued that the average stateside or Canadian school teacher has, upon retirement, far more wealth than the average international teacher. Barron’s Business News might agree. Here’s what Robin Goldwyn published for Barron’s on Saturday, May 12, 2012. Attention, graduating seniors: One of the …
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May
12
2012
Millionaire Teacher Guiding British Investors
First Published at www.savethestudent.org If you haven’t figured this out by now, let me share one of the most important things everybody should know: The world is full of people who would sell you toe nail clippings and magic cat dung… if they could get away with it. Unfortunately, the financial service industry breeds more …
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Welcome! 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.
If you'd like to find out more about my investing philosophy, read my "Nine Laws to Financial Freedom."
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