I’m pretty sure you can live on Coca Cola. Yes, it’s bad for you. But I think you could stop drinking just about everything else and sustain your hydration on sweet, sugary syrup water. You could even give it to your children. They’ll still grow taller as they age. And they might even end up …
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Feb 18
Millionaire Teacher Reviews Findependence Day
I have a confession to make. I’m an English teacher, but I don’t read many novels. I’m a tough sell. Having said that, there are a few books I’ve recently enjoyed, like The White Tiger, the story of an impoverished Indian man who kills his boss; Shantaram, the pseudo memoir of a drug dealer who …
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Feb 16
American Funds Losing Ground To Education
A few years ago, a representative from a large international school in Asia asked me about a couple of specific investment fund sales providers. Her teachers didn’t have pensions, and she was trying to choose a primary advisor for her school—whereby payroll deductions would be directed. One of the salespeople they were considering as their …
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Feb 14
How To Lose Money With Your Friends
There are plenty of fun ways to lose money with your friends. You could go out for a night of socializing and drinking; you could spend some time with buddies in a local casino, or you could join an investment club. What? The first two money losers make sense, but the third one…the investment club? …
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Jan 21
Singapore American School Teachers Making Some Nice Profits
On September 11, 2006 I spoke to a group of teachers at Singapore American School about investing. I created a hypothetical account with $200,000, and I promised to track that account and report on its results. With no money added, that $200,000 account would be worth $250,549.25 by Friday, January 20, 2012 – gaining $50,549.25. …
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Jan 15
Millionaire Teacher Risks His Life For The Truth
Shiral Tobin, of CBC radio, recently interviewed me about investments and money. I was thrilled to explain (on national radio) about the excessive fees handed out to unsuspecting Canadian investors. The Big 5 banks hold the bulk of Canadian mutual fund business. They reap the rewards, while investors pay the hidden piper. Close friends suggest, …
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Jan 07
How to save $4000 (or more!) this year
Benjamin Franklin famously quipped that a penny saved is a penny earned. But he was only half right. We pay taxes on our earnings, so $1 saved is more like $1.33 earned (assuming a 25 percent tax bracket). As I mention in my book, Millionaire Teacher, one of the best ways to save money is …
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Nov 24
The Eight Year Canadian Investor’s Itch
Today I went running with a couple of new friends, Joey and Marilyn. Entering Victoria, B.C.’s Elk Lake trails, we started a conversation about investing as we pattered along the wet leaves. As it turns out, they use the same financial advisor that I started my investment journey with, two decades ago. But they’re starting …
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Nov 13
Why did Smokin’ Joe End Up Broke?
Joe Frazier died of liver cancer earlier this week, at the age of sixty seven. One of the greatest heavyweight boxers who ever lived, he worked hard to get Muhammed Ali’s boxing license re-instated, after “the greatest” refused to be drafted into the Vietnam war. Ali’s much maligned (at the time) proclamation, “I ain’t got …
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Oct 24
Can Facebook, Text Messaging And Blogging Shorten Your Life?
I have taken a semester off from my high school teaching job to promote my book, Millionaire Teacher. But is the added isolation taking years off my life? I do more blogging, Facebooking and basic online communicating than I ever did before. I used to be surrounded by people most of the day. Now I …
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Oct 09
Elephants, Massages, Tropical Waters and Caves
“It’s hot in this town here Freddie!” My sister just walked past me as I opened this new word document, and the quote above is hers. No, my name isn’t Freddie, and it never was. But you know how families can be. My dad hasn’t called me Andrew for years. Nobody in my family seems …
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Welcome to My Blog!
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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February 23, 2012 (8:24) Millionaire Teacher Reviews Findependence Day Hey Jonathan, you're certainly right about Shan...
February 23, 2012 (7:59) How Canada’s Banks Let Canadian Investors Down: Part 6 of 7 Hi Gaby, To keep things simple, you would ow...
February 23, 2012 (7:54) Tie Care, Raymond James and Zurich International’s Biggest Fear Hi Stanley, Thanks for the kind words. I wo...
February 23, 2012 (1:53) How Canada’s Banks Let Canadian Investors Down: Part 6 of 7 Hi Andrew, Thanks for the advice and quick r...
February 22, 2012 (10:13) How Canada’s Banks Let Canadian Investors Down: Part 6 of 7 Gaby, I meant to write, above, in the second to...
February 22, 2012 (10:11) How Canada’s Banks Let Canadian Investors Down: Part 6 of 7 Hi Gaby, I'm really glad that you liked my b...
February 22, 2012 (9:52) How Canada’s Banks Let Canadian Investors Down: Part 6 of 7 Hi Andrew, First off, I absolutely LOVE your...
February 22, 2012 (2:27) Local and Expatriate Investing in Singapore - Part I Don't forget that if you want to invest well, y...
February 22, 2012 (2:23) Local and Expatriate Investing in Singapore - Part I Hi Wouter, Putting 25% in the PRPFX fund doe...
February 22, 2012 (11:29) Local and Expatriate Investing in Singapore - Part I Andrew, Thanks for the message. I always va...