Before today, I didn’t own any Canadian equities, other than the high dividend yielding ETF, XDV. In fact, I didn’t buy that one until a full year ago. Content to add to my bond index (for my Canadian exposure) I didn’t buy any Canadian stocks because I didn’t understand any of them. I have to …
Category Archive: Smart Investing
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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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Oct
09
2010
Singapore Index Funds cost 1,500% more
Purchasers of index funds in Singapore deserve a fair shake. As the least expensive form of mutual fund investment, there’s no management team of researchers to pay. An index simply tracks a market so it costs a miniscule amount of money to run an index. That said, plenty of uneducated investors pay high fees for …
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Sep
09
2010
You want to be a good investor? Learn to ignore people
There are times when effective investors need to flip a small switch that exists in each of our psyches. When flipped, the investor possesses the capacity to ignore the pressures of society–ignoring some of the dumb moves that masses of people make, financially, in a sort of copy-cat unison that looks right at the time …
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Aug
04
2010
I Just Found $35,000 – So What Did I Do With It?
Earlier this summer I found $35,000. It was in a brown envelope, in a ditch, about a mile from my parent’s place. OK, I made part of that story up. The only thing I’ve found in a ditch recently was a currently valid Platinum Visa card belonging to a certain Tong Wah Tay. It was …
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Aug
02
2010
Wisdom from the financial blogosphere
There’s a timeless aspect to a great investment book. You know it’s amazing when you can read it years or decades later, and its messages are still relevant and wise. Books like: Benjamin Graham’s The Intelligent Investor. John C. Bogle’s Common Sense on Mutual Funds is another. Philip Fisher’s Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits is …
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Jul
19
2010
Meet One of the World’s Best Stock Market Investors – Charles Kirk
When passionate investors talk about who the world’s best stock market professionals are, high profile names like Warren Buffett, Peter Lynch, George Soros and Bill Miller get uttered with reverence. But have you ever wondered whether the guy living next door has—with his own personal investment account—destroyed the investment returns of the highest rating professionals? …
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Jul
06
2010
Stock Markets are Completely Rational? Yep!!
When watching a stock market news based television show, or reading about the stock market’s gyrations in the newspaper, you’d get the impression that the stock market was some kind of very independent, darting animal. But nothing could be further from the truth. If you know anyone who invests in the stock market, they contribute …
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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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