BALANCE: How To Invest and Spend for Happiness, Health and Wealth.  Grab Your Copy Now.

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

899 posts

Singaporeans—Beware Of High Cost Index Funds!

#Index Funds

Two twin Singaporean brothers earn university degrees and prepare themselves for the workforce.  And their family gives them each a $20,000 gift for them to…

Andrew Hallam

Canadian schools teaching the truth about actively managed mutual funds

#Financial Literacy #Children

Ascending to the role of British Columbia Financial Education Moderator, the representatives for the Canadian banks applauded tepidly—if not a bit nervously—when Harry Hall…

Andrew Hallam

Singaporeans Investing Cheaply with Exchange Traded Index Funds

#Index Funds

Read Part 1 [https://andrewhallam.com/local-and-expatriate-investing-in-singapore-part-i/] Singaporeans Investing Cheaply with Exchange Traded Index Funds Today I was told a heart-breaking story by a Singaporean woman…

Andrew Hallam

Expatriate Australians in Singapore find a cheaper investment option

#Expat Investing

I have reasons to believe that Australians aren’t as susceptible to scams as Canadians are. Maybe they’re smarter than we are. Or maybe they’…

Andrew Hallam

Expatriate Canadians Investing in Singapore Find a Cheaper Option

#Expat Investing #Financial Literacy

Canadians in Singapore are finding a way to bi-pass expensive financial services. They’re figuring  how to invest cheaply and simply with low cost index funds:…

Andrew Hallam

Celebrating the Rich Stealing from the Rich

#Financial Literacy

Maybe it’s because I was born near the Sherwood Forest, in Nottingham England, but I get a kick out of stories where wealthy people fleece…

Andrew Hallam

Indexing Seminar Funk

#Financial Literacy

Today I hosted an investment discussion at work about index funds. I’ve probably done it a dozen times. In the past, I’ve always felt…

Andrew Hallam

Stay Down Brother, Stay Down

#Travel #Financial Literacy

I’ve visited more than 30 different countries. But this is my first visit here. For the past three days, I’ve been in a country…

Andrew Hallam

You Want To Be A Good Investor? Learn To Ignore People

#Financial Literacy #Mindset

There are times when effective investors need to flip a small switch that exists in each of our psyches. When flipped, the investor possesses the capacity…

Andrew Hallam

Hey friend—where’s your money?

#Advisors #Financial Literacy

Last night, my school had its parent/teacher evening where teachers met with groups of parents for 10 minutes to discuss their educational philosophies and the…

Andrew Hallam