Let Me Mail YOU a $10 Bill!!
#Financial LiteracyThere are loads of mutual funds that have done well for investors. We can’t ever know what they’re going to be ahead of time,…
Great Investors are Odd
#Financial LiteracyThat good-looking kid in your high school class was voted “most likely to succeed”. He always wore the latest fashions, had perfect hair, always said the…
My Worst Day’s Silver Lining
#Lifestyle #MindsetNovember 16th, 2009 wasn’t such a good day for me. I started it off reading a few pages of Andre Agassi’s autobiography, Open. The…
Dancing with the Devil
#Investing #Financial LiteracyAbout 8 years ago, my friend Rob and I pondered whether to make an investment in Philip Morris, the cigarette manufacturer. The company, now known as…
A Million Dollars on a Teacher’s Salary
#Andrew's Money #LifestyleI’ll admit it. I had the superficial goal of amassing a million dollars on a school teacher’s salary before I was forty. I had…
Vanguard Investments for Canadians - Why Not?
#InvestingLiving abroad as an expatriate gives me a pretty wide lens when comparing different investment products. But without a doubt, the best investment service company in…
Financial Evangelist
#Advisors #Financial LiteracyOnce learning about the long odds of success with actively managed mutual funds versus passive index funds, most investors will be keen to jump ship. And…
Sure! The Experts Recommend Index Funds...
#Financial Literacy #Advisors… but what exactly are they and how do they differ from what most investors are sold? “The best way to own common stocks is through an…
Tioman - Paradise on a Shoestring
#TravelA few short years ago, I considered dropping out of “society”. A two and a half hour drive from my home in Singapore brings me to…
Financial crisis—time to panic?
#Financial Literacy #MindsetThe more things change, the more they stay the same… 1. Investors are fleeing to gold bullion as they lose faith in the stock markets and…