What investment fees are fair, and what’s unfair?
#Financial LiteracyLarry McDonald wrote up an interesting post about Nora Dunn, a woman travelling the world, but using financial planners at Investor’s Group. Interestingly, she got…
How To Select A Financial Advisor
#Advisors #Financial LiteracyBecause we weren’t taught much about money in school, most of us run around naked as adults, before embracing the first person who hands us…
Investors--You Should Listen to a Dying Wall Street Man
#Financial LiteracyWith the conflicts of interest and ignorance within the money management industry, one Wall Street veteran with brain cancer wants to stand up and be heard……
Retiring in Comfort—Without Ever Experiencing a Canadian Winter Again
#Retirement #Lifestyle #TravelI haven’t had to scrape frost off my car’s windshield for more than 8 years. I haven’t had to shovel a snowy path…
How British Expatriates Can Invest Using ETFs
#Expat InvestingAuthor’s Note: Many of the comments below will no longer apply to this updated post. Because of U.S. estate tax rules, I created the…
The Millionaire Teacher — The Nine Rules of Wealth You Should Have Learned in School…But Didn’t
#Financial Literacy #ChildrenMany schools do a great job teaching their students. Where I teach high school English, at Singapore American School [http://www.sas.edu.sg/], we have…
WARNING! Beware Of Expatriate Investment Salesmen
#Advisors #Expat InvestingBeware the traveling salespeople. They’re looking to make money from naiveté. And too many expatriate Brits in Singapore are getting crushed. When paying too much…
Gotta love failures
#Mindset #LifestyleLast week a friend of mine, Ursula Pong, a beautiful (inside and out) 50 year old PE teacher at my school asked me to try something…
Working with cobras or laptops?
#LifestyleKevin, at InvestItWisely.com wrote an interesting post about his college experiences—-feeling that perhaps, college was a waste of time.… read the post [http://www.…
Financial Newsletters And Empty Promises
#Financial LiteracyThe best advice I could give someone getting into stock picking is to think for themselves, and avoid advertisements of financial ‘gurus’ who want to share…