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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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Building A Low Cost Indexed Portfolio For Canadians

#Investing #Expat Investing

In 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…

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Perks and Perils of Greener Pastures

#Lifestyle

When 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]…

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DBS Vickers Raises Trading Commissions

#Expat Investing #Advisors

While 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…

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Expat Australian Investors in Singapore Offered More Options

#Expat Investing

Investment 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…

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Millionaire Teacher Adds $20,000 to Canadian Bond Index

#Investing

I’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…

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Women Investors Beat Men in Good Times and Bad

#Financial Literacy #Investing

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…

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Couch Potatoes Crush Hedge Funds

#Investing

Ever 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…

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Singapore American School Index Investors vs. American Funds

#Expat Investing

In 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…

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Do You Have An Interest In High Foreign Cash Yields?

#Investing

Investing 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…

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News For Expatriate Canadians Investing in Singapore and SE Asia

#Expat Investing

Vanguard 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/…

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