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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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A List of What Investors Should Never Do

#Advisors #Financial Literacy

This list is for purely educational purposes. And I’ve narrowed it down to “Nevers” that are universally accepted. You might find that you (or your…

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Common Sense Investing Reaps a $46,800 profit so far - cont

The account mentioned on the below post is further updated here. From September 11, 2006 to February 17th, 2011 the initially invested $200,000 has gained…

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Common Sense Investing Reaps a $46,800 profit so far

#Financial Literacy

Nearly five years ago, I gave a seminar at Singapore American School, on indexed investing. The lesson was simple, existing of the following: 1. Most stock…

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When Losers Laugh At Active Mutual Fund Managers

#Financial Literacy #Andrew's Money

Nearly one year ago, I asked readers to come up with a list of the best mutual funds they could. And they didn’t fail me—…

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Refreshingly Simple Investing

#Financial Literacy

My method of investing is one that I could teach a fifth grader in an afternoon. And that kid could go on to beat more than…

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The Millionaire Teacher As An Outlier—Part 2

#Lifestyle #Andrew's Money

Read The Millionaire Teacher As An Outlier—Part 1 [https://andrewhallam.com/the-millionaire-teacher-as-an-outlierpart-1/] Here’s how my book, The Millionaire Teacher [https://www.amazon.com/gp/…

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The Millionaire Teacher As An Outlier—Part I

#Lifestyle

Next month I’ll be starting a unit with my 10th grade English class that my colleagues and I call “The Outlier Unit”, involving family research…

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Numbers That Are Accurate, But Inaccurate

#Financial Literacy

My guess is that a fairly low percentage of people have monitored their investment performances over the past decade or more, and compared their results to…

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Have You Ever Met a Boondocker?

#Lifestyle #Retirement

The first workaholics I was ever exposed to lived across the street from me, when I was growing up. The man, who I’ll call James,…

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Visiting the home of the Dalai Lama

#Travel

Three days from now, my wife and I will be flying to Delhi, with 20 high school students in tow. We’ll stay overnight, and then…

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