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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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Money Managers Who Make Sense

#Advisors

The financial service industry is rife with conflicts of interest. Big brokerage houses like Merrill Lynch, Raymond James and Edward Jones (to name just three) end…

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Are You A Lousy Investor?

#Financial Literacy

If you watch the stock market, the economy, and you think bad news is bad, you’re probably a lousy investor I’m not going to…

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Willie Wonka’s Chocolate Factory and Stock Market Profits

#Financial Literacy

This post is a ‘sneak peak’ at my 2011 book! Enjoy!  Andrew If you were fully invested in the stock market over the past 20 years,…

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If You Haven’t Started Investing, Start Now!

#Financial Literacy

This post is a ‘sneak peak’ at my 2011 book. Enjoy! Andrew Jockeying with Bill Gates for the title of “World’s richest man” is a…

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Beating the Market Doesn’t Add to My Confidence

#Financial Literacy

Ten years ago I figured I could beat the market. Full of optimism and naivety, I used the formulas espoused in a number ofRobert Hagstrom’s…

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Mariusz Skonieczny -- Why Are We So Clueless About the Stockmarket?

#Financial Literacy

Mariusz Skonieczny has written the below post as a guest on my site. He’s a money manager and the author ofWhy Are We So Clueless…

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Coca Cola -The World’s Easiest Business to Value?

#Andrew's Money

Earlier this week, I bought $65,000 worth of Coca Cola shares at $50 per share, adding to the Coke shares that I bought in 2003…

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29-05-10 - Harry Exploits Scared Investors

Harry sells $30,000 worth of bonds–then fully exploits someone else! Harry realizes that, in the stock market, there’s always a buyer for every…

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Beating the Market with Bonds

#Andrew's Money #Financial Literacy

Years ago I read a great book by Michael O’Higgins, titled Beating the DOW with Bonds [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000C4T352?ie=UTF8&…

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24-05-10 - Harry Undresses the Professionals

When my brother watches hockey games and a player rips past a clueless defender with the puck, my brother yells out, “That guy completely undressed the…

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