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Andrew Hallam

I’m a financial columnist for Canada’s national paper, The Globe and Mail, as well as for AssetBuilder, a financial service firm based in Texas. I’m also the author of <a href="https://milliona

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Your Choice Of Coffee Could Cost Tens of Thousands of Dollars

#Mindset #Lifestyle

Last semester, one of my personal finance students, Treat Swarstad, created a screencast to show how your choice of coffee could cost tens of thousands of…

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Is Location The Greatest Key To Your Financial Freedom?

#Lifestyle #Retirement

My colleague at Assetbuilder.com [http://assetbuilder.com/default.aspx], Scott Burns, writes one of America’s most popular syndicated money columns. After four decades of…

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Expat Index Investors Should Duck U.S. Estate Taxes

#Expat Investing

Non-American expats with U.S. listed stocks or ETFs might consider making a switch. U.S. estate tax laws [http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/International-Taxpayers/Some-Nonresidents-with-U.…

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My Wish List For New Canadian Indexing Products

#Investing

While Christmas has come and gone, I hope Canadians will have a few more indexing options in 2014. Here’s my wish list, published in the…

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A 3 Step Plan For Turning Your Child Into a Saver

#Children

If you’re based in Canada and would like your kids to start investing, my recent article in the Globe and Mail might help: Read My…

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Like F1 Race Cars, High Dividend Yielding Indexes Have Evolved

#Investing

High dividend yielding indexes can be much better than trying to pick your own dividend paying stocks. I discuss this for the Globe and Mail: Read…

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Friends Provident International Faces A Cold Reception

#Advisors #Expat Investing

Last week, I received a phone call at work. “One of your friends gave me your name and number,” the caller said.  “I can help you…

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Does International Financial Services (Singapore) Flog Friends Provident Products?

#Advisors #Expat Investing

It’s tough for expatriates to differentiate between high cost and low cost financial advisors. Some low cost ones exist, including Noto Financial Services [https://andrewhallam.…

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What Makes A Great, Expatriate Financial Advisor?

#Advisors

Perception is everything. In my view, a great financial advisor is someone who cares deeply for clients. He or she provides an ongoing fiduciary standard of…

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No Money No Honey!

#Mindset #Lifestyle

Biology and sex appear to influence our financial decisions in very surprising ways. To read more, check out my latest Assetbuilder article. Click here [http://assetbuilder.…

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