16-12-10 - Don’t Invest in Actively Managed Mutual Funds – suggests Harry
#Financial LiteracyIf you’re a regular reader of this blog, you’ll know about the bragging retiree I showcase regularly. But like Muhammad Ali in the 1960s,…
The Biggest Loser - Financial Update
#Financial Literacy #Andrew's MoneyHere’s a challenge for you and your closest friends. I’d compile 10 cars requiring tune-ups. Then you and your friends would work on them…
Where I was dumb, but perhaps a little less so now
#Financial Literacy #Andrew's MoneyBefore today, I didn’t own any Canadian equities, other than the high dividend yielding ETF, XDV. In fact, I didn’t buy that one until…
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……
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…
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…
Why Canadians Might Actually Say “No” To Vanguard
#Financial Literacy #InvestingCanadians, it seems, would swarm around a newly proposed Vanguard investment option like a batch of northern Ontario mosquitoes to an open arm. And why not?…
Maddy’s three year investment journey
#Advisors #Financial LiteracyLast week, Maddy called me up, sounding as if a squadron of seagulls had dumped on her car. “Andrew, the stock markets keep rising—I’m…