It’s been a few years since we’ve had a good old-fashioned gas-price war at the pumps. But most of us can still remember the vehicle lineups. Some car owners even filled Jerry cans to squeeze every last ounce of value from the temporarily depressed fuel costs. A few bucks saved on a couple tanks of …
Category Archive: Canadian Business Magazine
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Oct
19
2012
Hedge Funds: Luxury Prices For Lousy Investments
People who are rich enough to be deemed “accredited investors” qualify to wade into hedge fund waters. These are investment products deemed superior, mostly by myth, rather than by reality. If you aren’t wealthy enough to swim in these waters, count yourself lucky. As I detailed in my latest Canadian Business magazine article, the …
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Aug
30
2012
Women Investors Beat Men in Good Times and Bad
You’re driving to the lake this summer when you see a horrific single-car accident. Is the driver more likely to be male or female? Most of the time, you’d be right if you guessed it was a man. In a study of motor vehicle accidents by insurance company 4AutoInsuranceQuote.com, 80% of all fatal and serious …
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Jun
14
2012
Facebook Buyers Deserve To Lose
I received more questions from readers and friends about the (previously) pending Facebook IPO than any other investment topic…ever. A disconcerting number of people wanted to know whether I was interested in buying shares, and whether they should be adding Facebook to their portfolios. At parties, at work, and via email, I answered the same …
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Jun
06
2012
MOAR Than Dogs of the Dow II
Many global investors today feel stuck having to choose the least of three evils. The United States is a heavily burdened lifeboat without a clear bailing system. Europe is a cracking tectonic fault line. And the Shanghai composite index is threatened by China’s sluggish exports and weakening property market. In short, things look pretty bleak. …
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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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Apr
24
2012
Index funds offer a simple plan for retirement riches
Everybody knows the mantra Buy Low, Sell High. But when stocks are on sale, most investors shun them. They freak out, sell stocks and stuff money into mattresses, tin cups…and bonds. Then, when stocks increase in price, investors stampede into the same stock products they previously shunned… Read My Full Article on Canadian Business
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Apr
03
2012
Emerging economies don’t always produce the best equity opportunities
Brad Pitt didn’t win the Oscar for his turn as baseball general manager Billy Beane, but the movie adaptation of Moneyball did result in renewed attention to Michael Lewis’s excellent 2003 book. In it, he traces how Beane’s Oakland A’s rejected decades of received wisdom about what made baseball players successful- how their bodies looked, …
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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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