When the Underdog Fights
#InvestingI was born in a country where sports fans have infamous reputations for home-team loyalty. Their fanaticism has even caused deaths. In 1985, international authorities banned…
How Canada’s Banks Let Canadian Investors Down: Part 6 of 7
#Advisors #InvestingCan This Really Be Happening in Canada? Many ScotiaBank clients walk into their banks every day, looking for investment options. The bank’s friendly staff sell…
Can Your Dentist Offer A Free Trip to Thailand?
#Lifestyle© AssetBuilderI’ll admit that I was pretty sceptical. I met two New Yorkers in Chiang Mai, a northern Thai city that’s becoming as famous for…
What Cancer and Investing Have In Common
#Investing© AssetBuilder Two years ago I lay on a sofa, as a new age “hands on” healer stood over me. I was dying, she moaned, as if…
Singapore American School Teachers Making Some Nice Profits
#Advisors #Expat InvestingOn 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…
How Canada’s Banks Let Canadian Investors Down: Part 5 of 7
#Advisors #InvestingInternet-based rumours are suggesting that the top brass at the Bank of Montreal recently held an important meeting. How were they going to deal with Andrew…
The Great Brain And The European Debt Crisis
#Mindset[tp://assetbuilder.com/blogs/andrew_hallam/archive/2012/01/11/the-great-brain-and-the-european-debt-crisis.aspx] © AssetBuilder When I was a kid, Tom Fitzgerald’s The Great Brain, was one…
CNBC Reviews Millionaire Teacher
#Talks and InterviewsCNBC’s Bullish on Books asks selected authors to review their own books. It’s a thrill to be asked. But I didn’t want to…
How to save $4000 (or more!) this year
#LifestyleBenjamin 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…
Millionaire Teacher: North America’s Best Selling Investment Book?
#InvestingWhile watching yesterday’s Time Square New Year celebration, a Facebook survey revealed the top 10 New Year’s resolutions. Number 2 was no surprise—losing…