Building A Low Cost Indexed Portfolio For Canadians
#Investing #Expat InvestingIn the Globe and Mail I wrote an article about how to build a portfolio of low cost indexes. It was geared towards Canadians, but the…
Perks and Perils of Greener Pastures
#LifestyleWhen billionaire Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin relinquished his U.S. citizenship in 2011, the media jumped. Bloomberg news [http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-01/wealthy-americans-queue-to-give-up-passports-in-swiss-capital.html]…
DBS Vickers Raises Trading Commissions
#Expat Investing #AdvisorsWhile many of the world’s discount investment brokerages are waging a commission war, Singapore’s DBS Vickers has decided to raise commission fees on stock…
Expat Australian Investors in Singapore Offered More Options
#Expat InvestingInvestment options appear to be getting better for Australians living in Singapore. You can now build investment portfolios with low cost exchange traded funds (ETFs) while…
Millionaire Teacher Adds $20,000 to Canadian Bond Index
#InvestingI’ve decided to show readers what I’m buying and when, hoping that it helps the average person understand how to think about stock and…
Women Investors Beat Men in Good Times and Bad
#Financial Literacy #InvestingYou’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…
Couch Potatoes Crush Hedge Funds
#InvestingEver been jealous of the extremely wealthy people who qualify to invest in hedge funds? Don’t be. The joke is entirely on them. They might…
Singapore American School Index Investors vs. American Funds
#Expat InvestingIn September 2006, I gave a seminar to teachers at Singapore American School, suggesting that they could thrash the investment returns of most professional investors (especially…
Do You Have An Interest In High Foreign Cash Yields?
#InvestingInvesting in U.S. bonds is like trying to catch rain water in the Sahara. You’re thirsty for some kind of cash yield, but with…
News For Expatriate Canadians Investing in Singapore and SE Asia
#Expat InvestingVanguard has released some cheap ETFs on the Toronto stock exchange which you could purchase through a DBS Vickers brokerage. [https://www.dbs.com.sg/vickers/…