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How Do TD’s Mutual Funds Stack Up Against Its Index Funds?

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Offshore Pension Battle Petition

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Image courtesy of pixabay.com Imagine a financial advisor convincing you to buy an investment. You do so, based on fancy charts and promises. But they…

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How Do Fidelity's Mutual Funds Stack Up?

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Financial companies get a bit testy when I compare their mutual funds with indexes (if my email inbox is any indication). But it’s still worth…

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Putting Canadian Mutual Funds To The Test

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Thomas Edison was dubbed a wizard when he created the electric light bulb. The Wright Brothers became American icons when they flew the first airplane. But…

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Your Choice Of Coffee Could Cost Tens of Thousands of Dollars

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Last semester, one of my personal finance students, Treat Swarstad, created a screencast to show how your choice of coffee could cost tens of thousands of…

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Is Location The Greatest Key To Your Financial Freedom?

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My colleague at Assetbuilder.com [http://assetbuilder.com/default.aspx], Scott Burns, writes one of America’s most popular syndicated money columns. After four decades of…

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Expat Index Investors Should Duck U.S. Estate Taxes

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Non-American expats with U.S. listed stocks or ETFs might consider making a switch. U.S. estate tax laws [http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/International-Taxpayers/Some-Nonresidents-with-U.…

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My Wish List For New Canadian Indexing Products

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While Christmas has come and gone, I hope Canadians will have a few more indexing options in 2014. Here’s my wish list, published in the…

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A 3 Step Plan For Turning Your Child Into a Saver

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If you’re based in Canada and would like your kids to start investing, my recent article in the Globe and Mail might help: Read My…

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Like F1 Race Cars, High Dividend Yielding Indexes Have Evolved

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High dividend yielding indexes can be much better than trying to pick your own dividend paying stocks. I discuss this for the Globe and Mail: Read…

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